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An interview with Banning Eyre, author, journalist, and guitarist with the band Timbila, who describes the way that mbira, mbila and guitar can be played to create a cohesive sound.
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Enjoy the general wacky business with three animations from Czech Republic, a lighthearted romp with Marie Deulnes of Zap Mama, a drinking song from Goran Bregovic, fabulous fusion from Justin...
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(Congo) A few years ago Link TV presented the wonderful documentary "Jupiter's Dance," about the street music in Kinshasa, Congo. One of the highlights of the film was a band...
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African singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist, Blick Bassy is one of the new voices in African music, one that is cool, relaxed and swinging. A veteran of the Cameroonian band...
00:27:28
Popular bands like Brazil's Tribalistas, Poland's Warsaw Village Band, and Mali's Amadou and Mariam prove that local sounds resonate universally when performed by the world's most original musical talents. Enjoy...
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Featuring some of the most outstanding musicians performing today, this selection of Link TV World Music Videos showcases the virtuosic talents of artists like France's Birelli LaGrene as well as...
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From the landmark 1998 concert of räi music in Paris featuring Khaled, Faudel, and Rachid Taha to the innovative and improvised Konono N. 1 jam on the streets of Kinshasa,...
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(Mali) Amadou and Mariam are probably the most successful musical export ever to come out of Mali. The back story is terrific; they met at a school for the blind,...
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(Belgium) We don't know how this one slipped by us -- it's not the latest video from the venerable world music pioneers Zap Mama, headed by Marie Daulnes, but it...
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(South Africa) Moses Taiwa Molelekwa was one of the rising stars of South African jazz when he killed himself at the age of 28. Raised in a musical household (his...
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(Mali) Dubbed "the blind couple from Mali," Amadou and Mariam did indeed meet in a school for the blind (Amadou was already a professional, blues influenced guitarist before he met...
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(Guinea Bissau) Songwriter Jorge Da Silva Bidinte is from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, an area that shares a mournful musical affinity with nearby Cape Verde. As demonstrated in his video, he...
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(Mali) Keita is descended from Mandinka royalty, but as he is an albino (a sign of bad luck in his culture) life was lonely and he found solace in music,...
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(South Africa) Shaluza Max is a veteran of the South African music scene. He was raised in Durban township, and was singing in classical choirs by the age of fourteen...
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(Mozambique) Mabulu, which means "dialogue," was formed with the idea of just that - a musical dialogue between generations of musicians. The video expresses this with its references to the...
