Alpendub

Masters of Persian Music

Introducing Vakoka

Greek Revival

Boogie Chillen

Owen Pallett: One-Man Orchestra

The Heat Is On

Redesigning Uncle Sam

This Land Is Your Land

American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner”

Angelique Kidjo: Traditional Music Is Always Evolving

Beatboxer Christylez Bacon takes globalization seriously

The World’s music features this week: Nguyen Le & Ngo Hong Quang, Idan Raichel

Happy 30th birthday, ‘world music’

Jace Clayton, aka DJ/rupture, explains ‘world music 2.0’

Photos: Mali’s holds its first, colorful, international music festival since its military crisis

Here’s our must-listen music of 2014

The Big Blue Ball project defines 25 years of Real World Records

The music of JuJu is where West African tradition meets English punk

This Haitian-Cuban choir delivers haunting vocals in Creole

This band created a ‘tripped out’ musical mix of Ireland and West Africa

Femi Kuti recalls his father’s legacy of activism and creativity

Music heard on the air for April 23, 2014

Music heard on the air for April 23, 2014

Hassan Hakmoun’s new album evokes the sounds of Morocco

Music heard on air for March 24, 2014

This is a mashup you should hear — ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams meets Nigeria’s Fela Kuti

Tabu Ley is the man who brought us Congolese soukous music

Music Heard on Air for September 5, 2013

Music Heard on the Air for August 27, 2013

Music Heard on the Air for August 13, 2013

Miriam Makeba’s historic speech remembered

Youssou N’Dour and Sufism

Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti

Music Heard on Air for July 19, 2013

Music Heard on the Air for July 3, 2013

Music Heard on Air for June 19, 2013

Remembering Nigerian Musician Fatai Rolling Dollar

Music Heard on Air for June 11, 2013

Music Heard on Air for May 21, 2013

Music Heard on Air for May 16, 2013

Music Heard on Air for May 9, 2013

Music Heard on Air for March 22, 2013

Music Heard on Air for March 11, 2013

Music Heard on Air for January 22, 2013

Music Heard on Air for January 15, 2013

Music Heard on Air for January 7, 2013

Music Heard on Air for Decmeber 4, 2012

Music Heard on Air for November 30, 2012

WOMEX 2012: Slideshow

The AfroBeatles: John, Paul, George, Ringo and Fela

Music Heard on Air for September 21, 2012

Music Heard on Air for September 10, 2012

Music Heard on Air for September 3, 2012

Music Heard on Air for June 18, 2012

Music Heard on Air for June 4, 2012

Music Heard on Air for May 28, 2012

Music Heard on Air for April 5, 2012

Music Heard on Air for January 25, 2012

Kiran Ahluwalia Covers ‘Mustt Mustt’ at Festival of the Desert