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The New York Sound of Latin Music
"The New York Sound of Latin Music" demonstrates how the metropolis transformed the music. Guest Ben Lapidus, author of New York and the Internationa…
3 years, 6 months ago
Botswana, Dumelang
Botswana is a large, landlocked country in Southern Africa, a vast stretch of desert and savannah between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia with a p…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Nyege Nyege Villa - East African Hub of the Electronic Music Underground
In 2018, the renowned music journal Fact boldly claimed that “the world’s best electronic music festival is in Uganda.” In only a few years, Nyege Ny…
3 years, 7 months ago
856 Calypso, Reggae and Jab-Jab Soca: Musical Resistance in Grenada
Calypso and reggae have been mainstays of Grenada’s musical culture, until the emergence of the distinctive Carnival-based offshoot known as jab-jab …
3 years, 7 months ago
Africa in Melbourne
Known as Australia’s music and cultural capital, Melbourne is a hub of creativity boasting a diverse arts scene. The African community in Melbourne h…
3 years, 7 months ago
Afro-Roots Fest 2022 With Daymé Arocena and Sinkane
The Afro-Roots Fest is Florida’s state-wide celebration of Africa’s global musical heritage. The 2022 edition featured a diva of Afro-Cuban jazz, Day…
3 years, 7 months ago
Bomba, Plena and Puerto Rican Protest Music
On this program, we look at Puerto Rican protest songs over the past two centuries, including Paracumbé's subversive bomba dances from the time of sl…
3 years, 8 months ago
GCs DJ Road Show: Beco's Brazil
When it comes to popular music, it's hard to top Brazil for variety, excellence and sheer volume. On this program, Georges Collinet welcomes co-host …
3 years, 8 months ago
Hip Deep Madagascar: Songs of the North
Salegy may be the most popular dance music of Madagascar. It’s a churning, harmonious groove with spine-stiffening vocal harmonies that emerged from …
3 years, 8 months ago
Afropop Cover Songs
In today’s pop music, everybody is a composer. But what about the classics? The songs that last? In this program we survey African musicians reinterp…
3 years, 8 months ago