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Iconic musician Carlos Santana creates ‘mystical medicine music to heal a twisted, crooked world’

Woodstock 50th anniversary music festival has been officially canceled. Carlos Santana, who performed at the epic 1969 Woodstock festival, talks to The World about the power of music to unite and heal a troubled world.

Iconic musician Carlos Santana creates ‘mystical medicine music to heal a twisted, crooked world’
Klaus Voormann, German born artist and friend to The Beatles

Klaus Voormann's long history with The Beatles

Klaus Voormann's long history with The Beatles
Nano Raies, a singer, composer and songwriter at Berklee College of Music.

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

This cover of The Beatles' 'Drive My Car' celebrates Saudi women's new right to drive
Women practice yoga in front of Beatles-themed displays at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh

50 years on, India is celebrating the Beatles' infamous trip to the country

50 years on, India is celebrating the Beatles' infamous trip to the country
Lennon sculture in Havana, Cuba

You can take your picture with John Lennon in Havana, but don't mess with his glasses

You can take your picture with John Lennon in Havana, but don't mess with his glasses
Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain

Why was British Musician Billy Bragg invited to present at the 2013 Americana Music Festival? Seems unusual, but Bragg argues that the British were actually integral in developing Americana music after World War II.

Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain
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Live in-Studio: Dwight Yoakam

Among country superstars, Dwight Yoakam has always been a guy who didn't fit in. A cool, mysterious dude in a crowd of boys next door. An Appalachian-turned-Angeleno who spurned Nashville.

Live in-Studio: Dwight Yoakam

Remembering George Harrison and the Beatles with Louise Harrison

Remembering George Harrison and the Beatles with Louise Harrison
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Coffee and music in Indonesia

How do young people in the Indonesian province of Aceh have fun and obey strict Islamic or sharia law? As Julia Simon reports, they go listen to music in the region's many coffee shops.

Coffee and music in Indonesia
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A Catalonian Christmas tradition

The World's Gerry Hadden reports a Christmas tradition in the Catalonian region of Spain. It will strike you as unusual and might strike you as offensive. It is a figure in the Catalonian nativity scene called the �pooper.�

A Catalonian Christmas tradition
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John Lennon Quotes and Memories from Reporter Tom Brook

John Lennon Quotes and Memories from Reporter Tom Brook
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John Lennon: 'Nowhere Boy' to 'Nowhere Man'

'Nowhere Boy,' stars Kristin Scott Thomas (as Aunt Mimi) and Aaron Johnson (as young John Lennon). Both join us in studio to talk about the film, John Lennon, Liverpool, and the Beatles.

John Lennon: 'Nowhere Boy' to 'Nowhere Man'
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John and Yoko

For the Global Hit, anchor Lisa Mullins tells about some of the events this week marking what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.

John and Yoko
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Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono tells Kurt Andersen what it's like to be embraced by a whole new generation of musicians and fans.

Yoko Ono

Pakistan's protest music

A pair of Pakistani professors sings songs of protest -- the music is new, but the lyrics are based on the words of iconic poets from the past.

Pakistan's protest music