QUICK HITS
"Quick Hits" is a series of online music videos and interviews that we produce for the PBS Arts Initiative. You can find them here on our Sound Tracks web site and on pbs.org/arts.
Our goal is to bring you revealing interviews and exclusive performances from some of the most intriguing musicians and singers in the world. Like the "Sound Tracks" television series we are developing for PBS, "Quick Hits" will cover a wide range of American and international music.
Click on, experience the music, and meet the people who create it.
Antibalas
A dance party band with a political message.
From Brooklyn, feel the Afrobeat vibe.
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Julie Fowlis
Scottish folk singer Julie Fowlis performs "Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird" ("My Love is on the High Seas"), accompanied by her Irish husband Eamon Doorley (playing a bouzouki) and fiddler Duncan Chisholm.
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Of Monsters and Men
Their song, "Little Talks," is a global hit. Meet this new, young band from the land of fire and ice.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Blues, bluegrass and ragtime -- a modern take on a traditional sound from an African American country band.
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Anoushka Shankar
The daughter of sitar master Ravi Shankar emerges as a major talent in her own right, with her own distinct voice.
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Levon Helm
Rock legend Levon Helm, surrounded by friends and family, just keeps on drumming.
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Yuja Wang
A dazzling young piano virtuoso shows off her technique and speaks her mind.
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Tom Harrell
One of the finest jazz trumpet players and composers on the scene today. Performing at the Village Vanguard.
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Piers Faccini
A European singer/guitarist deeply influenced by Sufi poetry, the Delta Blues and the music of Mali.
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Milos Karadaglic
Darkly handsome, charming, and soulful, Milos Karadaglic is re-igniting interest in classical guitar.
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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80
Seun continues his father Fela's musical and political legacy, while reigniting Afrobeat with a jolt of energy and precision.
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Dengue Fever
Ready for something different? How about a band from Los Angeles that blends Cambodian music and California rock and roll?
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Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley
If you like soul music, you've come to the right place. These two Daptone Records artists are living proof that America has not lost its soul.
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Helene Grimaud
Meet this French pianist who finds salvation in the demands of her music and takes comfort in the howling of wolves.
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Ozomatli
Discover this LA-based band's polyphonic mix of rock, hip-hop, funk, cumbia and Chicano low-rider R&B.
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KT Tunstall
The once ubiquitous Scottish singer plays three new songs and talks to Mirissa Neff about staying "unglam" and authentic in the crazy world of pop.
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Meklit Hadero
Meet one of San Francisco's rising stars, Ethiopian-born singer Meklit Hadero. She performs for us in a small club and talks with Mirissa Neff.
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Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge sings us a song, we catch his performance on stage, and he sits
down with Marco Werman for an interview.
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Jovanotti
Host Marco Werman interviews Italian pop star Jovanotti and our Sound Tracks cameras capture two songs from a recent Jovanotti concert at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco. Visit the exhibit »