Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders - Preview

Airs Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (30s)

"Sanctuary" - Antibalas | QUICK HITS

Inspired by Latin music, jazz, funk and Afrobeat, Antibalas delivers music with a message. (6m 28s)

Interview with Antibalas | QUICK HITS

An interview with two members of the Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Antibalas. (8m 41s)

"Dirty Money" - Antibalas | QUICK HITS

Inspired by Latin music, jazz, funk and Afrobeat, Antibalas delvers music with a message. (4m 59s)

Quick Hits: Julie Fowlis - "My Love is on the High Seas"

Julie Fowlis performs “Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird” (“My Love is on the High Seas"). (4m 23s)

Jimi Mbaye, "Birima"

Watch Senegalese guitarist Jimi Mbaye perform the song "Birima." (2m 50s)

Scottish Independence?

Watch Julie Fowlis and Alex Salmond discuss the possibility of an independent Scotland. (4m 14s)

Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks"

Of Monsters and Men performs their smash hit live for Sound Tracks: Quick Hits. (4m 43s)

Of Monsters and Men - "Dirty Paws"

Nordic pop-folk ensemble Of Monsters and Men performs one of their new hits. (5m)

Sound Tracks: Preview Trailer

Sound Tracks is coming to PBS this Fall. (1m 5s)

Quick Hits: An Interview with the Carolina Chocolate Drops

An Interview with the eclectic string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. (8m 54s)

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Old Corn Likker

The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform an exclusive song for Sound Tracks: Quick Hits. (3m 6s)

Carolina Chocolate Drops: No Man's Mama

The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform a blues standard for Sound Tracks: Quick Hits. (3m 35s)

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind

The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform a bluegrass standard for Sound Tracks: Quick Hits. (2m 38s)

Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs Si No Puedo Verla

Anoushka Shankar, legendary sitarist, performs live at City Winery in NYC. (6m 17s)

Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs ISHQ

Anoushka Shankar, legendary sitarist, performs a recent track live at City Winery in NYC. (4m 26s)

Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs Casi Uno

Anoushka Shankar, legendary sitarist, performs a song live at City Winery in NYC. (4m 43s)

Quick Hits: An Interview with Anoushka Shankar

Legendary sitarist Anoushka Shankar reflects on her life and illustrious career in music. (7s)

Quick Hits: Levon Helm Performs "The Weight"

Rock legend Levon Helm performs "The Weight" at his Woodstock, N.Y. home in February 2012. (6m 54s)

Quick Hits: Levon Helm Performs "Ophelia"

Rock legend Levon Helm performs "Ophelia" at his Woodstock, N.Y. home in February 2012. (4m 50s)

Quick Hits: An Interview with Levon Helm

American legend Levon Helm reflects on battling cancer and his lifelong journey in music. (13m 11s)

Quick Hits: Yuja Wang's Polka by Strauss

Yuja Want plays Johann Strauss' 'Tritsch Tratsch Polka' (3m 46s)

Quick Hits: Yuja Wang Plays Gluck and Liszt

In this video, Yuja plays two pieces by Gluck and Liszt. (6m 42s)

Quick Hits: Interview with Pianist Yuja Wang

Born in Beijing in 1987, Yuja Wang began playing the piano at the age of six. (13m 9s)

Tom Harrell Performs "Sainte" (Ravel)

After starting out in a prayerful mood, this saint isn't above getting a little funky. (5m 53s)

Tom Harrell Performs "Passepied" (Debussy)

Jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell plays Debussy's "Passepied." (2m 33s)

Tom Harrell Performs "Beau Soir" (Debussy)

Jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell plays Debussy's "Beau Soir." (5m 34s)

Interview with Tom Harrell

You can use any superlative you like to describe Tom's playing. (9m 49s)

Thursday in the Park with Milos

We coaxed Milos out of the recital hall and into the sunlight to perform "Granada". (1m 28s)

Milos Karadaglic performs Recuerdos

Spanish, sad, melodious and displaying Milos' incredibly fast and intricate finger work. (3m 30s)

Milos Karadaglic performs

"Prelude #1" is the show off piece of a young man who says the guitar is his best friend. (4m 34s)

Milos Karadaglic performs

Milos Karadaglic's "Mediterraneo" is a musical tour of his interior & geographical world. (6m 27s)

Interview with Milos Karadaglic

Milos Karadaglic is more than just a poster boy for the classical guitar. (12m 6s)

Piers Faccini Performs

"No Reply" is the opening cut on Pier Faccini's new album, "My Wilderness." (3m 50s)

Piers Faccini Performs

"Two Grains of Sand" is a sad, intimate, philosophical song about jealousy and violence. (4m 33s)

Piers Faccini Performs

"A New Morning" promises a new life in a world where "all our words will soon be broken." (2m 46s)

Interview with Piers Faccini

Quick Hits interviews Piers Faccini on tour. (9m 15s)

Interview with Abigail Washburn

You'd think Abigail Washburn jumped out of the crib with a banjo in her hand. (8m 57s)

Abigail Washburn Performs "Shotgun Blues"

Never, ever, cross Abigail Washburn. (3m 1s)

Abigail Washburn Performs "Piao"

With Abby, what would never work on paper has a way of coming out natural and swinging. (2m 30s)

Abigail Washburn Performs "City of Refuge"

"City of Refuge" is the title track from Abigail Washburn's latest solo album. (3m 48s)

Seun Kuti's Sax and Smile

Seun Kuti, just before he took the stage at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom. (58s)

Seun Kuti performs "Zombie"

Seun Kuti opens his concert with one of Fela's signature songs, "Zombie". (6m 30s)

Seun Kuti performs "Rise"

"Rise" is the title song on Seun Kuti and Egypt 80's new album. (9m 17s)

Seun Kuti Interview

Sean Kuti talks with SOUND TRACKS before a show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. (7m 58s)

Watch Dengue Fever Perform "Uku"

Dengue Fever's song "Uku" expresses an immigrant's longing for a world left behind. (6m 59s)

Watch Dengue Fever Perform "Gendjer Gendjer"

Watch Dengue Fever perform "Gendjer Gendjer" at Amoeba Music in San Francisco. (4m 19s)

Watch Dengue Fever Perform "A Go Go"

On stage Dengue Fever re-creates the atmosphere of a Phnom Penh nightclub in the '60s. (3m 36s)

Dengue Fever on "Sister in the Radio"

In "Sister in the Radio" Nimol recalls the moment she realized her sister is still alive. (2m 1s)

Dengue Fever Interview

Zac Holtzman and Chhom Nimol are a memorable pair, to say the least. (8m 46s)