Uplifting and Heartfelt Videos

Music videos from around the globe.

A block of Latin Alternative music with percolating sounds from Novalima, cumbia rap by Bomba Estereo, the Spanish-Southwest fusion of DePedro, retro madness from MIS and Cineplexx, and the ultra cool sounds of Pacha Massive and LatinBitman.

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.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

"Border Crossing"' is a survey of the Alternative side of Latin videos, featuring the Kumbia Kings, The Hip Hop Hoodios, Molotov, Los Amigos Invisibles and Andrea Echeverri--as well as a more familiar get-down-and-party number by Yerba Buena.

'From Folk to Fusion' features the most traditional of approaches, from The Kamkars and OysterBand, and the more adventurous envelope pushing twists on the grenre, exemplified by Amadou and Mariam with Manu Chao, Abdel Wright, Fiamma Fumana and Martires De Compas.

Africa and Islands -- A survey of music from Mali, South Africa, Haiti and Cape Verde concluding with a call for the African Diaspora to keep the flame alive for the Motherland.

Music videos from around the globe.

In Performance: The genres of Klezmer, Basque, Fado, Nordic, Celtic and Congolese styles in a sequence of great live musical moments on the stage and on the street.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

"Mixed Bag"starting with live performances, one by Sheila Chandra (UK/India), followed by two Nordic groups, V#sen and Frigg, and rounded off with Lenine (Brazil). Then a samba lesson with Zuco 103, a confrontation with Ricardo Arjona, a sixties flashback with Dengue Fever, and a trip to Easter Island with Matato#A.

Vocal powerhouses Angelique Kidjo and Estrella Morente strut their stuff, while Natacha Atlas and Amina project the North African mystique. Brazil's Badi Assad displays her guitar chops, Adrea Echeverri sings about friendship and Sevara Nazarhan delivers an updated wedding song at a concert in Tashkent.

Three topical songs from Africa from Tiken Ja Fakoly, Ndala Kasheba and K'Naan, then a Sufi poem that was a hit in India from Rabbi Shergil leads to an animation from the Czech Republic about the cycles of empire. We close out with a song from Chile's La Mano Ajena, dedicated to emigres.