Movement is a podcast, radio series and live show that tells stories of global migration through music. Hosted by Ethiopian-American singer Meklit... more
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Episodes
Bashar Al Assad, Syria’s brutal dictator, has fled the country -- opening a new and uncertain chapter after more than... more
Diana Gameros was living in the US in 2010 when her home city of Juarez, Mexico became known as one... more
Chhom Nimol of the band Dengue Fever tells the harrowing story of the 22 night she spent in an immigration... more
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
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Art is a form of self-expression. A lot of people say that, but for tap dance virtuoso Gerson Lanza it was literally... more