Future Folk

December 18, 2017

The Congolese collective KOKOKO! repurposes typewriters, coffee cans, CPUs and more to create afropop-infused experimental music.

Music

MC Afrikan Boy's 'Wot It Do?' is a call to action

PRI's The World

December 15, 2017

MC Afrikan Boy, Olushola Ajose, returns with his latest track, "Wot it Do?" It’s a danceable, club-ready track that aims to bring people to the dance floor.

Arts

Algodón Egipcio’s 'La Estrella Irregular' is another way to understand the ongoing crisis in Venezuela

PRI's The World

December 20, 2017

Algodón Egipcio’s “La Estrella Irregular” is an electronic-pop lullaby that explores a medley of dreamy, bright and chopping tropical sounds. But the song also gives a poetic and experienced perspective on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.

Future Folk

A Mother's Day to end all wars

PRI's The World

May 11, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Mother’s Day is this weekend.

Arts

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo's Conselho do Bom Senso

PRI's The World

April 12, 2018

Rituals and spring go hand-in-hand.

Arts

Cosmo Pyke and Frank Ulwenya capture the sound of travel with soul and surf rock

PRI's The World

March 22, 2018

What does it sound like to travel? In this A-side B-side, we find it in two tracks.

Arts

Sudan Archives makes a new jig with the help of West African fiddling

PRI's The World

March 07, 2018

Exploring Sudan Archives through the Smithsonian Archives.

Arts

How Koreans put the 'K' in K-pop

PRI's The World

February 21, 2018

A deep dive into the 'K' in K-pop and traditional Korean music.

Arts

Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects

PRI's The World

February 09, 2018

Lykanthea nestles comfortably in the electronic-ambient genre. But she's begun to add traces of her childhood training in Carnatic music.

Culture

How South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela inspired band members

PRI's The World

January 23, 2018

Former bass player, Bakithi Kumalo, remembers late legendary South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela.

Arts

From Indonesia to Peru, these folk songs weave voice and instruments together

PRI's The World

January 08, 2018

RIYL, or recommended if you like, helps us understand tropes in genres like folk music. It's not perfect in this case, but the slight similarities in Beatriz and Stambul Naturil come out after a deep listen.

Arts

A-side B-side: Björk, Lullabies and in-between feelings

PRI's The World

December 05, 2017

Björk’s latest album "Utopia" melds the sounds of a mythical world with familiar sentiments of longing and patience, just like a lullaby.

Arts

Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions

PRI's The World

November 30, 2017

By singing and writing a song in Choctaw, singer-songwriter Samantha Crain is trying to push the culture past its colonial influence.

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KOKOKO! makes experimental afropop with found objects

MC Afrikan Boy's 'Wot It Do?' is a call to action

Algodón Egipcio’s 'La Estrella Irregular' is another way to understand the ongoing crisis in Venezuela

A Mother's Day to end all wars

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo's Conselho do Bom Senso

Cosmo Pyke and Frank Ulwenya capture the sound of travel with soul and surf rock

Sudan Archives makes a new jig with the help of West African fiddling

How Koreans put the 'K' in K-pop

Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects

How South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela inspired band members

From Indonesia to Peru, these folk songs weave voice and instruments together

A-side B-side: Björk, Lullabies and in-between feelings

Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions