Jeannie Hopper hosts the São Paulo born, New York based A&R, film producer, music supervisor and compiler Béco Dranoff who is a co-producer of the extraordinary and highly anticipated 2011 release of Red Hot + Rio 2, honoring the 60s Tropicalia wave.

ARTonAIR.org's Jeannie Hopper welcomes Grammy Nominated international recording artists Les Nubians to our studios. Sister duo Hélène Faussart and Célia Faussart grace us with a live performance, accompanied by a few of their fellow band mates

AIR's Jeannie Hopper with Scott Kettner of the Brooklyn-based Nation Beat whose music is inspired by the Afro-Brazilian rhythms of maracatu, Chico Science & the Mangue Beat movement of Recife, Brazil as well as New Orleans second-line funk and jazz.

Charles Hutagalung was an illustrious Indonesian singer/song writer and member of the legendary Indonesian 70s pop band The Mercy's. The following selections are from his album Flower Sound, a collection of Malayan songs dating back to the 60s.

A national hero to the Garifuna people, Andy Palacio preserved the roots of their rhythm and language through his musical creations. Listen in for a tribute to this influential artist who passed away in January 2008.

From the Indonesian island of Roti, Sasandu creates sounds using only instruments constructed of bamboo and coconut leaves. The recording is from the collection of the long-lost Tokyo-based King Record Company and is no longer findable except here.