Arts and Music

Sound Tracks

Sound Tracks explores how music is transforming politics and culture around the globe. The one-hour pilot serves up a diverse menu of Russian pop, afrobeat, Portuguese fado, and symphonic music.

Sound Tracks, Episode 2

55m 32s

In Episode 2, see how folk singer Julie Fowlis is leading a revival of Gaelic culture from the Scottish Highlands. Join African singer and activist Youssou N'Dour as he tries to run for president of Senegal, and watch jazz superstar Wynton Marsalis on the road in Chicago with his orchestra. The show closes with a "global hit" performance by Of Monsters and Men, a young band from Iceland.

Episodes

  • Sound Tracks, Episode 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sound Tracks, Episode 2

    S1 E2 - 55m 32s

    In Episode 2, see how folk singer Julie Fowlis is leading a revival of Gaelic culture from the Scottish Highlands. Join African singer and activist Youssou N'Dour as he tries to run for president of Senegal, and watch jazz superstar Wynton Marsalis on the road in Chicago with his orchestra. The show closes with a "global hit" performance by Of Monsters and Men, a young band from Iceland.

  • Sound Tracks Pilot Episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sound Tracks Pilot Episode

    S1 E1 - 55m 21s

    Explore the making of a post-Soviet propaganda tune. Watch how the Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti, is keeping his father's flame alive. Find out why the composer of the mockumentary Borat wrote a symphony for the people of Kazakhstan. Finally for our Global Hit listen to a performance by Mariza, the queen of fado, Portugal's "blues."

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