Afropop Worldwide
569 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsAfropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti.
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Afropop Exclusive Mix: Cultures Of Soul's Worldwide Disco Fever
June 18, 2015 15:02 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBCultures of Soul has been the source of some of our favorite international disco compilations recently, providing much-needed focus on incredible music of the '70s and '80s from places as far ranging as São Paulo, Guadeloupe and Mumbai. We reached out to the label founder and director Jeff Swallow, who made us a mix, featuring some of the hottest tracks from his recent releases. Tracklist: Joanne Wilson - Got to Have You Camille Hidevert - Caribbean People Tim Maia - Verão Carioca 2001 & Be...
Two Tenors of Arabic Music Play Las Vegas
June 06, 2015 19:36 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #332] [Originally aired in 2000] In Las Vegas in the year 2000, two legends of Arabic art music performed an historic concert. Wadi’ Al-Safi was called “the pure voice of Lebanon" because for decades he had brought the folkloric songs of the Lebanese countryside to the Lebanese airwaves and the grandest stages of the world. Sabah Fakhri, then one of the most celebrated and beloved singers of Syria, powerfully channeled the ecstatic Sufi art music of Aleppo in performances that rive...
Thomas Mapfumo Live At SOBs
May 28, 2015 22:18 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #55] [Originally aired in 1992] In 1991, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited made their second tour of the United States. It was a fascinating transitional moment in the band’s history. Mapfumo had recently added two musicians playing the metal-pronged, Shona mbira, enriching the band’s lineup of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, brass and percussion. The band had now evolved into a kind of folk orchestra in which everyone sang, allowing for beautifully layered vocal arrangements...
Dancefloor Dynamite: Future Grooves Today
May 22, 2015 18:32 - 59 minutes - 108 MBSometimes it's hard to sit still in the Afropop office. The funkiest, most leg-shakingly infectious music blasts from our speakers on a regular basis. Impromptu dance demonstrations have been known to take place. It's our mission to share this wealth of musical excitement with you, our audience. Today, we bring you everything from the latest Chilean electro-pop to the reggae revival that's heating up Jamaica to the psychedelic frontiers of South Africa. Get down with what the future's dancefl...
The Music Of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Pacific
May 15, 2015 17:37 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MB[APWW PGM #558] [Originally aired in 2008] The “Black Pacific” is a term coined by our guide, ethnomusicologist Heidi Carolyn Feldman. She describes the circumstance of African descendants displaced not only from their ancestral homes in Africa, but also from the Atlantic coast nations where their enslaved ancestors were originally brought. This Hip Deep edition explores the sonically vibrant realm of Afro-Peruvian music, a young genre identification that has flourished since the 1950s and h...
Thomas Mapfumo: The War Years
May 14, 2015 16:11 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #477] [Originally aired in 2013] This Hip Deep edition explores the legendary early career of Thomas Mapfumo, a singer, composer and bandleader whose 1970s music set the stage for the birth of a new nation, Zimbabwe. Using rare, unreleased recordings, and recollections by Mapfumo, key band members, and prominent Zimbabweans who lived through the liberation struggle, this program traces the development of chimurenga music. Central to the program, are research materials gathered by M...
Cuts From The Crypt
May 01, 2015 19:45 - 59 minutes - 108 MBIn early 2015, Afropop relocated its archives from a variety of storage units and apartments, and brought it all together in one place. The goal? Sorting, organizing, and preservation. But along the way, we also found more than a few musical gems. Today, join us as we dig through stacks of vinyl, and quite literal mountains of CDs, for the long forgotten, the often overlooked, the totally classic, and the absolutely amazing, as we play some of the albums that we’ve been spinning in our office...
Music In A Changing Cuba
April 24, 2015 21:56 - 59 minutes - 108 MBWhat's up in Havana besides tourism? Ned Sublette, who recently traveled to Cuba for Billboard magazine, talks with Sean Barlow about the present moment in the fast-changing music capital. Timba from Havana D'Primera, jazz/son by Pancho and Daniel Amat, and a mastermix of reguetón by Chacal y Yakarta, El Micha, and others.
