Chicago-based singer Zeshan Bagewadi, better known as Zeshan B, has embraced the music his Indian father introduced him to: soul, gospel and R&B.

Thirty years ago a new music genre appeared in record stores. But do we even need it anymore?

Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week we put together the highlights for you here.

Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week, we put together the highlights for you here.

Noura Mint Seymali is from Mauritania and she wants to make sure women, especially women in Africa, get their yearly breast cancer screenings. Seymali helps raise awareness through a song.

Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week, we put together the highlights for you here.

These "Blueprint Specials" were musical comedies meant to be performed by soldiers, for soldiers. Most of the songs were written by Frank Loesser, before he found fame with the musical "Guys and Dolls."

Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week we put together the highlights for you here.

In a recent essay for the Boston Globe, author Joan Wickersham makes that case that listening to Bach is not only good for the soul, but good in times of uncertainty.

Thirty years ago, Paul Simon released the album "Graceland." He recorded it in South Africa, in the thick of the anti-apartheid struggle there.