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Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever
Barbarito Torres speaks about playing on the ground-breaking album of Cuban music
The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .
In the autumn of 1973 a Bronx DJ held a ground-breaking party.
The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile
Jamaica is best known for Reggae music, but before Reggae, came Ska.
The home of Afghanistan's traditional musicians was destroyed in 1992.
The psychedelic Czech rock band which became a symbol of resistance to communist rule.
Daisuke Inoue was playing in a band in Kobe Japan when he invented the Karaoke machine
In 1966 the singer-songwriter announced on stage that he was going to stop performing
We hear from farmer Michael Eavis, who began the music festival in 1970
In 1978, Iran's top musicians took a stand against the Monarchy
Country music legend Willie Nelson holds the first benefit concert for American farmers
The English singer, actor and playwright was invited to do a show in Las Vegas
How the Pakistani Qawali singer became an international music sensation..
In 1942 starving musicians in besieged Leningrad performed Shostakovich's Symphony
E.T Mensah's Highlife music took Africa by storm in the 1950s
Russia's first radio DJ, Seva Novgorodsev, went on air at the height of the Cold War
How the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived the Holocaust by playing music.
The Nigerian military stormed the musician's compound in Lagos, Kalakuta Republic
It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel
The real story behind the heart-warming musical released in 1965
A pivotal moment in American popular culture - the Woodstock festival of 1969.
