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...

(Brazil) Naçao Zumbi gets its menace and thunder from the battery of alfaias (bass drums that are slung across the torso) that propel it.  Originally fronted by the late Chico...