Maracatu

Music Heard on Air for September 9, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Tunes spun between reports for The World on September 9, 2013 include: Nashaz, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder, Brownout, Maracatu New York and Herbert Grönemeyer (today’s Global Hit.)

Maracatu Music Comes to the US and Makes a Comeback in Brazil

Arts, Culture & Media

Music Heard on Air for August 16, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Music Heard on the Air for August 15, 2013

Music Heard on Air
The World

Global Hit

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Global Hit Siba

Global Hit

The World’s William Troop tells us about a musician from Brazil named Siba. He specializes in a kind of poetic street music that is popular in Brazil’s northeastern corner. This is not samba, or bossa nova.