John McLaughlin Performing with Indian Group Shakti

Watch this video with the great guitar player John McLaughlin performing live on stage with Shakti, a group of indian musicians. This music belongs to the fusion genre and is a wonderfull combination of western and eastern music.
As many musicians from the western world, John McLaughlin has been interested in eastern [...]

Javier Nandayapa Trio Performing Jugando en la lluvia and Autismo

Check this video clip of the Javier Nandayapa Trio performing the songs Jugando en la lluvia (Playing in the rain) and Autismo (Autism). Javier Nandayapa is playing the marimba and is also the bandleader while the compositions or arrangements are by Jesús Martínez who is playing the piano.
Javier Nandayapa was born [...]

Latin Music Lesson by Rebeca Mauleon Teaching the Clave Concept

Rebeca Mauleon is dedicated to music and teaching it, giving private lessons as well as clinics and master classes. She specially likes afro-carribbean music and has been teaching about it in many universities and colleges around the world. She is a writer too and her “critically acclaimed books on Latin music [...]

Bolibana Hip Hop Song by NeedOne from African Country Mali

This music video clip shows music from Africa. It is not the original african polyrhythmic sound, instead it shows some african rap music. Very interesting example of how music forms part of the culture and how globalization and modern communication in general contribute to create a ‘global identity’ with products acceptable [...]

Sarangi – A Musical Instrument with Strings from Nepal and India

Watch this video with several musicians playing an ancient nepalese instrument, the sarangi. It is similar to the western violin in the sense of being a string instrument which is played with a bow. However, the standard tuning of the strings is quite different so that the pentatonic and other oriental [...]

Carlos Santana – ‘Oye como va’

The mexican-american guitar player Carlos Santana has been around for quiet some time now and has had a number of hits in the charts. We like the ‘Oye como va’ song from Abraxas, one of his first albums. In this video you can see Carlos Santan performing the song live on [...]

Paul Hindemith – Solo Piano Music

In this video we offer you the fugue of the sonata 3 for the piano composed by Paul Hindemith and played by Glenn Gould who is world famous for his classical Johan Sebastian Bach interpretations. Hindemith did not only compose for solo instruments but also for chamber orchestras and symphony orchestras.