What is shape note singing? Here's an overview of this American tradition

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Program: Tuvalu calls for moral leadership from Australia on climate

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. What happens when a narco-sub washes ashore on your island? We take a look at what one Marshallese man ...

Congolese rumba, music caught between neglect and nostalgia

Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's ...

Kikori basketball leader Ella Dodobai drives community change through sport

In Kikori, Gulf Province, where muddy courts and unpredictable seas are part of everyday life, Ella Dodobai is using ...
An-Nahar

Solh: Nancy Mounir bridges cultures through music

Nancy embodied the Biennale’s theme through her work as a space for sonic experimentation and liberation from traditional ...
The New York Times

9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week

Ejae and Sombr chased the Grammys with new releases, and Peter Gabriel began unfurling his next album. By Jon Pareles Post-Grammy strategies are clicking into place, as winners and performers from the ...
Rolling Stone

Lana Del Rey Reveals Release Date for New ‘Stove’ Single

Lana Del Rey revealed Saturday that the next single off her upcoming album might arrive in less than two weeks. In an Instagram Story, the singer told fans, “I just wanted to make a little message and ...
New York Post

New Archbishop Ronald Hicks installed at NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral with traditional welcome

Cardinal Timothy Dolan transferred the reins of power over the New York Archdiocese on Friday — and it started with three knocks on the door of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. New Archbishop Ronald Hicks, 58 ...
Press Trust of India on MSN

Envoy seeks collaboration to bring together indigenous Australian music, traditional Indian music

New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) Australian High Commissioner Philip Green on Wednesday said that after the acclaimed art exhibition -- 'Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters' -- being hosted in Delhi, he now d ...
Page Six

Chris Harrison hawking ‘traditional marriage’ dating show 5 years after exiting ‘Bachelor’ over racism concerns

Chris Harrison is returning to TV for the first time in almost five years to host a new “traditional marriage” dating show – and fans already have mixed feelings about it. The former “Bachelor” host, ...
Austin American-Statesman

Chris Harrison of 'The Bachelor' returns as host of new dating show focused on 'traditional marriage'

Chris Harrison, former host of ABC’s reality television franchise “The Bachelor,” is returning to the screen as host of a new show, titled “Traditional Love.” Harrison, who currently lives in Austin, ...
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Exploring traditional Papua cultural practices

Discover the rituals and significance of the Papua Boom Boom Ceremony. Catherine O'Hara's cause of death revealed FBI releases images of masked man in hunt for Savannah Guthrie's mother GOP Sen. Lisa ...