One of the best ways to reduce the impulse of migration is to create opportunities for participation in local economy, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to NPR.

Music of the Americas participates in Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope festival with a new video featuring songs by Chico Buarque.

Campaigns against judges like herself imperil Guatemala's democracy, writes Gloria Porras.

Co-curators Sebastian Zubieta and Diana Flatto share sounds from The Spine of Music.

Bianca Gismonti and Nilko Andreas are back after weeks and years, we revisit Vincent Lauzer's recent concert, and continue exploring the art of Joaquín Orellana. 

"Orellana’s works are wonderfully inventive and, just as important, equally enjoyable as musical instruments and as visual objects," writes Jonathan Goodman.