From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

(USA) No matter how lighthearted the vibe on this dancehall outing, Michael Franti is a man of principle, and the subjects he is tackling lyrically are no walk in the park. This song is about the need for us to recognize the sacredness of our world and our connections to each other and the track...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

(Iran/USA) The Persian New Year "Norooz" coincides with the first day of Spring. And doesn’t it make sense to celebrate it, when the earth itself is full of promise and renewal? To honor both events, we have chosen a live performance from Axiom of Choice singer Mamak Khadem, with a traditional m...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

(Mexico/USA) Part performance, part documentary, this video is a tribute to Digna Ochoa, the human rights lawyer whose suspicious death was called a suicide by the Mexican authorities. Lila and her husband Paul taped a series of concerts in Mexico City and Oaxaca, and called in several graphic a...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

-Download on iTunes-Buy the album(China) Up in the thin air of the Himalayas are ruins of a vast castle complex. It is all that is left of the 10th century Guge Kingdom, which ruled for 700 years before dying out. During its sway, Tibetan Buddhism flowered, and the site is now an imposing design...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

(France/Netherlands) The legacy of the great Gypsy Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt lives on in the Rom (Gypsy) communities of Western Europe. At any given time, groups of guitar playing firebrands of all ages can be found, pounding out some standard tune, and trading lightning fast solos. Biréli...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:42 AM

-Buy the DVD(Brazil) Jair Oliveira is part of a generation, descendents of the great MPB artists, who are forging new sounds and original takes on the bedrock of Brazilian song. The son of the legendary Jair Rodrigues, "Jairzinho" as he was called as a child, has been performing since the age of...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:41 AM

(Sudan) Here is a simply stunning event and a stunning song. When Emmanuel Jal was twelve years old he trecked across the African Plain, fleeing his life of being a child soldier.  He and his comrades ended up in a refugee camp where Emma McCune, a British Aid worker, made it her project to help...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:41 AM

Featuring sublime lyrical songs, lively humoresques, and laments of unrequited love, "Bardic Divas" is a panoramic survey of contemporary women’s music from Central Asia.

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:41 AM

Music that makes you kick up your heels is always something to celebrate. This selection of Link TV World Music Videos features the traditional sounds of Fiji’s Black Rose as well as the samba syncopations of Brazil's Zuco 103, in a video that even includes a dance lesson. Also included are...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

-Buy the album(Senegal) El Hadj N’Diaye has been an activist singer-songwriter since he first became involved in music. He has been a voice for the poor for years, and his stance on things economic in Africa is clear: The world bank and IMF have many developing nations in a stranglehold...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

-Download on iTunes(Spain) Concha Buika was born María Concepción Balboa Buika on the island of Mallorca, to parents who came to Spain as political exiles (her father was a writer and activist) from Equatorial Guinea. She absorbed the flamenco of Spain along with many of the other musics that we...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

(Uruguay) Jorge Nasser is a mainstay of the Uruguayan pop music scene, having made his debut CD in 1984. "Carritos De MI Ciudad" is an ode to the poor of Montevideo, who scavenge for a living on the streets of the city, unnoticed and unremarked by the well to do. The poor do not have cars, only ...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

-Download on iTunes(USA) Here is one of the strangest mashups we have ever come across, and that’s saying a lot! Uncle Earl is an all-female Old Timey band.  Their name is a reference to Steve Earl, Earl Scruggs and even the cult band Uncle Tupelo. Banjo player Abigail Washburn visits China regu...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

The Laya Project, a production based on folk music traditions in the 2004 tsunami-affected regions, is a collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, dedicated to the survivors of the Asian tsunami.

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

-Buy the album(Tibet/USA) Techung is a Tibetan singer/songwriter/performer living in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He grew up in the exiled Tibetan community of Dharamsala, India, where he attended the Institute of Performing Arts. We first encountered this soulful multi-instrumentalist and singe...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

An interview with Rupa, singer, songwriter, and doctor, discussing music, public spaces, and the human cost of our immigration policies.

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

(Czech Republic) This one is so out it’s in...and you don't need to speak Czech to know it. You may remember the fun of this band's first video, "Romano Hip Hop", that combined gypsy violins, dancing babes and of course, Romany rap. Now the boys are back with a video that is self-depre...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:26 AM

The performer who can hold us in their spell and take us into their world through the force of their personality is the focus of this selection of videos from Link TV.  Mariza opens with a dynamic fado, and Tom Zé closes with a whimsical pean to love. Also featured are videos by Sara Tavares, Ra...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:25 AM

-Download on iTunes-Buy the album(Spain) "All my good fortune weighs less than 20 grams," sings Marina "La Canillas" in this song that contrasts the life of the body with the life of the spirit. Flying dragons, buddhas, images of Shiva and a girl dancing something that is not really kathak, not ...

From: Link TV on Mon, Dec 07 2009 9:22 AM

(Senegal) While here in the USA we think of rap as a homegrown phenomenon, the members of Gokh-Bi System maintain that it was actually inspired by "tassu" - a form of communication practiced by the jelis (griots) of Senegal, characterized by rapid-fire rhymes over percussion. Brought by slaves w...