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Roots-Pop in Benin
April 22, 2015 19:56 - 23 minutes - 53.2 MBIn Benin, a small francophone country in West Africa, traditional style roots music is extremely popular: artists sell thousands of CDs and DVDs of music videos, pack stadiums for concerts and frequently appear on national television. There are many, many styles of roots-pop, but the baseline of dense percussion and intricate vocals is a constant. Producer Morgan Greenstreet focused on these styles for our program Benin Roots Alive. He also made an exclusive Benin Roots Pop Mix from recordin...
Benin Roots Alive!
April 16, 2015 22:10 - 59 minutes - 108 MBIn this program, we follow producer Morgan Greenstreet on a musical tour of Benin’s roots-pop music and Afro-jazz, while exploring the deep cultural and spiritual traditions that inspire contemporary musicians. We will visit a midnight album launch party for a star of roots-pop music in Abomey, meet Norberka, an acclaimed singer, drummer and dancer, at the home of her patron, his majesty Hounon Behumbeza, a vodun priest. We’ll visit the rehearsals, studios and homes of some of Cotonou’s most ...
Sahel Sounds: New Music From Mali
April 10, 2015 20:44 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #666] [Originally aired in 2013] Working closely with Chris Kirkley, the writer and recordist behind the Sahel Sounds Blog and label, we will meet the newest generation of musicians from Mali. With their possibilities transformed by technology and their musical tastes reshaped by an exposure to sounds drawn from across the world, these young musicians are radically rethinking centuries old traditions. Get ready for the fast paced guitar bands of the north, the mp3 markets in which ...
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Sahel Sounds
April 09, 2015 21:34 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBEncore Mix! In conjunction with our current episode on Christopher Kirkley and his website and label, Sahel Sounds, Afropop offers this exclusive mix from Mr. Kirkley himself. It features some of the most interesting sounds currently coming out of Mali. Enjoy! Tracklist: Alkibar Junior - Homage Le Marchand du Soleil - Laila Je T'aime Mdou Moctar - Nikali Talit Amanar - Alghafiat Lakal Kanaye - Soul Tamashek Yeli Fuzzo - Abande Pheno S. - Souroulouklouk Meleke and MC Waraba - Ado Do Abubaka...
Bachata Takeover: From The Bronx To The World
April 06, 2015 14:37 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #694] [Originally aired in 2014] While bachata may have originated in the Dominican Republic, its growth in popularity over the past 10 years is not rooted within the shores of the small Caribbean nation but in the outer boroughs of New York City. It was here that the now-legendary bachata group Aventura formed. Aventura would go on to change the sound and style of bachata by mixing the style with the rap and r&b they were hearing on the streets of the Bronx. Christened “urban bach...
After The Money: Salsa for Love in NYC
April 01, 2015 23:32 - 17 minutes - 32.6 MBSalsa, the dance, is more popular than ever in New York City, its birthplace. Yet salsa musicians are having a harder time than ever making a living from playing the music. In "After The Money" we explore why this might be: we hear from some of the masters who lived through the golden years and experienced the decline of live salsa, and meet the young bandleaders and DJs who continue to make salsa the center of their lives, even if it means struggling to make a living.
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Dj Chibuikem- Muster Point Mix 2015
March 26, 2015 15:40 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBTake note: Soca's not just for Carnival anymore. Though this mix from New York-based DJ Chibuikem weaves together the highlights of this year's Carnival in Trinidad, it's fit for any kind of festive occasion. Soca's a genre that's firmly rooted in a time (Carnival) and a place (Trinidad) but this year, it seems poised to make an international breakout.
Dread Inna Inglan: How the UK took to reggae
March 20, 2015 17:14 - 108 MB[APWW PGM #681] [Originally aired in 2014] Jamaican music journeyed to England in the ‘60s when immigrants from the island flocked to the UK in search of jobs and a better life. But as racism, unemployment and poor living conditions developed in the 70s, a new generation of UK-based reggae and dancehall artists transformed the music into a major platform for voicing the concerns, struggles and hard, daily reality of life in the UK for black immigrants. Through interviews with David Hinds of ...
