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