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The musician of Mosul

The Musician of Mosul

The Iraqi who played the cello on his roof in defiance of so-called IS

Haiti: Changing Haiti's image through rap

Princess Eud: Changing Haiti's image through rap

"When someone has a microphone in their hand, they need to speak powerful things"

Japan's beatboxing monk

Japan's beatboxing monk

Ta2mi is a Buddhist monk by day, but he has another life as a DJ and beatboxer

Carnival culture revives post Hurricane Katrina

Big chiefs in big costumes: Life beyond Hurricane Katrina

How New Orleans' cultures have been reviving since Hurricane Katrina

Guatemala: The hip hop feminists

Video exclusive: Hip Hop Feministas

Guatemalan hip hop artist Rebeca Lane on what feminism means to women in Latin America.

Peru: Peru's rock'n'roll nuns

Watch: We're Peruvian nuns - in a rock band

The band, Siervas, have performed for hundreds of thousands of adoring fans

Reunion: Reviving the music of slaves

A band of musical brothers from Reunion

Loryzine are reviving the music of slaves.

São Paul: The niqab-wearing heavy metal guitarist

The niqab-wearing heavy metal guitarist

Gisele Marie Rocha converted to Islam and lives in São Paulo with her guitar called Polka.

BBC Music Day - performance, features and a day of events

BBC Music Day - discover more