Milo Miles

World Music critic Milo Miles on Chinese rock star Cui Jian. His latest album is "Balls Under the Red Flag" (Look for it in local Chinatown music stores).

World Music Critic Milo Miles offers a tribute to the persistence and range of soul singer Solomon Burke. Miles reviews Burke's new CD "Live at the House of Blues."

Fresh Air rock critic Milo Miles looks back on the raucous 1950s band, the Treniers. He says they're all about "unrestrained celebration."

World music critic Milo Miles remembers two musicians who were recently assassinated: Rachid Baba Ahmed, a producer and musician of Algerian Rai Music, and Tejano music's Selena.

World music critic Milo Miles discusses how gnawa music has been "discovered" by mainstream groups.

World Music Commentator Milo Miles comments on the 1995 Africa Fete Show in Boston.

Commentator Milo Miles discusses the definition of the term "world music." Miles discusses Angelique Kidjo, Deep Forest, Big Mountain.

World music commentator Milo Miles looks at old and new releases by Baden Powell, a guitarist associated with Bossa Nova.

World music commentator Milo Miles on the rebirth of rock and roll -- in Mexico.

Music Critic Milo Miles thinks Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence is a gospel-blues great, one who hasn't gotten the recognition he deserves.