In this episode, we discuss what we are curious about and introduce 5 new songs from 🇰🇪 Kenya,🇮🇹 Italy,🇷🇺 Russia,🇨🇴 Colombia, and 🇵🇰 Pakistan!

🇮🇷 Iran- Shervin Hajipour,  🇳🇬 Nigeria-Fela Kuti ,🇫🇷 France- IAM,  🇲🇽 Mexico- Natalia Lafourcade, 🇺🇦Kalush Orchestra

Fears and obstacles can limit our ability to achieve our goals. Learning how to overcome them is one of the most liberating pursuits one can undertake.

🇰🇭 Cambodia- VannDa

🇳🇴 Norway- Karpe Diem

🇮🇱 🇩🇪 Israel/Germany- J. Lamotta

🇿🇦 South Africa- Kabelo

🇨🇺 Cuba- Cimafunk

🇨🇬🇰🇪🇹🇿🇸🇩 East Africa - Tusimame,🇪🇸 Spain- Macaco,🇺🇸 USA Jack Johnson, 🇹🇭 Thsiland-Pongsit Kamphat,🇬🇧 UK- The 1975

This episode is our final episode of the academic year and we focus on Sustainability.

🇨🇲 Cameroon- Manu Dibango, 🇪🇸🇦🇷 Spain/Argentina- Nathy Peluso, 🇫🇮 Finland- JVG, 🇿🇲 Zambia- Amanaz, 🇱🇧 Lebanon- Mashrou Leila, 🇷🇺 Russia- Otyken

In this episode, we discuss creativity and show 6 songs from around the world that highlight some very creative musicians!

Creativity is the ability to see many things in new ways. Some musicians are creative in trying to combine styles of music that haven't been done before. Others are creative in how they use their languages to craft impactful lyrics. Others are creative in how they present themselves and the music they make, themselves being the product of their own creativity.

🌍 International- K'naan featuring Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product, Somalia- Maryam Mursal 🇺🇸 Argentina/USA- Che Apalache, Israel- A-WA, France/Spain- Manu Chao

The primary students put together another powerful story, this time about the path of someone in our community who was a refugee as a child! Let's support our young students and give it a listen, let them know how they did!

Since the earliest times, humans have been on the move. The current global estimate is that there were around 281 million international migrants in the world in 2020, with the number rising.

 🇧🇷 Brazil- Jorge Ben Jor, 🇮🇳 India- Amitabh Bachchan, 🇨🇺 Cuba- Danay Suarez, 🇧🇪 Belgium- Django Reinhardt, 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau- Super Mama Djombo, 🇮🇪 Ireland- Stiff Little Fingers

This episode is all about being resilient! We present 6 international songs, and our 1st and 2nd graders give a lesson on how to solve for x. 

🇺🇸 USA- Miles Davis & John Coltrane , 🇪🇹 Ethiopia- Mulatu Astatke, 🇧🇷 Brazil- Astrud Gilberto & Joao Gilberto, 🇹🇳 Tunisia- Anaour Brahem, 🇧🇪 Blegium- Toots Thielemans, 🇯🇵 Japan- Yoshida Brothers

This week we talk about Jazz around the world! What is Jazz? What iconic instruments have contributed to global jazz?

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe- Jah Prayzah, 🇯🇴Jordan- Bu Kolthoum, 🇹🇭 Thailand- Atom, 🇳🇬🇬🇧 Nigeria/UK- Little Simz, 🇪🇸 Spain- Mala Rodriguez

This week's episode is all about respect. Do you show respect? Are you a respectful person? Listen to these 5 songs from around the world to see different perspectives on how to be respectful to yourself and others. This week also includes a new storytime segment, where our primary school students tell us a tale that is very close to home.

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic- Juan Luis Guerra, 🇬🇹 Guatemala- Sara Curruchich ft Kontra, 🇨🇦 Canada- Muzion, 🇧🇷 Brazil- Natiruts, 🇲🇽 Mexico- Lila Downs, 🇨🇱 Chile- Ana Tijoux, 🇺🇸 USA- Fania All-stars

We are back with another regional week. In this episode we introduce songs from the Americas; North, South, Central, and the Caribbean!