Feature Stories
Deeper insights into a musical style, musician, band - take the deep dive!
Malawi Old Time Music
A portrait of Malawian musical treasure Chechamba - a mult-instrumentalist and composer from the town of Blantyre.
Caribbean Square Dancing in Paris
A night spent dancing squares in the Northern suburbs of Paris with local band Caribop.
Fife and Drum Music on the Congo River
African cane flute traditions and its tantalizing links to traditions today in the Mississippi Delya.
Taraab in Zanzibar
Rushing against the moon to catch music in Zanzibar before the onset of Ramadan.
Trallaleri Singers of Genoa
I first heard the other-wordly “Trallaleri”polyphonic singers on Alan Lomax’s famous recordings of Italian folk music in the 1970s.
Cowboy fiddlers of Latin America
Migration to the major cities of Argentina and Brazil has brought some fantastic folk music - and fiddling - to the big city
AIDS Protest Songs
In Durban, South Africa for the International AIDS Conference, a taste of the amazing protest songs of South African health care workers.
A Tale of Two Dervishes
Two of the coolest places you can visit in the cities of Khartoum, Sudan and Delhi, India, happen to be significant Sufi shrines. There is remarkable singing to be found at both.