Meklit talks with Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi about the moment that turned her into a viral sensation and the voice... more

Adi Oasis released an album and had a baby in the same year -- she thought it would be the... more

Cheakaity is a DC-based soul singer who was brought into the world with a weighty name: the one who breaks... more

Victoria Ruiz fronts the leftist punk band Downtown Boys, and has spent her career walking the line between pragmatism and... more

Fanny was the first all-women band to release a record on a major label, in 1970. Meklit talks with lead... more

Helado Negro has released 13 records in 15 years. He joins Meklit to talk about how the immigrant work ethic... more

Buscabulla got the kind of lucky break most artists only dream about: the chance to record with the biggest artist... more

Sid Sriram wanted to make it big in the American music industry, so when got an opportunity to live and... more

New York City is a city of immigrants, but right now that ethos and identity is being tested like never... more

Daymé Arocena has one of the most stunning voices in music today. But when Meklit heard Daymé's latest album, Alkemi,... more

Art is a form of self-expression. A lot of people say that, but for tap dance virtuoso Gerson Lanza it... more

Coming up on Season 2

Meklit talks with Mexican-American singer San Cha about how she fell in love with Ranchera — a style of music... more

Meklit talks with Sasami Ashworth about her acclaimed record “Squeeze,” and how it fits within a larger cycle of creation,... more

Meklit talks with Cambodian-American singer Chhom Nimol about her long musical journey from performing on Cambodia’s first televised singing competition,... more

Cromwell Ojeda and his brother grew up in Dubai — two Filipino kids in an expat family — but now... more

In part two of our series on path breaking artists in the United Arab Emirates, Meklit talks with Syrian singer... more

When Mustafa Mohamed Ismail -- AKA Freek -- was 10 years old, he learned that he had no citizenship in... more

Tatiana Crespo introduces us to her accordion Lindo, plus a busking adventure that changed her life. This story was recorded... more

Meklit talks with oud virtuoso Clarissa Bitar about the doubts she overcame just to pick up the instrument, and the... more