Uplifting and Heartfelt Videos

A tribute to the Nordic fiddling tradition. Lena Willemark and Ranarim deliver wonderful vocals, while Filarfolket deliver a traditionally based dance piece.

Celtic Tides. This block traces the give and take between the Scotts-Irish tradition and American music. The friendship between country music singer Kathy Mattea and Scotland's Dougie Maclean yields two great songs, and then three by Ireland's Paul Brady, showcasing his traditional and pop-rock talents. Then on to Steve Earle, with two Appalachian/Celtic flavored hits- Galway Girl, and Copperhead Road.

Ladies, ladies, ladies! Visions of women, from the sensuous Daniela Mercury (Brazil) to the tortured fado of Mariza (Portugal), the stoicism of Eleftheria Arvanitaki and the camp vamping of Susheela Raman. Vera Bila gives a class in Gypsy Soul, and Swagierkolaska deliver a Polish drinking song about fatal beauty. Tibetan Yungchen Lhamo ends the set with a statement about spirituality.

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.