Global Hit

December 27, 2018

There was a lot of great music released this year, but we had to narrow it down. Here's a selection of our favorites as chosen by The World's Marco Werman, April Peavey and Brandi Fullwood.

Exclusive 360-degree video: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform 'Balderrama'

PRI's The World

December 04, 2018

The collaboration between Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider just released a 360-degree video of the song "Balderrama" shot in studio.

Commentary

Listen to some of the songs that topped the charts around the world in 1968

PRI's The World

August 10, 2018

1968 was a year of political upheaval and the music reflected the restless times. The World's host Marco Werman went back and checked out the 1968 chart-toppers from the US, Japan, France and Brazil.

Future Folk

This is a remix? Childish Gambino's 'This is America' has started a global wave of remix videos

PRI's The World

August 01, 2018

More than 15 artists from other countries have produced their own country-specific versions of Childish Gambino's 'This is America.'

Global Hit

Here's the next smooth step in Tash Sultana's flow state

PRI's The World

July 30, 2018

Australian musician Tash Sultana's forthcoming LP, "Flow State," is the next musical step for the former busker. Sultana describes what it's like being in a flow state and why she's greedy when it comes to genres.

Global Hit

With new album, this Swedish-Senegalese couple shows their family is ‘made of music’

PRI's The World

July 24, 2018

Sousou is from Sweden. Maher Cissoko, her husband, is from Senegal. It was the kora that brought them together. And now, 10 years and two kids later, they've released a new album called "Made of Music."

Global Hit

Joan Baez reflects on these 'ghastly' times

PRI's The World

July 19, 2018

The iconic 1960s protest singer says she feels it's time to "stop whining about it."

Global Hit

This Afropop band's founders are both refugees from Africa, but they met on a Vermont soccer field

PRI's The World

July 05, 2018

The name of the Afropop band A2VT stands for Africa to Vermont. Based in Burlington, Vermont, the band's founders were originally refugees from Africa.

Global Hit

This cover of The Beatles' 'Drive My Car' celebrates Saudi women's new right to drive

PRI's The World

June 26, 2018

On Sunday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia started allowing women to drive for the first time. The World, along with some talented young musicians from Boston's Berklee College of Music, came up with a commemorative song for the occasion: an Arabic version of The Beatles' "Drive My Car."

Global Hit

Michael Brun delivers a message from Haiti — one summer block party at a time

PRI's The World

June 12, 2018

Michael Brun’s Bayo Block Party takes a celebration of Haiti’s spirit on the road, and he is bringing his friends with him too.

Global Hit

The World's favorite albums of 2018

Exclusive 360-degree video: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform 'Balderrama'

Listen to some of the songs that topped the charts around the world in 1968

This is a remix? Childish Gambino's 'This is America' has started a global wave of remix videos

Here's the next smooth step in Tash Sultana's flow state

With new album, this Swedish-Senegalese couple shows their family is ‘made of music’

Joan Baez reflects on these 'ghastly' times

This Afropop band's founders are both refugees from Africa, but they met on a Vermont soccer field

This cover of The Beatles' 'Drive My Car' celebrates Saudi women's new right to drive

Michael Brun delivers a message from Haiti — one summer block party at a time

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