Afropop Exclusive Mixtape- Palenque Records
March 18, 2015 22:21 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBLucas Silva, the man behind the always amazing Palenque Records, dropped this dynamite mix of Colombian favorites new, old, and in-between. Dig in! And be sure to check out our interview with Lucas here ==> http://bit.ly/Lucas-Silva-Mix
Bonus Podcast: Zaki Nassif and Sabah
March 12, 2015 19:31 - 14 minutes - 27.4 MBThis special feature is a supplement to the Afropop Worldwide program, “Lebanon 1: Fairuz, A Woman for All Seasons.” The feature introduces two important contemporaries of Fairuz and the Rahbani brothers, namely composer Zaki Nassif and legendary singer Sabah. Want a deeper delve into Lebanese music? This one's for you.
Crabs With Brains: The Mangue Revolution & New Sounds of Recife
March 11, 2015 23:44 - 59 minutes - 108 MBIn the early 1990s, mangueboys and manguegirls stimulated fertility in the veins of Recife, Brazil. They were interested in hip-hop, the collapse of modernity, chaos and marine predator attacks (mainly sharks). Armed with boundless creativity, they turned one of the world's most poverty-stricken cities into one of Brazil's greatest centers of culture. Mangue artists mixed hip-hop, Jamaican ragamuffin and punk rock with styles from Brazil's northeast like maracatu and embolada. In this program...
Hip Deep Lebanon 1: Fairuz, A Woman for All Seasons
March 10, 2015 16:48 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #671] [Originally aired in 2013] Fairuz is the most popular living singer throughout the Arabic-speaking world and an artist with no real counterpart in Europe or the Americas. Since the ‘50s, she has appealed across boundaries of age, gender, class, religion, nationality, regional dialect, and political persuasion. Creating music as serious and engaged as it is popular, Fairuz—along with her collaborators from the Rahbani family of composer poets—has achieved near-universal appeal...
Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, And Healing
February 16, 2015 23:27 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MB[APWW PGM #552] [Originally aired in 2008] While Sierra Leone is currently in the news for the horrific outbreak of Ebola that has devastated the nation in recent months, the country is no stranger to tragedy. This also means that it has deep reserves of resilience, an ability to come together and overcome great obstacles embedded in its culture. To provide the kind of history that is all too often overlooked when reporting on current events on the African continent, we are encoring this epi...
Afropop Mixtape: New Music from the Brazilian Underground
February 11, 2015 23:27 - 2 hours - 226 MBA playlist of fantastic new tracks from the Brazilian underground, courtesy of Marcelo de Carvalho Monteiro, a Rio-based journalist who writes for Amplificador. Read our interview (and dig into his list of fantastic new bands) here ==> http://bit.ly/Brazilpop Track List: 1. Logun – Metá Metá 2. Gaiola da Saudade – Jam da Silva 3. Dino Vs. Dino – Far From Alaska 4. Lucifernandis – Boogarins 5. Summertime – Luziluzia 6. Sertão Urbano – Carne Doce 7. Você não vai Passar – Ava Rocha 8. Damião –...
The Nature Of Trance
January 29, 2015 16:22 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW #702] In many communities throughout Africa and the diaspora, music and spiritual life are deeply connected through the experience of trance: ritual possession by ancestors, spirits, deities, or simply the trance of communal dancing—usually accompanied by hypnotic melodies and rhythms. In this program, we explore the phenomenon of trance through a survey of musical and spiritual traditions. We'll discover how different cultural and spiritual ideas are expressed musically, and how innova...
Sub - Saharan Cassette Shopping
January 20, 2015 22:05 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #135] [Originally aired in 1993] We take you back in time with this deliciously retro episode. When cassette tapes hit Africa, they hit hard, offering a whole spectrum of musicians access to recording for the first time. And they really took advantage of it! In this show, Georges Collinet shares some of the finest of these sounds, mixing smoking South African pop, astounding mbalax, and much, much more.
Podcast Special II
January 14, 2015 19:39 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #701] Once again, we pull together some of our best Web-only podcasts for your listening pleasure. To start off with, we join veteran reporter Marika Partridge on the Washington Mall for highlights from the astounding Kenyan edition of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then, producer Sam Backer explores the history of the elusive South African producer DJ Spoko in his first-ever international interview. Finally, Banning Eyre takes us back to Madagascar, where we hear the guitar-he...
