Global Music Show | Area Studies

globe In collaboration with WXYC 89.3 FM, UNC’s student-run radio station, the UNC Global Area Studies Centers launched a monthly radio program in 2006. Running through Spring 2014, the Global Music Show focused on a particular world region each month, integrating both music from that area of the world and relevant expertise from guest scholars at UNC-Chapel Hill. Each broadcast — more than 60 archived below — is a live “lesson” interspersing records with a discussion of the history and context of the music.

Recent Broadcasts

Title: The Old and the New in African Music AVAILABLE IN PLAYLIST NOW
Hosts: David Pier, assistant professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at UNC, and Katie Hjerpe, WXYC host
Airdate: May 28, 2014
Sponsoring Area Studies Center: Africa Studies Center (ASC)

Global Music Show Archives: 2012-2014

Global Music Show Archives: 2009-2011

[table width =”100%” style =”” responsive =”false”] [table_head] [th_column]Month and Year[/th_column] [th_column]Title[/th_column] [th_column]Contributing Center[/th_column] [/table_head] [table_body] [table_row] [row_column]January 2009[/row_column] [row_column]From Flamenco to Pop Contemporary Music of Spain[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2009[/row_column] [row_column]Brazilian Composer Roberto Sergio de Oliveira[/row_column] [row_column]ISA[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]March 2009[/row_column] [row_column]Miriam Makeba Her Music and Legacy[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2009[/row_column] [row_column]Melodies of Water China’s Guzheng Music (coming soon)[/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]September 2009[/row_column] [row_column]Middle Eastern Sufi Groove[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2009[/row_column] [row_column]Music as Message Global Connections through Song[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2009[/row_column] [row_column]From Saint to Screen Music of Devotion and Desire in India and Pakistan[/row_column] [row_column]CSAS[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]January 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Folk Music of Southern Italy Pizzica and Neo-Pizzica[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]January 2010[/row_column] [row_column]From Tradition to Fusion Polish Folk Scene[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Electrolatino Latin Identity in an Electronic World[/row_column] [row_column]ISA[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]March 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Wooyo! (Sing!) Representing the Politics of Contemporary Women’s Music in Senegal[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2010[/row_column] [row_column]The Songs Behind Asian Films[/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]September 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Persian Music From Traditional to Modern[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Music of Tanzania[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2010[/row_column] [row_column]Courtesan Cabaret South Asia[/row_column] [row_column]CSAS[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]January 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Asian Garage ROCKS![/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Charanga Carolina and Orquestra GarDel Making Salsa and Timba Music in the Triangle[/row_column] [row_column]ISA[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]March 2011[/row_column] [row_column]African Music of Power and Privilege[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Nachahmer Rock Investigating the Sounds of German ‘Copycat’ Pop[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]May 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Eastern European Lullabies[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]September 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Poetic Portraits of a Revolution Egypt[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2011[/row_column] [row_column]City of Sound: Mapping the Urban Rhythms of Dakar[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2011[/row_column] [row_column]Popular Music in Kazan[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [/table_body] [/table]

Global Music Show Archives: 2006-2008

[table width =”100%” style =”” responsive =”false”] [table_head] [th_column]Month and Year[/th_column] [th_column]Title[/th_column] [th_column]Contributing Center[/th_column] [/table_head] [table_body] [table_row] [row_column]January 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Sufism Music and Culture[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Rap and the Riots in France[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2006[/row_column] [row_column]How I Escaped Karaoke Contemporary Chinese Rock and Pop Since 1995[/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Senegal Music and Culture[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]August 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Mexican-American Immigration[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]September 2006[/row_column] [row_column]The Politics of Czech Rock ‘n Roll 1968 to 2006[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Diversity in Brazilian Popular Music[/row_column] [row_column]ILAS[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2006[/row_column] [row_column]Music from the Axis of Evil Exploring Iran & Iraq[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]December 2006[/row_column] [row_column]The Rebirth of Cool in Italy[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Abdullah Ibrahim & South African Jazz[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]March 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Pan Asia Pop![/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]April 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Music from the Other Caribbean Unexpected Styles & Fusions[/row_column] [row_column]ILAS[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]May 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Kvartalnata Krachma and the Club Touring the Underground Bulgarian Music Scene Post 1989[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]August 2007[/row_column] [row_column]From Dervish to Grunge Sounds from Turkey[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]September 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Irish Stew[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Australian Political Rock: Not Just Sex and Drugs[/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2007[/row_column] [row_column]Afrobeat and Modern Nigeria[/row_column] [row_column]ASC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]January 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Keep on Moving: The Music of Immigration[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]January 2008[/row_column] [row_column]The Political Song of Latin America[/row_column] [row_column]ISA[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]February 2008[/row_column] [row_column]The Silk Road Music Across the Kyrgyz Mountains[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]March 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Nederhop: Hip Hop From the Netherlands[/row_column] [row_column]CES[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Contemporary Music of Japan[/row_column] [row_column]CAC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]October 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Sufi Music: Love & Ecstasy, Human & Divine[/row_column] [row_column]CCSMEMC[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]November 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Music From the Island of Venus Folk Music of Cyprus[/row_column] [row_column]CGI[/row_column] [/table_row] [table_row] [row_column]December 2008[/row_column] [row_column]Music of the Balkans[/row_column] [row_column]CSEEES[/row_column] [/table_row] [/table_body] [/table] Each Global Music Show includes several music tracks for the education of our audiences. The original copyright holders of individual songs retain their copyrights.

Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are prepared for select editions of the show. Please download them here and distribute freely.

PDF Cross-Cultural Sampling in Hip-Hop Between the US and Central Europe (CES/CSEEES Nov. 2013)
PDF The (Re)Invention of the Chanson française (CES April 2013)
PDF Scottish Bagpiping and Music of the 21st Century (CES April 2012)
PDF Nachahmer Rock: Investigating the Sounds of German ‘Copycat’ Pop (CES April 2011)
PDF Folk Music of Southern Italy: Pizzica and Neo-Pizzica (CES Jan. 2010)
PDF From Flamenco to Pop: Contemporary Music of Spain (CES Jan. 2009)
PDF Nederhop: Hip Hop from the Netherlands (CES March 2008)
PDF Irish Stew (CES Sept. 2007)
PDF The Rebirth of Cool in Italy (CES Dec. 2006)
PDF Rap and the Riots in France (CES Feb. 2006)