The Kalush Orchestra has a unique sound that blends rap with traditional Ukrainian folk music. In 2022, the band, representing Ukraine, won Eurovision. The victory was a huge boost for a country at ...
Innoss’B is on a quest to, not only play music, but also to combat malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo. In recent months, he’s partnered with the United Nations World Food Program and ...
Gabriela Ortiz is one of Mexico’s best-known classical composers, and she’s becoming better known in the United States, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic has premiered many of her rhythmic, colorful ...
Over the course of his 60+ year career, Joe Boyd has worked with Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Fairport Convention, Toots & the Maytals and so many more bands. This fall, he released a new book called “And the ...
The World welcomes 2025 with this music holiday special. We look at a middle-school teacher in France who uses rap to teach ...
Barilla — the Italian pasta company — has released a six-song “Al Bronzo Soundtrack.” It says the soundtrack is scientifically designed to enhance the taste and texture of the pasta. A University of ...
Rapper Ana Tijoux became an international star in 2010 with her album “1977.” It was named for the year she was born, in France, to Chilean parents in exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet ...
Singer-songwriter Susan O’Neill is an award-winning artist from Ireland. She’s hoping to break through to a wider audience with her new album “Now in a Minute.” This fall, Susan O’Neill described the ...
Math is often hard. Rap is fun. So, middle-school math teacher Antoine Carrier decided to combine the two. As Gerry Hadden reported last spring, Carrier has created a cool tool for helping tens of ...
The number of foreign-born older people in the US is increasing fast: It’s expected to reach 23% of the total older population by 2060. But the US health care system is not always well prepared to ...
Who doesn’t have a fond childhood memory that’s grown hazy with time, especially because there was never a photo to solidify it in the mind’s eye? Well, as The World’s Gerry Hadden reported from ...
Meteorites from Argentina are sold at rock and mineral shops across the world. And for the most part, they have been illegally obtained. Buying and selling meteorites is prohibited in Argentina. This ...