Malagasy Roots In America
January 07, 2015 22:01 - 21 minutes - 40.1 MBMost African-Americans trace their roots to West or Central Africa. But it turns out that since the 17th century, there has been a trickle of migration--involuntary and voluntary--from Madagascar to the United States. Afropop's Banning Eyre delves into that history with Dr. Wendy Wilson-Fall, who has both lived and studied this fascinating history.
Afropop Live 2014
December 19, 2014 16:49 - 59 minutes - 108 MBOn "Afropop Live 2014," we're playing highlights from some fantastic concerts we saw over the past year. At Montreal's Nuits d'Afrique festival, we caught Chinese reggae band Long Shen Dao, who mix dreadlocks with guzheng (a Chinese zither). Also in Montreal: the Haitian-Canadian band Rara Soley put on a rousing set of songs for celebration and protest. And from Joe's Pub in New York, Wake Up Madagascar raised awareness for deforestation with the sweet sounds of salegy.
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Shamon Cassette- A Mix of Things Nonrelated
December 17, 2014 22:04 - 51 minutes - 72 MBShamon Cassette first landed on our radar with Wave Crusher, the brilliant Afro-futurist electro-rap mixtape he made with Spoek Mathambo. He's back in Brooklyn now, but his experience in South Africa led him to create this exclusive mix for Afropop, which starts with a previously unreleased track from the Wave Crusher sessions. Here's Shamon on "A Mix of Things Nonrelated": "This year, a few months back I maxed out my tourist visa in South Africa and really had the blessings to adapt and be...
Kenya Mambo Poa: Live from the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
December 10, 2014 21:29 - 27 minutes - 50.1 MBIn this special podcast extra, Marika Partridge takes the APWW microphone to the National Mall to record music and stories representing the 42 tribes of Kenya. Kenya and China were featured at the festival. We'll hear the latest from Ayub Ogada, Eric Wainaina, John Nzenze, Winyo and other Kenyan music stars.
The Story Of East African Taarab
December 09, 2014 20:59 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MB[APWW PGM #471] [Originally aired in 2005] The “taarab” music of East Africa’s Swahili coast offers an amazing history lesson. Bantu and coastal Africans, Arabs, Portuguese, Germans, Brits, and Indians all figure in. With guest, anthropologist and author, Kelly Askew, this Hip Deep program explores the taarab music of Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, and Mombasa, Kenya. The show features rare recordings by the likes of taarab pioneer Siti Bint Saad, groups Babloom Modern Taarab and Tanzania O...
Stocking Stuffers 2014
December 02, 2014 22:18 - 59 minutes - 108 MBAfropop’s annual round up of the hot new releases of 2014. Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre sit down for a music filled survey of African and African diaspora sounds that hit the street this year. Garifuna soul, acoustic and electric roots from Mali and Guinea, Angelique Kidjo, Caetano Veloso, a Mauritanian griot with a voice for the ages, plus new Latin sounds, dancehall, and as many great tunes as these two musical omnivores can cram into an hour of radio. Count on great gift ideas for th...
Soundings: Recordings of African-Americans
November 26, 2014 00:31 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MB[APWW PGM #301] [Originally aired in 2000] The rural south has changed profoundly since it served as the birthplace of blues, and in the intervening years, many of the traditional forms so vital to American musical history have disappeared. It’s lucky then, that the record industry (not to mention some intrepid folklorists) got there before everything changed. This program celebrates the deep and essential sounds they captured on tape, vinyl, acetate, Edison cylinder, and piano roll. You’ll ...
Hip Deep Madagascar: Songs From The North
November 19, 2014 20:29 - 59 minutes - 108 MBSalegy is a churning, harmonious groove with spine-stiffening vocal harmonies that emerged from towns and cities of northern Madagascar in the mid-20th century. On a trip to Diego Suarez, we learn that salegy’s older origins are both fascinating and mysterious. We meet young salegy stars Ali Mourad and Jacs, and speak with the genre’s reigning legend, Jaojoby, on the roof of his nightclub in Antananarivo. Along the way we visit a music school in Diego and hear blazing guitar riffs and get a f...
