Global Music Corner

Her May 2009 German release, Saraba - Tales From the Flipside of Paradise, is, at once, a nod to old-school rap and also a blazing new direction for West African Hip-hop.

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If you went strolling through NYC's Union Square in 2006, you probably crossed paths with a young black man clutching a stack of CD's, asking, "Do you like good hip hop?"

Huun Huur Tu's newest release Eternal with Carmen Rizzo certainly jumbles notions of place, but their recent performance at the Cedar Cultural Center demonstrated a sensibility that often goes amiss.

There can be no computer simulation of the intangible elements Nigerian King Sunny Ade and his band conjure up in real time. The Minister of Enjoyment can hang his hat on that.

Welcome to Tribecastan, a country without borders tucked away in a corner of downtown Manhattan.

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Congo-born artist Marie Daulne has worked with some of hip hop's biggest names, including the Roots, Talib Kweli and Common. But as child, TV and radio was forbidden in her home.

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Mixing musical cultures is easy. Doing it well is an entirely different matter. The Lincoln Center's "Afro Blues in the 21st Century" provides valuable insight not only into what works, but also what does not.

Classically trained musician Fared Shafinury grew up in Corpus Christi, went to college at the University of Texas, and yet somehow always felt too Iranian for South Texas. So the American singer-songwriter moved to Iran.

N'Dour is partnering with the Senegalese government to launch "Surround Sound: Senegal" -- a comprehensive national malaria treatment and prevention program

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Since 1993, Modiba's friends over at Putumayo have been on a mission to expose people to the beautiful and eclectic music that the world's cultures have to offer.

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Balkan Beat Box's energy, seamless fusion of heterogeneous elements, attitude and sensibility all combine to make them one of the most dynamic live shows on the planet.

As a dancer and percussionist, Max Pollak blurs the distinction between dance and music by creating solid, percussive sounds and patterns with man's given instrument: the body.

For a country with a history of xenophobia towards its Roma population (a.k.a gypsies; or, in Spanish, gitanos), Spain is becoming increasingly fond of traditional gypsy music.

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What do you get when you take a bit of Bob Marley, a chunk of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, add some India Arie pre-mixed with Miriam Makeba and Angélique Kidjo and finish it off with Yoruba classics?

Forget Baile Funk. Make way for Angola's pulse-pounding Kuduro music. Spurring a new ghetto-born movement, Kuduro, or "hard-ass" in Portuguese, is set to take over nightclubs across the globe.