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A plucky revival

The mandolin is breaking out of bluegrass and becoming hip and versatile.
After the revolution, arts bloom in Tunisia

As Tunisia's 'Jasmine Revolution' turns one, musicians find new venues, funds, and teachers -- along with official support.
Afro-pop bands hop continents

In U.S., African musicians find more opportunity and audiences.
Top Picks: Putumayo's 'African Beat' CD, Spanish tenor on PBS, 'Bridesmaids' the DVD, and more

Putumayo launches new World Beat music series including 'African Beat', Spanish tenor Placido Domingo retrospective airs on PBS, Judd Apatow's comedy 'Bridesmaids' comes out on DVD, and more top picks.
China: Ethnic minority music finds an advocate

Laurent Jeanneau roams the ethnic minority villages of China recording the 'unofficial' music.
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Top Picks: PBS documentary 'A Murder of Crows,' Mike Wallace's 'Politics & Presidents,' and more

PBS documentary 'A Murder of Crows,' folk-rock Sufjan Stevens' new CD 'The Age of Adz,' lessons from an award winning journalist in '20th Century With Mike Wallace: Politics & Presidents,' and more recommendations.
Broadway musicals: The new jukebox heroes

Broadway musicals that ground themselves in the songbook of a famous pop artist are energizing the Great White Way.
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Timbuktu, the birthplace of blues

Don't argue with an African about the birthplace of blues. It's Timbuktu. Hear why.
Review: 'Soul Power'

Concert footage not to be missed in this documentary about the music superstars who performed before the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman fight in 1974.
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Revel in newly restored "Pinocchio" on DVD, crack up reading Gil McNeil's latest novel, test your trivia with a new video game, and more.
China's biggest pop star debuts her exotic talents in the West

Sa Dingding's music melds traditional harmonies with offbeat electronica to create a layered hypnotic sound.
CD reviews: African rhythms for the head and feet

Orchestra Baobab, back together after 20 years; Toumani Diabate's new solo kora offering; the 'best of' Tabu Ley Rochereau; and more.
West Africa's music enchants the West

Bluesy, trancelike melodies pull in wider audiences in the US and Europe, as the music's exotic rhythms move mainstream.