PRI's The World: Global Hit
PRI's The World: Global Hit
PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interwith musicians, critics and deejays around the globe. The World is an US-based international news and analysis program ...
American artists and Iceland
Writer Alissa Quart visits Iceland...a country devastated by the economic crisis...to discover that its unique stamp on art and music is still thriving.
Dolapdere Big Gang
Cover bands aren’t usually musical innovators. But Dolapdere Big Gang of Turkey might be the exception. Most of the group lives in Dolapdere, an Istanbul neighborhood with a rough reputation. This eight-piece band of young Roma musicians, plays Western ...
Khaled
Anchor Marco Werman tells about one song on the new CD by Algerian superstar Khaled. The song "Zabana" tells the story of Ahmed Zabana, a martyr in the Algerian War of Independence in the 1950s.
Marco Werman in Vegas
The World's Marco Werman tells us about a big benefit concert this weekend in Las Vegas. It's an unusual one for Vegas. It features top musicians from Algeria, Syria and Iraq.
Anasma Vuong
today's Global Hit features a belly dancer. Her name is Anasma Vuong. She's originally from Paris. Her father is Vietnamese, and her mother from Tunisia. These days Anasma Vuong lives in New York. And she specializes in a fusion of belly dance and hip ...
Anasma Vuong
today's Global Hit features a belly dancer. Her name is Anasma Vuong. She's originally from Paris. Her father is Vietnamese, and her mother from Tunisia. These days Anasma Vuong lives in New York. And she specializes in a fusion of belly dance and hip ...
Slavic Soul Party!
Anchor Marco Werman tells us about the New York based band Slavic Soul Party!
Slavic Soul Party!
Anchor Marco Werman tells us about the New York based band Slavic Soul Party!
Piccolo Teatro Lirico
Italy has a new – short – twist on a centuries-old art form. A small, historic theater in Rome was having a hard time surviving when it turned to trills and arias to help keep it afloat: opera. But not the usual hours-long, mega-productions. Megan ...
Piccolo Teatro Lirico
Italy has a new – short – twist on a centuries-old art form. A small, historic theater in Rome was having a hard time surviving when it turned to trills and arias to help keep it afloat: opera. But not the usual hours-long, mega-productions. Megan ...
Kailash Kher
Anchor Marco Werman profiles Indian pop singer Kailash Kher.
Kailash Kher
Anchor Marco Werman profiles Indian pop singer Kailash Kher.
Hafez Nazeri
Iranian musician Hafez Nazeri demonstrates a brand new instrument with a brand new name. It's a stringed instrument based on the 2-thousand-year-old setar...and it's named after a Persian poet.
Hafez Nazeri
Iranian musician Hafez Nazeri demonstrates a brand new instrument with a brand new name. It's a stringed instrument based on the 2-thousand-year-old setar...and it's named after a Persian poet.
Israeli rock
For our Global Hit today we turn to one of our reporters who’s usually on the foreign policy beat, but who also has a strong abiding interest in music. Matthew Bell wanted to find out what people are listening to in Israel. He visited a CD shop in Tel ...
Israeli rock
For our Global Hit today we turn to one of our reporters who’s usually on the foreign policy beat, but who also has a strong abiding interest in music. Matthew Bell wanted to find out what people are listening to in Israel. He visited a CD shop in Tel ...
Ray Davies
Ray Davies of the Kinks has a new album out. And it's choral music. He performs with a chorus that sings some of the Kinks' greatest hits. He speaks with anchor Marco Werman.
Ray Davies
Ray Davies of the Kinks has a new album out. And it's choral music. He performs with a chorus that sings some of the Kinks' greatest hits. He speaks with anchor Marco Werman.
Global Hit
Correspondent Gerry Hadden has an appreciation of protest songs.