Global Notes: Remembering Musicians Who Put World Music on the Map

Global Notes: Remembering Musicians Who Put World Music on the Map
1907 Album cover for Fela Kuti, one of the original world music stars
Global Notes: Remembering Musicians Who Put World Music on the Map
1907 Album cover for Fela Kuti, one of the original world music stars

Global Notes: Remembering Musicians Who Put World Music on the Map

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Today, we can instantly listen to music from all over the globe. But decades ago, the concept of sampling international hits was, well, quite foreign.

Radio M host Tony Sarabia joins Jerome for another edition of Global Notes, Worldview’s weekly look at what’s happening in the music world.

Looking forward to Memorial Day, we look back and commemorate the stars that started the “World Music” genre.