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Music

Stranger Sounds: Tehran

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A Spotify playlist featuring songs from the Golden Age of Persian Popular Music

  • Iran
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  • Tehran
  • Music

How folklórico took over Texas

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High schools compete in the dancing style and the best dancers find themselves recruited like all-star football players.

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Culture
  • Dance
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We asked six influential Texans: What’s next for Texas?

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Dan Rather, Earl Campbell, Adrian Quesada, Lina Hidalgo, Cruz Ortiz and C.K. Chin on the future of the lone star state

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The Keepers of Flamenco

Christina Zanfagna with Anya de Marie

How a Roma tradition became one of Spain's most famous exports

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  • Dance
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K-pop Music Goes Global

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The business of making an idol

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  • Music

The Kuti Legacy

Molara Wood
photography by Pius Utomi

Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music

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  • Lagos
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  • Afrobeat
  • Music

Staying #GlobalFromHome: Music Edition

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Did You Know?

Japan’s Hip-Hop Revolution

  • Asia
  • Japan
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Did You Know?

Godfather of Hiplife

  • Africa
  • Ghana
  • Music

Gully Culture

Akanksha Singh

For one aspiring rapper from Mumbai’s biggest slum, failure is not an option

  • Asia
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  • Music

King Yellowman

Garnette Cadogan
photography by Marlon James

Meeting the Jamaican dancehall legend

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Did You Know?

The New Song Movement

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