World Music Spotlight

National Geographic catches up with Senegalese pop sensation Baaba Maal to talk about the message and meaning behind his music. Also ...

This week African rockers Amadou and Mariam are caught live in concert on their recent North American tour. Known as the blind couple of ...

Known as the blind couple of Mali, guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and singer Mariam Doumbia are a married duo who first met when a mutual love ...

Emmanuel Jal is a former Sudanese child soldier who put down his rifle and picked up a microphone to emerge as one of Africa's most ...

Drummer and producer Karsh Kale draws on his South Asian heritage and American upbringing to create a cross-cultural masala of Hindustani ...