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
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.