world music
VICE Meets The Flamingods
We talk cultural appropriation, psychedelic daydreams and dating shows with the Dubai-London band.
Denmark's Only World Music Venue Wants You to Care About World Music
World music isn't just for geriatrics—according to Copenhagen venue Global, that is.
Spazz Out Klezmer-Punk Style to "Coltun's Pinky Crusher” by Les Rhinoceros
The D.C. jazz punks create "world music without a country."
How Black Coffee Rose from South Africa's Townships to Become the King of Afro-House
With a North American tour and parties in Ibiza under his belt, Black Coffee is fighting for South African artists to be recognized beyond the reductive
Manu Chao Is Music's Last True Radical
Peter Culshaw has trailed the enduring troubadour from a Saharan refugee camp to a mental asylum in Argentina and still doesn't quite know how to nail him down.
Pinch Takes His Deep Bass Tones on an African Adventure
You can download his track "Are You Coming With Us?" ft. Temi Oyedele for free
Noura Mint Seymali Is the Psych Blues Artist from Mauritania You Need to Know About
She comes from a lineage of musicians: Noura’s mother was Mauritania’s singer of her time and her father wrote the national anthem.
North Africa's World Music Festivals are Twice the Size of Coachella
We traveled to Morocco to visit the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music—an event that attracts over 400,000 people—and learn about Berber culture.
Beats Antique Made the Most High-Concept World Music Album Ever
It's comparative mythology for the Burning Man set.
Following The Buraka Som Sistema Search For World Music
BSS are like musical and cultural evangelists trying to find out about every scene on the planet.