Podcast- Live From 21st Century Tana
November 17, 2014 22:42 - 56 minutes - 103 MBLess talking, more music! This podcast surveys live recordings Afropop Worldwide made in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in spring 2014. From the frenetic dance grooves of Aly Mourad and Thominot, to the acoustic guitar mastery of D'Gary, Sammy, Johnny, and the jazz-fused Silo, to soulful folkloric performances... It's a full-course musical meal from a spectacular and under-recognized destination.
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Abdala's Experimental Brazil
October 29, 2014 19:11 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBAbdala tells stories with sounds he captures with a tape recorder from his home and the streets of Goîania, a city in Brazil's center. He also runs Propósito Records, home to some of Brazil's most experimentally-minded artists. Abdala just put out his sixth release of 2014, For Those Who Came From Nothing. To celebrate that prolific accomplishment, he's also put together a mix for Afropop, featuring his own music and songs by other artists from Brazil's new avant-garde. Read our interview w...
Hip Deep In Madagascar: 21st Century Tana
October 23, 2014 17:56 - 1 hour - 116 MBOn this Hip Deep edition, we visit nightclubs, cultural centers, radio stations, and the homes of prominent musicians to take the pulse of Madagascar’s lively highland capital, Antananarivo (Tana). Long the seat of power on the island, Tana is now home to spectacular artists from all the country’s ethnic regions. We’ll hear from rappers, traditional musicians, guitar innovators, veterans like Sammy, Hanitra, and Rossy, and lots of newcomers--also a dance band playing the latest club craze—a f...
Beko And Blues In Southwest Madagascar
October 17, 2014 20:29 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MB[Podcast] - Beko (pronounced BEH-koo) is a ceremonial vocal style performed by various ethnic groups in southwest Madagascar. It has also been an inspiration to successful popular musicians, both for it's blues-like emotional qualities, and its social message. In this "Hip Deep in Madagascar" podcast, we hear from Monika and Lala Njava, singer/songwriter Mikea, and the great Antandroy musician Remanindry.
Fania At 50
October 15, 2014 21:29New York City is home to the earth-shaking Latin dance music known as ‘salsa.’ From the mid 1960s through the 1980s, Fania Records released many of the most important albums in the history of the music, creating a salsa ‘boom’ that provided an outlet for many important musicians to share their contributions with the world. In 2014, Fania celebrated 50 years in the business; and to celebrate, we dug into the label’s history. We’ll hear from some of the principal players, including Aurora Flore...
Ghost Man: DJ Spoko's Bacardi House
October 10, 2014 21:21 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBDJ Spoko, the South African producer behind some of the country's (and maybe the continent's) wildest electronic sounds, has long been something of a mystery. Aside from a few scattered production credits, a handful of Youtube videos, and one solitary EP, it was pretty much impossible to HEAR the guy. That's why we jumped at the chance to interview Spoko about his new album, "War God," which features a full 20 tracks of "pure disease- and pure love." Spoko told us his story, everything from t...
Afropop Exclusive Mix: Peru Bravo! with Tiger's Milk Records
October 08, 2014 22:37 - 35 minutes - 353 MBAfropop Exclusive Mix! Tiger's Milk Records is one of our favorite labels, dishing out a helping of Peruvian tunes as delicious as the ceviche they cook in their award winning restaurants. This mix is compiled to celebrate the release of "Peru Bravo," the label's latest compilation. Connecting the dots between the funk, psych, and rock'n'roll featured on the album with more modern strains of Peruvian music (and a few equally tasty geographic outliers.)It's a terrific journey from start to fin...
Hip Deep in Madagascar: The Tsapiky Story
September 23, 2014 23:39 - 59 minutes - 108 MBThe southwest of Madagascar is a land of fishermen, mining prospectors, and cattle ranchers—not exactly a homogenous region in terms of lifestyle or ethnicity. But one thing that unites all the people of this region is the giddy, electric guitar-driven boogie music known as tsapiky (pronounced tsa-PEEK). Born only in the late 1970s, tsapiky has become the required music at large family ceremonies (circumcisions, weddings and, especially, burials), where music and partying goes nonstop for thr...
Guest Mix: For The Love Of Djazaïr!
