Grandma's lullaby, now world music

The mobile recording studio of the Playing For Change music project has a charming version of this melodic Telugu folksong, chanda mama. See the finely enmeshed video with an international ensemble of musicians.

The interesting project recently started its fourth music school in Africa. The school is located a village of Kirina in Mali with a rich oral tradition of music and poetry (but without electicity).

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Maps by the garage-indie-rock band has been my earworm this morning.

Their beautiful frontwoman Karen O with her many on and off-stage guises, along with the monk in comparison drummer Brian Chase and the guitarist Nick Zinner are clean strokes of fresh paint on the contemporary music collage.

Karen O is a stylist's delight. Enjoy the figurine diva perform Maps, on vevo.