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World Music Institute

Cross-cultural harmonizing

February 11, 2000
Web posted at: 5:29 p.m. EST (2229 GMT)

From Brooke Alexander
CNN WorldBeat Correspondent

NEW YORK (CNN) -- For 15 years the World Music Institute (WMI) in New York has introduced some of the world's greatest artists in traditional music to North America ... and to each other.

Prominent musicians from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East gathered for a recent WMI benefit concert. Brooke Alexander listened in on some unique jam sessions.


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