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Some of the world’s great guitarists will gather in Chicago this week. They’ll join another virtuoso – one of the men behind the Chicago Guitar Festival. Goran Ivanovic leads his own group, Eastern Blok but is also known as one-half of the Andreas Kapsalis-Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo.

Worldview cuica demonstration from WBEZ on Vimeo.This week on Global Notes, Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia explore a drum from Brazil called the cuíca.

On this edition of Global Notes, Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia explore Cambodia's rich musical heritage.

One of the country’s oldest outdoor murals covers a storefront on Chicago’s Northwest Side. People who care about the 40-year-old painting are finishing a facelift. The mural restoration is doing more than brightening up a gritty stretch of North Avenue.

On this week's Global Notes, Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia listen to the surprising sounds of Tande-La, the new album from the Creole Choir of Cuba.

I'm so thrilled by the new Wilco album The Whole Love.

 Forty years ago, the hippest trip in America left the station. Soul Train — the little Chicago engine that could – went on to become the longest-running, nationally-syndicated show on television. Before longtime conductor and host Don Cornelius was moving to the