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RIP Charlie Gillett Channel: Link TV Length: 423 Date: March 23, 2010 One of world music’s pioneer deejays, Charlie Gillett died last week.  We have found a videotape of one of his shows that reveals ...

World Music: Kal, "Ding Deng Dong" Channel: Link TV Length: 197 Date: March 16, 2010 (Serbia) What is gypsy music, actually? And what is the gypsy tradition? Well, for one thing, Roma have always been really great at integrating di...

Josh Norek on the Intersection of Music and Activism Channel: Link TV Length: 253 Date: March 16, 2010 Josh Norek, Vice President of Nacional Records, discusses how his background in the music business prepared him for his work with Voto Latino in t...

A St. Patrick’s Day Toast, with Cara Dillon Channel: Link TV Length: 423 Date: March 10, 2010 Irish singer Cara Dillon brought her band to GlobalFEST, and it’s a perfect prelude to all the St. Patrick's Day festivities coming up.

World Music: Kou Chou Ching, "Gray Coastlines" Channel: Link TV Length: 267 Date: March 08, 2010 "Garbage is dumped everywhere by people who ignore the government,They boast about breaking the law; they live on kickbacks,Construction g...

World Music: Darko Rundek, "Ruke" Channel: Link TV Length: 288 Date: March 03, 2010 "So let me play to you, My soul is dying from silence, Don’t be afraid of the noise. What is playing is my hands" --Chorus from "Ruke"(Croatia) Da...

Nguyên Lê's "Saiyuki" at GlobalFEST: A Jazz-World Mashup with an Eastern Bent Channel: Link TV Length: 484 Date: March 03, 2010 In January New York City hosted GlobalFEST, a one-night world music extravaganza. We dip in on Vietnamese jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and his new agg...

World Music: Izaline Calister, "Mi Pais" Channel: Link TV Length: 232 Date: February 23, 2010 (Curaçao) Izaline Calister’s performance in Link TV's presentation of "Breaking the Silence, Beating the Drum" was special, and we have s...

No, THEY Are the World! Channel: Link TV Length: 413 Date: February 23, 2010 An interview with "Playing for Change" founder Mark Johnson. The astounding success of his globetrotting video of "Stand...

World Music: Lim Geong, "View" Channel: Link TV Length: 291 Date: February 17, 2010 (Taiwan) Although Lim Geong’s work is pure electronica, and he has said he gets inspiration from Japanese and German experimental music, he remain...

Taiwan Journey Part 6: A Meditative Farewell Channel: Link TV Length: 563 Date: February 17, 2010 The last of the Taiwan series is a visit to Yuen Jung-ping, the president of the Chinese Guqin Society. The Guqin is an ancient instrument. Playin...

World Music: Mariem Hassan, "Haiyu" Channel: Link TV Length: 231 Date: February 09, 2010 (Western Sahara) We’re thrilled to have a video from one of the great singers of world music. Mariem Hassan has a voice that would make Aretha Fran...

Taiwan Journey Part 5: Pushing the Envelope with Lim Geong, A Moving Sound and Kou Chou Ching Channel: Link TV Length: 555 Date: February 09, 2010 Short profiles of artists who are innovating within their fields: Lim Geong creates electronic soundscapes, A Moving Sound presents performance ar...

World Music: Urna, "Shirdegiin Chaidam" Channel: Link TV Length: 383 Date: February 02, 2010 (Mongolia) We first saw Urna perform in a Russian TV music series that was sent to us in 2001, and which we were never able to acquire. We were st...

Taiwan Journey Part 4: Aboriginal Music of Inka Mbing and Totem Channel: Link TV Length: 484 Date: February 02, 2010 A look and a listen to two very different Taiwanese Aboriginal musical entities: Inka Mbing is an Atayal who is working to preserve the music and c...

Taiwan Journey Part 3: Some Jazz Channel: Link TV Length: 404 Date: January 26, 2010 Is there such a thing as Taiwanese Jazz? We sit in on a rehearsal with the Jazz-Folk fusion band Sizhukong, and hear how the timbres of traditiona...

World Music: Latin Bitman, "Help Me" Channel: Link TV Length: 264 Date: January 26, 2010 (Chile) Another strong installment in the Latin Alternative Music story, DJ Bitman made an auspicious debut with three other musicians as Bitman a...

Taiwan Journey Part 2: The Woody Guthrie of Taiwan? Channel: Link TV Length: 618 Date: January 18, 2010 Lin Cheng Zhiang became known for his work with the Labor Exchange Band, part of a social movement protesting the buildlng of a dam in the south o...

World Music: Staff Benda Bilili , "Je T’Aime" Channel: Link TV Length: 295 Date: January 15, 2010 (Congo) A few years ago Link TV presented the wonderful documentary "Jupiter’s Dance," about the street music in Kinshasa, Congo. One of the highl...

Taiwan Journey Part 1 Channel: Link TV Length: 663 Date: January 11, 2010 Singer Wu Hsin-fei sings an a capella song in the Nanguan style, a genre that is over 1200 years old. Click here for the complete blog entry and m...

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