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Burmese hip hop
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 30, 2009
Duration: 375
Duration: 375
The World's Andrea Smardon reports that in spite of government censorship in Myanmar, hip hop has become popular among young Burmese. It's also given some of them a political voice.
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Alice Russell
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 29, 2009
Duration: 480
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Duration: 480
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"Cello scrotum" hoax
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 28, 2009
Duration: 480
Duration: 480
Musicians have to put up with a lot. Itinerant lives, uncertain employment, viola jokes. There are medical issues facing professional musicians, too, including something called. Well, it's a delicate matter, as The World's Alex Gallafent explains to Marco Werman.
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Liyana
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 27, 2009
Duration: 480
Duration: 480
In today's Global Hit we hear the music from the band Liyana. The eight piece band hails from Zimbabwe.And what makes their story unique is that all eight members are disabled. Reporter Lonny Shavelson saw them at a show in California and tells us their story.
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Ethiopian music
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 26, 2009
Duration: 480
Duration: 480
Politics and music have not always mixed well in Ethiopia. But governments change -- and the music survives, and evolves. We hear about a new project that highlights the work of Ethiopian musicians today.
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Thomas Quasthoff
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 23, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
Reporter Jeff Lunden profiles classical singer Thomas Quasthoff. The German bass-baritone, who began life plagued with physical disabilities, has won Three Grammy Awards and achieved international success.
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Che
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 22, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with actor Benicio del Toro about his role in the upcoming film, "Che". Del Toro co-produced the film...and selected a song by Cuba's Silvio Rodriguez to close the first part.
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Gwenan Gibbard
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 21, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
Welsh harpist Gwenan Gibbard explains the significance of her instrument to the Welsh.
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Samba Mapangala
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 20, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
Kenyan musician Samba Mapangala performs tonight at the Kenyan Embassy gala in Washington. The World's Marco Werman tells us how his performance is a symbol of the new relationship between the African continent and the U-S under Barack Obama.
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Novalima
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 19, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
The World's Marco Werman explains how the songs of an Afro-Peruvian funk band from Lima are linked to the hopes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.
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Mansour Rahbani
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 16, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
Mourners paid tribute today to renowned Lebanese composer Mansour Rahbani. He died earlier this week at 83. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.
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Dona Edith
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 15, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 14, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 13, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 12, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 09, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 08, 2009
Duration: 322
Duration: 322
The World's Marco Werman updates the goings-on of German world beat mavens Dissidenten.
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Two national anthems
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 07, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 06, 2009
Duration: 322
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
from PRI's The World: Global Hit on January 02, 2009
Duration: 150
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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