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Listen Chavela Vargas: A Legend Of Latin American Song
August 6, 2012 – She was a hard-partying, rabble-rousing, fiery singer who adopted Mexico as her homeland.
Watch Jimmy Cliff On Career 'Rebirth' And The Nature Of Success
August 4, 2012 – The reggae icon on Joe Strummer, Katy Perry and his own role as a Jamaican music ambassador.
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda On Learning From Ruben Blades
August 2, 2012 – The composer says a song by Blades helped him understand the interplay of music and lyrics.
Watch Dancing On The Border: New Songs From Brazil, Peru, Mexico and More
August 2, 2012 – Loosen your belt for a seven-course international musical feast of distortion, melancholy and fury.
Watch KCRW Presents: Nitin Sawhney KCRW
August 1, 2012 – Worldly flavor meets relaxed beauty in a rare U.S. appearance for this U.K. producer-composer. KCRW
Watch Translation Software For Music Makers
August 1, 2012 – It's always been a challenge to make eastern music using western composition software. Until now.
Listen Boban i Marko Markovic: Irresistible Party Music
July 31, 2012 – The father-and-son ensemble plays wickedly wild brass beats, blending tradition with innovation.
Listen Bibi Tanga: Where Afropop Meets Walt Whitman
July 30, 2012 – The African singer says his new record draws from French pop and transcendentalist poetry.
Watch Across Latin America, Making Cumbia Modern
July 28, 2012 – Global Village host Betto Arcos shares four 21st-century interpretations of cumbia.
Watch Guest DJ: Camilo Lara From Mexican Institute Of Sound
July 26, 2012 – The prolific singer and producer shares a slice of the new sound he's concocting for Mexico.
Listen Thistle And Shamrock: Notes In The Wilderness
July 25, 2012 – Our music this week sings of wild and unspoiled landscapes and challenges us to preserve them.
Watch KCRW Presents: Jimmy Cliff KCRW
July 24, 2012 – Watch the reggae legend perform his new song "One More" live at KCRW's studios in Santa Monica. KCRW
Read First Listen: 'Out Of Many: 50 Years Of Reggae Music'
July 22, 2012 – Celebrating 50 years of Jamaican independence with a hit song from each year, starting in 1962.
Watch Muito Legal! Brazilian Music For Summer
July 19, 2012 – Here's a look at the artists rocking the Big Apple at this year's Brasil Summerfest.
Listen Jimmy Cliff's 'Rebirth' Gives New Life To Vintage Reggae
July 17, 2012 – Will Hermes says the Jamaican singer's new record is an instant classic with an eye on the past.