In 1966, Dave Bixby burned out on LSD and went temporarily out of his mind. His encounter with a wandering spiritualist pulled him back — and the prayer group they formed grew rapidly into a Christian cult, with Dave's music as its soundtrack.
WatchIn Long Beach, CA, a late-blooming newlywed couple work to preserve the remnants of Cambodian music and literature left in the wake of the Khmer Rouge genocide — a catastrophe they both escaped in the early 1980s.
WatchHuun Huur Tu are the undisputed worldwide masters of khoomei, the ancient Tuvan throat-singing tradition from the steppes between Mongolia and Russia. We meet them at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, where they evoke a timeless natural world with their voices.
WatchA mesmerizing all-night performance of Bajidoran, a genre fusing Jaipongan, Pencak Silat martial arts, and driving Sundanese gamelan. The audience members take turns orchestrating the musicians with their dancing — a communal musical exchange unlike anything else.
Watch"A hybrid of ethnographic documentary, music video, and travelogue — exploring the beautiful, strange, and varied ways people use music around the world."
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