Maria Bakkalapulo is a Miami-based journalist and ethnomusicologist.
Maria Bakkalapulo is a Miami-based journalist and ethnomusicologist. She has been documenting events around the globe in locations as varied as Indonesia, Scotland and USA. She recently directed a film about veterans hunting Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
After being arrested in his home country of Nicaragua, well-known political commentator Jaime Arellano refuses to give up, even after being exiled to Miami, Florida.
A growing number of tourists are coming to see the relics of tsunami destruction in Aceh.
Iranian vocalist Mamak Khadem is breaking gender rules in Persian music. Khadem has released a new album titled "A Window to Color".
Japan's pop-punk girl group, Shonen Knife, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a tribute to its favorite group, the Ramones.
Qing Cheng, an elaborate, large-scale multimedia Chinese opera, made its international debut at the festival.
Looking for the world's third largest island that is shared by three countries.
Tokuda recently played at the Borneo Jazz Festival, though his thoughts were with people back home.
The union of Cuban and Haitian music is the soul of the Creole Choir of Cuba. The group is one tour in Britain. Reporter Maria Bakkalapulo brings us their story.