World Music

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

Music videos from around the globe.

El Puchero Del Hortelano sing about serious matters in a most airy way, while Jair Oliveira sings about the need for play. Terne Chave turn in a high powered performance that swings and percolates, and Adriana Lucia peddles her bicycle spreading flowers and good vibes. Peret plays a doctor dealing with a lying patient, and Gael Garcia Bernal brings us a song from Rudo y Cursi that's a send up of Mexican videos.

Life and death get equal time in this block. Manu Chao deplores politics, Lila Downs sings about the slain human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa and Aterciopelados plead for a cleanup of the river that runs through Bogota. Then Korean Jang-Sa-ik sings a song about a soul trying to find its way to heaven, Techung sings a Tibetan folk song about the starry sky and Cibelle gives a delicate interpretation of a Tom Waits eulogy.

Music videos from around the globe.

Here are examples of how we deal with the varous vicissitudes of existence, from the repo man in Lura's "Que Brod Nem jossa" to "Lament" about a soul's final crossing performed by the Warsaw Village band.

Music videos from around the globe.

In 1937, the Japanese invaded China and by 1939 they arrived in Beijing, seizing most of the large family compound and with it, Cecilia's idyllic and privileged youth. By 1941 there wasn't enough food for the family so Cecilia and her number five sister (she had nine in total), fled on foot through Japanese occupied territory. They walked more than 1,000 miles and it took almost six months to reach the safety of "Free China." In this episode, Cecilia joins Laurence Jossel, chef and owner of Nopa.

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.

Music videos from around the globe.

The printed word ties together these videos from Colombia, Spain, Brazil, France, Israel and Greece. Aterciopelados celebrates a newborn and Israel's Suzie sings a Ladino lullaby.

Music videos from around the globe.

Patrick Bruel reminisces about Tunisia, Natasha Atlas melds dance tracks with vocal ululation, Colonial cousins blend R&B with Hindi pop, and Apache Indian finds inner piece through meditation and Jah. Then some party music with Control Machete and Molotov.