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Mateo Kingman makes hip-hop from his roots in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Mateo Kingman grew up in a small town deep in the Amazon. He didn't know the depth of his connection to the jungle until it moved to the city, where music helped him cope.
Violin masterclass — Why I wanted to learn Iranian scales
Last Friday night, The World's Marco Werman got a violin lesson in Tehran and learned what makes Iranian classical music scales different from Western music.
This singer made Cuban music accessible to a Mexican audience
We remember one of the great singers of Afro-Cuban music. But he wasn't Cuban. "Melón" died on Monday in Mexico City at the age of 85.
How ancient Egypt influenced Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire
Maurice White, founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, died Wednesday at the age of 74. The band blended soul, funk, jazz and a bit of everything else. White himself, though, was heavily influenced by the study of ancient Egypt.
This 11-year-old knows how to tickle the keys. Now he's headlining Newport Jazz Festival
Joey Alexander plays jazz piano like an old timer, but he's just 11. Now, he's going to headline the Newport Jazz Festival this summer. He lives in New York. But he was born far removed from New York's swinging jazz scene — on the Indonesian island of Bal
Here's what a map of the world sounds like
Want to hear the sound of London's Millennium Bridge or the sound of metal workers in Kathmandu? You can do both on the sound map Aporee.
In Holy Land, a tribute to Lorde gets complicated
Yuval Ben-Ami is a big fan of Lorde — and he turned the artist's music into a way to highlight the diversity of Israel.
In New Orleans, Marco explores Japan's jazz links to the Big Easy
PRI's The World host Marco Werman is in the middle of a two-week, cross-country writing residency aboard Amtrak trains. His first stop was in New Orleans, where he heard about the death of famed trumpet player Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill and was reminded
Afghan rapper escaped teen marriage by singing about it
A young girl from Afghanistan escaped being forced into marrying a man when she was 14 years old — by writing a rap song about it. The young rapper is now living and going to school in the US, and she’s still making music about social justice in Afghanist
For hip-hop artist Omar Offendum, apathy toward Syria is not an option
Syrian American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum realized long ago that his music could be a tool. Now the focus of his lyrics is to remind people that beneath all the political posturing and proxy wars still taking place in Syria, there’s still real human su