World Music

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.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.