Worldview Global Notes Podcast
1) Understanding the K-Pop explosion
South Korean pop star PSY has topped the YouTube charts with his video Gangam Style.  He’s taken over Just Bieber’s record with more than 810 million views.
2) A music report from WOMEX
Catalina Maria Johnson is just back from WOMEX 2012, one of the most renowned World Music conferences. This year it was held in Greece.
3) Celebrating the career of Kollywood composer Ilaiyaraaja
4) Zamin channels classical and global influences through an indie rock amp
Though the Chicago band Zamin considers itself strictly an indie rock band, its conservatory-trained, classical music pedigree and global influences bely such a simple categorization. The band joins W...Show More
5) Global Music: Useful phrase or restrictive labeling?
6) Global Notes: Indigenous sounds get a new beat
The Argentinean duo Tonolec combins traditional Toba songs with electronic beats and the Chilean group Wechekeché Ñi Trawün are trying to keep the Mapuche mapundungun language alive through hip-hop an...Show More
7) Reviewing the roots of rasta rhythms
With Jamaica celebrating 50 years of independence from Great Britain, it seems appropriate to take a look at a music that was born out of deep seated opposition to colonialism.
8) Pussy Riot: The Russian punk band calling for a revolution
9) Brazil's forro: Music 'for all'
10) Unearthing the strange sounds of Indian psych
Atomic Forest was the only Indian psychedelic band to record an album in the 1970s. Their unique sound is showcased in the recently re-issued Obsession.