World Music
Some say that love makes the world go round. Others put it down to self-interest. Still others believe it’s something to do with gravity and orbits.
At Road Junky, we believe it’s music.
Road Junky has 21 World Music articles. Scroll down to view.
Blues Travel Guide - From Africa to America
The USA was less built upon the shoulders of brave pioneers than on the backs of the millions of slaves imported from Africa. In the 18th century the ...
Brazil Music Guide
Brazilians are very at home in their bodies and grow up with a strong sense of rhythm. When they are infants they’re set to dance with the adults and ...
S.E Rogie, Palm Wine Maringa Guitarist of Sierra Leone
S.E Rogie is one of the big names in Maringa or palm wine music of Sierra Leone, so named as musicians would tend to get sloshed on alcohol made from ...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Emperor of Qawwali
See, Sufism isn’t just about the poetry of Rumi or Hafiz, or spinning around in circles, it’s also about droning harmoniums, hand clapping and bunches of guys in shalwal ...
Kutiman - Thru-You, Israeli Youtube DJ Blows Everyone Away
Kutiman, aka Israeli artist, Ophir Kutiel, released his new project Thru-You to 20 friends. It then spread virally (think Swine Flu on amphetamines) and scored over a million views ...
Umm Kulthum - Star of the East
Umm Kulthumm is probably the most famous person in the Arabic world outside of the personages of the Koran. A legendary singer of a humble background, her voice still permeates ...
Cesaria Evora, Queen of Cabo Verde Morna
When it comes to haunting, sorrowful vocals laid on a lively morna percussion, there’s no one quite like Cesaria Evora. Growing up in poverty in Cape Verde, the former Portuguese ...
Tea Spoon Slide Guitar From South Africa
Why did no one think of playing the blues like this before?
Paco Lucia, Flamenco God
One soul wouldn’t be enough to sell to the Devil for Paco Lucia’s talent.
Fela Kuti -- Black President Documentary
“Music is the weapon of the future….” -Fela Anikulapo Kuti, 1938-1997
