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The members of the Refugee All Stars are all survivors of Sierra Leone's bloody civil war. Their music tells stories of survival, of living in exile, and of returning home. Members of the Refugee All Stars tell their stories of courage, song and return.
Web Extra: Hear Songs from 'Living Like a Refugee'
With every verse, Ceann's "Pretty on the Inside" induces more flinches and grins.
Hear an interview with Balkan-jazz-funk band Slavic Soul Party, as well as an in-studio performance. Web Extra: Hear the Performance
June 7, 2007 · A Bronx-based duo, Pacha Massive blends the rhythms of bemebe, reggae, palo and meringue. The resulting mixture straddles the lines separating Latin music, drum-and-bass, dancehall and trip-hop. Hear an interview and in-studio performance.
June 7, 2007 · Though the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was considered a god by Rastafarians, in Bob Marley's day, reggae music wasn't popular in Ethiopia. Now, though, reggae is huge in the East African nation, and there's no bigger star than Teddy Afro.
May 30, 2007 · Forro in the Dark gets its name from a style of Brazilian dance music, but it doesn't conform to those limitations, instead drawing on influences from Enrique Iglesias to Beck. Hear an interview with the band, as well as a studio performance of its new songs.
May 29, 2007 · Rap isn't exactly the kind of music that should find a following in Afghanistan, a place that aggressively shuns Western influence. But rapper D.J. Besho, known to Afghans as Bejan, has broken through societal taboos.
May 23, 2007 · For Balkan Beat Box, accomplished underground musicians Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat assembled a diverse group to play intensely unpredictable, danceable music. Hear an interview, as well as a studio performance of songs from the new album.
June 5, 2007 · Somi is a jazz singer whose music fuses African and African-American musical traditions. She talks with Farai Chideya about her twinned roots in Rwandan, Uganda and Champaign, Ill.
May 22, 2007 · The South African folk guitarist has been recording for 15 years, while serving as a prominent voice of the anti-apartheid movement. Mahlasela also writes poetry and music, mostly addressing topics of freedom, equality and protest of the apartheid government.
May 16, 2007 · Flamenco has its own rhythm — a natural pulse of hands and feet and mouths. Barcelona's Ojos de Brujo re-creates the sound of city streets, where many different kinds of music leak out of doorways of clubs and concert halls, then blend together to create one mass of sound.
May 12, 2007 · La Cumbiamba eNeYe is a group of 12 Colombian musicians in New York City who explore the music of their grandparents. Almost by accident, there is now a vibrant musical exchange between New York and Colombia. Web Extra: Download Songs
May 14, 2007 · Imagine if John had never met Paul. Well, these days Web sites are making it easier for would-be Lennons and McCartneys to collaborate without ever meeting each other in person. Web Extra: Online Jamming Sites, Songs
May 15, 2007 · Singer Angelique Kidjo hopes to change the world, one record at a time. NPR's Farai Chideya catches up with Kidjo to talk about her new album, "Djin Djin."
May 11, 2007 · Robert Siegel previews the finals of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, slated for Saturday night in Helsinki, Finland. This year, the contest is taking a decidedly eastward turn, with finalists from Romania, Georgia, Ukraine and Turkey.
Hear an eclectic mix of ten concert specials recorded live at Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
From member station WXPN, host David Dye welcomes acts from the worlds of blues, rock, folk and alternative country.
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