Past, Present and Future

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Madala Kunene, Shaluza Max and Ma' Willies are all South African, but all different. Followed by artists from Mali, Senegal, and Congo and culminating with a call for all Africans to remember their roots.

Music videos from around the globe.

Jan Granli (Norway) and JPP (Finland) keep the playing straight and nostalgic and Kapteen A-ni toasts about making life easy, Finnish style. Bedouin and Croatian folksongs get a remix, while Davoli and Puffy Ami Yumi take it to the Outer Limits.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Denmark's Outlandish sing Aisha, Hisham Abbas presents an Indian extravaganza, Otto goes ambient with Bebel Gilberto, Cafe Tacuba wax romantic, Aterciopelados meet a mysterious photographer and Madredeus have an amazing experience.

Music videos from around the globe.

Live performance from Varttina (Finland), Olivor Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Gigi (Ethiopia), Boubacar Traore (Mali), Souad Massi (Algeria) and Angelique Kidjo (Benin).

Rappin' Hood gives a history of black music in Brazil, Senegal's Gokh-bi sing about the power of music. Tukuler rap over the classic "Africa" and Trinidad's 3 Canal deliver some "Rapso." Tru Rez Crew praises good parents, Mexico's SKEEY courts a "rancherita" and Outlandish (from Denmark) sign about thwarted dreams.

Aspects of romance are examined as Faudel serenades and Sezen Akcu bemoans love, Charanga Cakewalk backup a swivel-hipped dancer, and Mariza wades into some Fado; then Faun sings a 14th century chanson, followed by Sevara Nazarhan stirring up a crowd in Uzbekistan, finishing with Lidia Pujol and a Catalan folksong about a nightingale.

Music videos from around the globe.

Songs about families large and small, with Rita Ribero singing about children of poverty and Tribalistas singing of two childlike lovers. Baaba Maal gives a blessing for all mankind, Outlandish extol the family feeling in Cuba, Becim sings about forgiving everyone in the New Year, Alkistis Protopsalti looks at love the world over and Raduza sings of being an outcast.

Social Comment #2 Traband sings of immigration, Xerramequ Tiquis Miquis lampoon authority, Ze Manel urges African unity, Dam Native praises the Maori way, Megapolis sings an old East German Pop tune, Amparanoia sides with the underdog, and Macaco gets everyone unified.