The Globalist

How did Mali-born Afropop artist Salif Keita go from riches to rags and back again?

How does Mexican music and culture reflect the country’s political history?

How have conflicts in the former Yugoslavia affected the region’s music and culture?

Jazz is sometimes called America’s “classical music.” But how much was John Coltrane’s jazz influenced by globalization?

How does Japanese music express cultural values that transcend borders?

What product has been freely swapped across the U.S.-Mexico border for decades before NAFTA?

How did this Senegalese musician become a superstar without forsaking his culture?

Algerian-born singer Rachid Taha creates a fusion between rai and rock and other world music styles.

What does the music of the Gypsy Kings and Taraf de Haidouks say about the life of contemporary Roma?

Is the global movie dominance of Hollywood being infiltrated by Indian cinematic style?