David Weinstein hosts singer Qian Yi, composer Du Yun, musician/producer Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project, and Rachel Cooper of the Asia Society where a China-India symposium takes place Nov. 3-6, 2011. Not your mother's Chinese music.

Improvised music to accompany the dance of a usually-female shaman. Performed by an ensemble including Park Jong Sul-Changgo, Park Jung Sun-Ajaeng, Kim Bang Hyun-Taegum, Kim Chan Sub-Haegum, Han Se Hyon-Piri, Jung Jung Min-Ching, Hong Ok Mi-Haegum.

One week after the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, Groove Collective hosted a benefit concert for the continuing relief efforts within the country, proving that "l'union fait la force".

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.

Exploring a rare style of religious singing called "lining out" that dates back to before 1640 in America. These hymns and psalms are still alive in several regions of the the deep south and Scotland today. Produced by Nathan Salsburg.

Os Mutantes is the eclectic Brazilian rock band that typified (together with Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil) the global futurism of the Tropicalista movement of Brazil in the late '60s.

A selection of music, both instrumental and vocal, from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. The instruments represented are all varieties of lutes from the region, both plucked and bowed.

Elliott Sharp plays tracks from the 1969-1975 Golden Years of Ethiopian pop from the Buda Musique set. Noted for its similarities to American rock and soul, Golden Years pop is easy on Western ears. Pitchfork rated the Hypnotic Grooves release a 9.2.

DJ Rekha is a producer, activist and founder of Basement Bhangra, Bollywood Disco, and Mutiny club nights. She was named one of the most influential South Asians in the United States by Newsweek magazine.