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World Music: Zap Mama, "Gati"
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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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 Smokin' Hungarians!
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A totally rocked out, live performance of a traditional Hungarian Dance by the band Napra.

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Novalima and the Meaning of "Coba"
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Interviewed in mid-tour in NYC, the band explains how they got together, what music informs their work, and the impact they have had on a new generation of Afro-Peruvians. For...
World Music: Su Yang, "Phoenix"
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(China) It took us over a year to get a broadcastable version of this video but it was worth it; it is both beautiful and timely.  As farming people in...

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Rhythms of Cape Verde
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Excerpts of Lura, chanteuse from Cape Verde, performing to promote her new Cd "Eclipse" at the City Winery.

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World Music: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, "Kele Kele"
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(UK/Gambia) Justin Adams has been straddling two worlds for years. As a rock n' roll and R & B player, and as a musician who has also carefully integrated both...

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World Music: Napra, "Little House"
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(Hungary) No, it's not the National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis, or the North American Pocketbike Racing Association. It's not an acronym at all, it's Napra, a terrific folk fusion band...

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World Music: Novalima, "Coba Guarango"
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(Peru) Novalima is exactly that- a new take on Afro-Peruvian music. So while we can still hear the root of Coba Guarango as an incantation to the spirit of fire,...

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Crossing Borders with Rupa and the April Fishes
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An interview with Rupa, singer, songwriter, and doctor, discussing music, public spaces, and the human cost of our immigration policies.

For the complete blog entry, and more information, go here.

World Music: Väsen, "Väsen Street"
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Sweden's power folk trio are back, with their signature sound- tight ensemble playing, the soulful violin of Mikael Marin, intriguing chord inversions courtesy of Roger Tallroth, and the prizewinning playing...

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Souvenir of Uzbekistan
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In this home movie taken two years ago, Dilnoza Mamadaliyeva explains what Uzbeki muggam music means to her.

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World Music: Emmanuel Jal, "Emma"
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(Sudan) Here is a simply stunning event and a stunning song. When Emmanuel Jal was twelve years old he trecked across the African Plain, fleeing his life of being a...

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Goran Bregovic Interview
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Watch this interview with the most successful musician to come out of Sarajevo, Goran Bregovic, who has brought the sound of the Balkans to millions.


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World Music: Goran Bregovic, "Jeremija"
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This is a traditional Serbian drinking song-- At least Goran Bregovic likes to drink to it. (His contracts specify supplies of alcohol for performance.) So what better place to perform...

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The Shin Playing at Drom
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A great band from the Republic of Georgia, The Shin play to a packed house at Drom in New York.

For the complete blog entry, and more information, go here.