Bombino Concert, Agadez

Omara "Bombino" Moctar is a Tuareg musician from Niger. His music adresses political concerns of the Tuareg people. He was forced to flee during Tuareg rebellions and lost friends, which influenced him to condemn guns and use his guitar as a symbol of freedom. To celebrate the end of the conflict, Bombino was able to return to his home city Agadez in Niger in 2010 and hold a large concert at the Grand Mosque.

Nils Frahm - Toilet Brushes - More (Live in London)

Nils Frahm, Berlin based musician and composer, performing a live piece at St John-at-Hackney Church in London.

William Emmanuel Bevan, known as burial, is a London based underground electronic musician. This video contains one of his pieces alongside with a video of a nightly trainride through Tokyo.

Elis Regina (March 17, 1945 - January 19, 1982) was one of Brazil's greatest singers and one of the most important musicians in Bossa Nova with her album ''Elis & Tom'' with Antônio Carlos Jobim. "Águas de Março" is one of the most loved brazilian songs.

Overtone singing, performed by Christian Bollman in the Balve Cave in Germany in 1995.

Shahab Tolouie plays a piece from his album ''Tango Perso'' on which he combines traditional persian music with spanish flamenco.

Japanese musician Ikuzo Yoshi sings about a young cow breeders dream of big city life in Tokyo. Released in 1984. He is, self-proclaimed, Japans first rap artist.

La Dryade. The last piece of the Album ''Il était une forêt'' from canadian musicians Gris. A great dark instrumental piece featuring various acoustic instruments. Released in 2007.

The last song on the LP "World Music" from the swedish band Goat. Released in 2012 on Rocket Recordings label. The album combines different international genres into a unique blend.

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The opening song of the most recent LP ''Advaitic Songs'' by the band Om. Released on Drag City label. Musicians: Al Cisneros - bass, vocals, piano, percussion ; Emil Amos – drums, guitar, piano, percussion ; Jackie Perez Gratz - Cello ; Jory Fankuchen - Violin ; Kate Ramsey - Vocals ; Lucas Chen - Additional cello. Language of the lyrics: Hindi.

The Capital Children's Choir doing an amazing tribute to the amazing song ''So Long You Pretty Thing'' by the amazing band Spiritualized.

JJ CALE - COCAINE - HD.

JJ Cale died on the 26. Rest in peace.

Talented jazz bassist and singer Richard Bona from Cameroon performs an improvised live piece with famous Bobby McFerrin.

Siberian Russian Folk Chorus singing ''Age-Old Pines Above the Shusha'' directed by Vladimir Chirkov. Released 1969 on  Мелодия label.

尺八

Shakuhachi (尺八), a japanese end-blown flute, traditionally made out of bamboo. It was used by Fuke-Zen-Buddhist monks for meditation and originated from the chinese Xiao (簫). It is also said that the instrument is pretty hard to learn.

Legendary Korean singer/songwriter Kim Kwang Seok. He was famous for his introspective lyrics and great voice and preferred performing in front of live audiences rather than in the studio. He committed suicide on
January 6, 1996.

Psychedelic pop sounds straight from Pakistan's Lollywood. This track is from the follow up of the amazing compilation ''The Sound of Wonder''. It features western-influenced psychedelic Urdu-pop songs from the 60's and 70's.

A pop and bossa nova tune from Japan's girl pop scene from 1966-1970. An important era for Japan's rock modernism. This song called ''Peacock Baby'' was sung by musician Reiko Ohara. Thanks to Big Beat label.

Once more Boubacar Traoré but this time a much older recording. This is the famous ''Mali-Twist'', recorded in 1963, which was played every day on the radio and became a symbol of Mali's indepence.

A Rhodope folk song, sung by Rumen Rhodopski and accompanied by Kaba Gaida. The Kaba Gaida is a traditional Bulgarian bagpipe instrument coming from the Rhodope Mountains. It is similar to the Gaida, a bagpipe made out of sheep or goat hide coming from Southeastern Europe and the Balkans. The stocks and the drone a normally made out of wood or animal horn. The blowpipe is wooden or bone. The drone which is a constant, low harmony tone, is mostly an E.