music

Juneteenth Special
Rhiannon Giddens discusses the history of the banjo and its African roots
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Four women in embroidered clothing pose against a light background, each with unique hairstyles and wearing red lipstick.
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From village songs to modern stages, Yagódy redefines Ukrainian folk music
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DW
The soundtrack of daily life becomes art in Norway
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To counter narco-corridos’ popularity, Mexico tries a song contest 
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Salsa is a Latin music style that found its footing in NYC
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Arts, Culture & Media
Chile’s Indigenous carnival kicks off in the city of Arica
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Cybersecurity
Kremlin’s internet crackdown is taking on YouTube
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Music
‘To Make the Archives Sing’: Old Jewish Argentinian songs recorded for the first time
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Immigration
A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Nashville’s Music City
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‘She transcends’: French Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux finds hope and meaning in ‘Vida’
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Kalush Orchestra brings Ukrainian folk music to the world stage
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The 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Honorees, including conductor Seiji Ozawa, stand on stage during a reception for them in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 6, 2015.
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Renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa is remembered as ‘graceful,’ ‘supernaturally’ gifted
Clarissa Bitar plays the oud, a classic string instrument.
Movement
How the oud brought this Palestinian American musician closer to their culture, family and history
Black and white photo of a Cuban tres instrument
Arts, Culture & Media
The first Cuban tres players at Berklee
Cast members perform during a rehearsal of the opera "Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable" at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, Sept. 20, 2023.
Arts, Culture & Media
A modern take on an ancient Chinese folk tale
Nea on the beach
Music
The changing landscape for Sweden’s successful music industry
Senegalese rap artist "Paco Pat Ghetto."
Planet Hip Hop
‘Planet Hip Hop’: Senegalese rappers push for social and political change
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A silent movie cinema thrives in Brussels
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Planet Hip Hop
Hip-hop artists in India call out caste discrimination 
Critically-acclaimed hip-hop artist Dope Saint Jude performs at the Cape Town Jazz Festival, April 2017.
Planet Hip Hop
Planet Hip Hop: The World celebrates 50 years of hip-hop around the globe
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Ukraine
Ukrainian rock band Vopli Vidopliassova and fans rediscover an old hit 
Ukrainian Eurovision contestant TVORCHI band performs at a concert before departure to the Eurovision contest
Music
Liverpool steps in to host Eurovision Song Contest
Pilani Bubu found her music community after she moved from South Africa to New Orleans. She understood that the people she met wanted to learn more about her culture back home. That’s when she started to incorporate South African music into her repertoire
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South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’ to create music filled with tradition
Haitian Musician and Voudo priest Erol Josué has a new album titled Pèlerinaj, which includes songs like “Rén Sobo,” “Ati Sole” and “Palave Maria" that invoke Voudo goddesses and saints.
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Erol Josué’s new album Pèlerinaj highlights Haiti’s Vodou tradition and the artist’s own pilgrimage
Singer Gloria Estefan performs at the Statue of Liberty Museum opening celebration at Battery Park, in New York, May 15, 2019.
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Gloria Estefan is set to be the first Hispanic woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Iraqi cellist and conductor Karim Wasfi leads a performance at the National Theatre in Iraq, Baghdad, March 11, 2023.
Music
Iraq’s revived art scene is helping to heal the country’s wounds
Screenshot from Bahjat official lyric YouTube video "Hometown Smile."
Music
Libyan pop star Bahjat beat the odds. Now he wants to popularize ‘A-pop.’
Shakira poses for portrait photographs for "Elvis" at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 25, 2022.
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Shakira’s latest hit slamming her ex breaks records for Latin artists on YouTube
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TarantisT bandleader on protests in Iran: ‘This is not protest anymore. This is a revolution’
Joseph Arana Sanchez (center) rehearses on his guitar ahead of a benefit concert for fellow Ukrainians living in Vermont.
Ukraine
This Vermont couple created a home for Ukrainian refugees with a focus on children with disabilities
Album covers of some of the allbums from artists included in the end-of-year music playlist with recommendations from The World staff. Clockwise, startiing from the top left corner: Adrian Quesada's "Boleros Psicodélicos," Sillvana Estrada's "Marchita," V
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A musical journey around the globe 2022, a playlist
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Music
‘For the Sake of’ song becomes anthem for protests in Iran
Burna Boy performs at State Farm Arena on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Atlanta. 
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Afrobeats is the party’: The rise of African beats in global music
Rosalia performs "Es Por Ti" at the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year gala honoring Juanes in Las Vegas
Music
Singer Rosalía’s new song ‘Despechá’ was a viral hit even before its official release
Namewee is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter and filmmaker whose controversial songs go viral on Youtube.
