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The Gorgon, The Originator, and The Dub Master
During the last 60 years, Jamaican music has constantly reinvented itself, a handful of innovators pioneering distinct musical genres such as ska, ro…
4 years, 3 months ago
Closeup: Kakuma Sounds
Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp is a virtual city of people displaced by three decades of war in East and Central Africa. Kenyan music producer Treynor T…
4 years, 3 months ago
Changui!
Changüí is a little understood, loose and lively, community-based music of eastern Cuba. In this program we sample recordings from the 2021 box set C…
4 years, 3 months ago
Closeup: Yasmin Williams—Guitar Hero To Guitar Hero
With a style all her own, Yasmin Williams has gone from video game virtuoso to one of the freshest and most original solo acoustic guitarists today. …
4 years, 4 months ago
Nairobi Roars
The Kenyan capital is roaring into the 2020s. On this program singer/songwriter/producer Eric Wainaina introduces us to a rising cadre of artists roc…
4 years, 4 months ago
Soul To Soul At 50
On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States – Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Staples Singers, and more – bo…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Cameroon-Cuba Connection
Special guest Dr. Ivor Miller, back from a 2021 research trip to Cameroon, takes us into the complexities of south Cameroonian spiritual tradition an…
4 years, 4 months ago
Lyres Of East Africa
Known by names like krar, kisara, tambur, simsimiyya and masinkob, the lyres of East Africa represent some of the world’s oldest string instruments. …
4 years, 4 months ago
GC's 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 …
4 years, 4 months ago
New Moves In African Jazz
It’s a truism that jazz has roots in Africa, but compared with other forms of Black American music, it doesn’t have a large audience there. Just the …
4 years, 5 months ago