Explore the World's Music
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Argentina
From Gardel to Bizarrap. 140 years of musical reinvention
Australia
Seventy years of Australian music: pub rock, pop exports, and First Nations song
Austria
From Mozart to the Dancefloor — 250 years of reinvention
Brazil
From choro to funk carioca, 150 years of rhythm
Canada
From Yorkville folk and prairie rock to the 6 sound and powwow-step
China
From Cantopop ballads to Beijing yaogun and the Rap of China generation
Congo DRC
The heartbeat of African popular music
Costa Rica
From Limón calypso and Guanacaste marimba to San José rock and global ranchera
Cuba
The island that taught the world how to dance
France
From Piaf to Daft Punk. 140 years of reinvention
German Democratic Republic
DDR Rock: East Germany's Underrated Sound
Germany
Von Autobahn bis Deutschrap, 70 Jahre musikalische Neuerfindung
Greece
From rebetiko's soul to Zorba's dance. Millennia of music
Hungary
From Bartók's village recordings to Budapest's stadium rock.
India
From ragas to rap — a billion rhythms, one beat
Indonesia
From Bengawan Solo to 88rising, an archipelago in song
Ireland
From sean-nós ballads to global stadiums, an island that sings far above its weight
Italy
From Monteverdi to Måneskin, the country that taught the world to sing
Jamaica
From ska yards to global dancehalls. Eight decades of revolution
Japan
Eight decades of pop, from Misora Hibari to YOASOBI
Mali
Kora, ngoni, and desert blues, from the empire of Sundiata to the Sahel
Mexico
From mariachi to corridos tumbados. A century of song
New Zealand
Waiata and Wellington dub, from Howard Morrison to Royals
Nigeria
From Fela's afrobeat to the global afrobeats takeover
Norway
From Grieg's fjords to frostbitten black metal and tropical house
Portugal
From fado's saudade to Lisbon's bass. 200 years of soul
Senegal
From Cuban orchestras to Wolof trap, the sabar at the centre
Slovenia
From Alpine polka to the Eurovision stage.
South Africa
From Cape Jazz to Amapiano, the beat never stops
Sweden
From troubadour ballads to ABBA, metal, and the global dance machine
Thailand
From luk thung cantinas to Coachella mango sticky rice
United Kingdom
Sixty years of British music: the engine room of modern pop