Music
‘It’s controversial because it’s important,’ Malaysian Chinese pop artist says of his censored music
World renowned US cellist Yo-Yo Ma, center, plays with viola players Marzia Anwari, left, from Afghanistan and Luis Fernandes, bassist Eduardo Santos and cellist Mohammad Sami, right, from Afghanistan, at the Music School of the National Conservatory in L
Afghanistan
Afghan musicians in Portugal reimagine their musical futures
The Bogotá Philharmonic Women's Orchestra performs at the Jorge Eliecer Gaitan theater in Bogotá, Colombia.
Women & Gender
Colombia’s first all-female orchestra sets the stage for women to take the lead in classical music
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra rehearses at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland, the day before the premiere performance of the "Voice of Ukraine" tour that took them to nine cities across Poland and Germany
Arts, Culture & Media
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra fights on the war’s ‘cultural front’
Monsieur Perine's first album, "Hecho a Mano" was published in 2012. Since then the band has produced two more albums. 
Music
TikTok fame allows Colombian band Monsieur Periné to do its own thing
Cover art for albums of multiple artists included on The World's 2021 music playlist. Clockwise, starting from the top left image: 'Suba' by Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita; 'El Alimento' by Cimafunk; 'Deja' by Bomba Estereo; 'Seeking New Gods' by Gruff Rhys;
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Dance with The World, 2021 edition: A playlist
Los Gatos live in concert, 1968. 
Music
How the Beatles inspired a rock revolution in Argentina
Weedie Braimah's "The Hands of Time" features the power and range of the djembe.
Music
Musician Weedie Braimah lets the djembe speak for itself
Swedish musician José González is known for stretching musical boundaries over his 18-year career. 
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José González’s ‘Local Valley’ mixes sounds from West Africa, from the Sahel to Ghanaian highlife
New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York City.
Culture
It’s ‘huge for our language’: Lorde’s new Māori-language EP strikes a chord with NZ’s Indigenous community
Multi-generational Haitian band Lakou Mizik has a new album in collaboration with Grammy-winning electronic music artist Joseph Ray titled ‘Leave The Bones.’
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Lakou Mizik’s new album highlights Haiti’s creative spirit
Demonstrators shout their solidarity with the Cuban people against the communist government, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Hialeah, Florida. Hialeah has the greatest concentration of Cuban exiles in the US.
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‘Homeland and life’: The chant to Cuba’s anti-government protests
Seven members of K-pop band BTS stand wearing black suits in front of a yellow background that says "BTS Butter"
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Dedicated BTS fans buy tickets to join virtual K-pop concert
For Dr. Enongo Lumumba Kasongo, whose stage name is Sammus, Afrofuturism has been a well of inspiration and a living current underneath all her work.
Movement
Forging new space: The multidimensional Afrofuturism of Sammus
Black and white cover of composer Arooj Aftab
Movement
The ‘strange grace’ of singer Arooj Aftab
Nigerian Femi Kuti sings into a microphone
Music
Femi Kuti and Made Kuti continue Afrobeat legacy in two-part album
Sabha Aminikia immigrated to the US as a refugee and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. But even as he launched his career in America, his music was often focused on Iran.
Movement
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’
Ali ATH, rapper wearing a red and black cap and holding headphones around his neck.
Music
Rapper Ali ATH wonders if there’s a place for him in Afghanistan’s future
National Geographic Explorer and wildlife DJ Ben Mirin.
Music
‘Nature is always singing’: Now you can make your own music from nature’s sounds
MC Fioti during the recording of the remix version of his 2017 hit "Bum Bum Tam Tam," which has become Brazil's COVID-19 vaccine anthem. 
COVID-19
This funk remix became Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine anthem
Roma musician Tcha Limberger, of Belgium, says “I Silenti,” which translates from Italian to “the silent ones,” is about giving a voice to the Roma people who died in the Holocaust. 
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‘I Silenti’ gives a voice to those who died in the Romani genocide
Zimbabwean American singer, poet and activist Shungudzo says she finds an outlet for her activism through music.
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Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to ‘use her words’ to fight against racism
Album covers on a grey backgound
Tunes that kept The World spinning in 2020: A playlist
A woman playin cello appears in an empty museum hall.
Coronavirus Art
‘Food for our soul’: Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown
Simón Mejía and his band, Bomba Estéreo, have long been active in environmental movements. Mejía has a new solo album out.
Culture
Simón Mejía’s new album mixes electronic music with sounds of nature — and birdsong
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Travel takes on new meaning in this jazz pianist’s latest album