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Man in orang jumpsuit dancing in front of two people in army fatigues

This is a remix? Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ has started a global wave of remix videos

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More than 15 artists from other countries have produced their own country-specific versions of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America.’

Mela Murder holds her daugther Amethyst in the Hurray for the Riff Raff Music video for Palante

In song and video, ‘Pa’lante’ depicts Puerto Rico’s resilience

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Traditional Women’s Music from Ghana album cover

A Mother’s Day to end all wars

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Egyptian men and Sufi Muslims practice ritualized Zikr (invocation)

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo’s Conselho do Bom Senso

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South London musician Cosmo Pyke

Cosmo Pyke and Frank Ulwenya capture the sound of travel with soul and surf rock

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Sudan Archives

Sudan Archives makes a new jig with the help of West African fiddling

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Exploring Sudan Archives through the Smithsonian Archives.

South Korean girl group GFriend rehearse in Seoul

How Koreans put the ‘K’ in K-pop

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A deep dive into the ‘K’ in K-pop and traditional Korean music.

Artist Lakshmi Ramgopal poses in front of yellow flowers in this 2017 photograph.

Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects

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Lykanthea nestles comfortably in the electronic-ambient genre. But she’s begun to add traces of her childhood training in Carnatic music.

Late South African jazz great Hugh Masekela,

How South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela inspired band members

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Former bass player, Bakithi Kumalo, remembers late legendary South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

From Indonesia to Peru, these folk songs weave voice and instruments together

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RIYL, or recommended if you like, helps us understand tropes in genres like folk music. It’s not perfect in this case, but the slight similarities in Beatriz and Stambul Naturil come out after a deep listen.