Album art for Brazilian band Bixiga 70's 2016 Record Store Day release, The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Pakistani cyclists ride past a wall image of late Sufi musician Amjad Sabri alongside a street in Karachi on June 27, 2016. Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
After His Assassination, A Pakistani Artist's Family Keeps His Song Alive
A still from the Brazilian band Cabruêra's video for their song "Beira Mar" (Seashore). Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Relatives comfort Mujjudid Sabri (front, center), son of Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri, who was killed Wednesday in an attack by gunmen in Karachi. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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King Bubba (in the hat) at Crop Over last weekend. His song "Calling In Sick" is a robust tribute to rum. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A-WA's new album, Habib Galbi, comes out June 24. Tomer Yosef/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tiny Desk Concert with Mashrou' Leila. Ruby Wallau/NPR hide caption
Film director Morgan Neville talks to NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas at a live event in New York City on June 7, 2015. Cameron Robert/NPR hide caption
Hamed Sinno (R) and Haig Papazian of the Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila performing in Bourges, France in 2015. Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Music Of Morocco features recordings of classical Moroccan musicians. Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress hide caption
'Music Of Morocco': A Labor Of Love For Mid-Century Moroccan Musical Diversity
Congolese singer Papa Wemba performing Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, shortly before collapsing onstage. He died before reaching the hospital early Sunday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Warhead Constriction, a group of high-schoolers from Lagos, is one of many rock bands of the 1960s and '70s featured in the new book series Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977. Courtesy of Now-Again Records hide caption
'Wake Up You!' Explores The Transitional, Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Of Nigeria
Portuguese singer Ana Moura. Frederico Martins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bombino performs at SXSW 2016 on the Radio Day Stage Hope Helmuth/WXPN hide caption
Vân-Ánh Võ was inspired by the plight of refugees to create a concert piece called The Odyssey: From Vietnam to America." Courtesy of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts hide caption
Tokyo Black Star. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Bombino's new album, Azel, comes out April 1. Marije Kuiper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
An antique image of Vlach musicians in northwestern Greece playing a graveside mirologia, or dirge. Courtesy of Long Gone Sounds/Third Man Records hide caption
Bombino Marije Kuiper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rokia Traoré's new album is called Né So. Danny Willems/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Italy's Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. Courtesy of the artists hide caption