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Body Music with Keith Terry

Body Music with Keith Terry

from recent posts tagged pri - blip.tv (beta) on November 26, 2009
Duration: 195
Keith Terry, organizer of the International Body Music Festival, stopped by The World studios recently to give a little demo. Hear the entire interview here.
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American artists and Iceland

American artists and Iceland

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on November 25, 2009
Duration: 195
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.
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Dolapdere Big Gang

Dolapdere Big Gang

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on November 24, 2009
Duration: 195
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 pop hits in a traditional Turkish style. Matthew Brunwasser has the story.
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Khaled

Khaled

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on November 23, 2009
Duration: 195
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.
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Marco Werman in Vegas

Marco Werman in Vegas

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on November 20, 2009
Duration: 195
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.
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Dona Edith

Dona Edith

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 15, 2009
Duration: 322
Reporter Sylvia Maria Gross remembers Brazilian musician Dona Edith who died last week at the age of 94. She became famous for tapping and scraping samba rhythms on a dinner plate.
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Leo Tardin

Leo Tardin

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 14, 2009
Duration: 322
Switzerland doesn't have much of a musical tradition. The World's Marco Werman tells us how a Swiss jazz pianist is trying to create a modern one with a global posse of spoken-word artists.
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Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries

Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 13, 2009
Duration: 322
Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about a band called Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries. Their new album is called "Trust."
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Rokia Traore

Rokia Traore

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 12, 2009
Duration: 322
The World's Marco Werman interviews Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore. She is known for her use of traditional West African music. But on her new album, she uses an all-American electric guitar.
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Alex Sipiagin

Alex Sipiagin

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 09, 2009
Duration: 322
In today's Global Hit, trumpet player Alexei Sipiagin tells the story of his journey from growing up in Soviet Union to playing at the pinnacle of American jazz.
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Dissidenten

Dissidenten

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 08, 2009
Duration: 322
The World's Marco Werman updates the goings-on of German world beat mavens Dissidenten.
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Two national anthems

Two national anthems

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 07, 2009
Duration: 322
The World's Laura Lynch explains why many at Ghana's presidential swearing ceremonies today probably had not one, but two national anthems on their minds.
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Calypsoul 70

Calypsoul 70

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 06, 2009
Duration: 322
The World's Marco Werman plays a sample of Calypso funk and soul music from the 70s, and found that the musicians had a lot on their minds 30 years ago.
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Monareta

Monareta

from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 02, 2009
Duration: 150
Andres Martinez and Camilo Sanabria of the duo Monareto hail from Bogota, and now split their time between the Colombian capital and Brooklyn. That two-city axis seems to keep Monareta's sounds fresh and connected to what's happening in both places.
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