September 12, 2014 15:09 - 52 minutes - 101 MBAnd it's guest mix time! For this installment of audio pleasure, we have a selection of Algerian music from the cities of Oran and Algiers compiled for us by Chris Silver, who writes the Jewish Morocco blog. Check out Chris's write-up for the mix here- http://www.afropop.org/wp/20467/guest-mix-for-the-love-of-djazair/ You can also read more of Chris's work here- http://jewishmorocco.blogspot.com/
Bachata Takeover
September 09, 2014 21:49 - 59 minutes - 108 MBWhile bachata may have originated in the Dominican Republic, its growth in popularity over the past 10 years is not rooted within the shores of the small Caribbean nation but in the outer boroughs of New York City. It was here that the now-legendary bachata group Aventura formed. Aventura would go on to change the sound and style of bachata by mixing the style with the rap and r&b they were hearing on the streets of the Bronx. Christened “urban bachata,” the new style has catapulted the genr...
Podcast Special
August 27, 2014 17:54 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBThis summer, Afropop launched a new and improved podcast, making your favorite world-spanning radio show available in a whole new way. To celebrate, we’ve put together a show featuring some of our favorite moments from the podcast. Previously available only online, these segments are airing for the very first time. We’ll share the story of soul man Geraldo Pino, the “African James Brown.” You’ll hear the musical visions of the eccentric Jamaican guitarist Brushy One String. And much more!
Rio 1- Samba at the Dawn of Modern Brazil Podcast
July 14, 2014 18:50 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBIn part one of our Hip Deep Brazil series, we travel back in time to Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century to explore the birth of Brazil’s most iconic sound: samba. Beginning with the arrival of poor nordestinos in the city after the end of slavery in 1888, we follow the exploits of the early sambistas as they forged the genre that would come to represent the nation. Brazilian scholar Carlos Sandroni shows us how Afro-Brazilian religious music and popular styles like modinha transformed i...
Party and Dissent: World Cup Brazil 2014
June 25, 2014 19:16 - 59 minutes - 108 MB[APWW PGM #689} World Cup mania continues in Brazil. The games are a source of great national pride, as well as bitter dissent due to the fact that billions were spent on stadiums, rather than schools, hospitals and public transport. What does the music community think? We check in with the latest baile funk from Rio’s favelas. Label owner Renato M2 introduces us to a new style–the slowed down Afro-Brazilian tinged rasterhina. In São Paulo, the cosmopolitan city of 20 million where musical i...
Rumba Para Bebo
June 19, 2014 23:32 - 59 minutes - 54 MB[APWW PGM #678] [Originally Aired in 2013] The legendary Cuban pianist / bandleader / composer Ramón "Bebo" Valdés used to say, el día que me muera, no quiero lloradera. Que toquen una rumba, que tomen ron y coman chocolate, y que toquen mi música más bailable. The day I die, I don’t want weeping. Have a rumba, drink rum and eat chocolate, and play my most danceable music. Bebo passed on March 22, 2013 at the age of 94, and to honor his memory in high spirits, Afropop Worldwide producer Ned...
Hip Deep Ghana 2 Podcast: Gospel in Modern Accra
June 16, 2014 22:19 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWhile other forms of music have switched to digital production, gospel remains as the arena for live music, and as the most popular form of live performance in the city of Accra. In this web exclusive podcast, we explore Ghanaian gospel's popularity in a city with thousands upon thousands of churches.
Afropop Worldwide Summer 2014 Concert Previews PODCAST
June 04, 2014 21:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBSummer is always the most active season for African and Diaspora touring artists. We'll clue you into what we think are the best. So wherever you are, enjoy the fun fun fun free open air concerts at Central Park SummerStage, Celebrate Brooklyn, Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal, Concert of Colors in Detroit, Grand Performances in L.A. and more.
Podcast: Kickin' It In Cabo Verde
June 02, 2014 21:16 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBCabo Verde (also known as Cape Verde) is undeniably a music powerhouse. Despite its small size (population 500,000), the West African archipelago is the third-largest country in music sales in the “World” market by some estimations. That’s why the islands have become home to the Atlantic Music Expo: a trans-oceanic music fair featuring conferences and concerts that attract musicians and industry professionals from across the globe. In this episode, Afropop drops in on the Expo to check out th...