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833 Afro Roots Fest 2021
Miami’s Afro Roots Fest is back on stage at the North Miami Beach Bandshell. Mostly. The 2021 edition featured live performances by Afro-Nicaraguan s…
4 years, 7 months ago
Hip Deep Angola, Part 3: A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza-Kongo
To make this unprecedented program, producer Ned Sublette traveled to Mbanza-Kongo, the ancient seat of the Kongo empire located in present-day north…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Money Show
The Money Show Every day, money changes hands in Ghanaian cedi, South African rand, and Brazilian real as music is created, traded, performed, purcha…
4 years, 8 months ago
Dakar Muse
"Dakar Muse" takes us to one of the most exciting musical cities in Africa. We'll meet young stars on the Mbalax scene, Senegal's national music, inc…
4 years, 8 months ago
Punk In Africa
When you think punk, a few locations tend to come to mind- New York, London, LA. But Durban? Jo’Burg? South Africa? In this program, we are taking …
4 years, 8 months ago
Two Lions: Bunny Wailer and Hakim
On this program we survey the careers of two giants within their genres. Bunny Wailer is the last surviving member of the original Bob Marley and the…
4 years, 9 months ago
829 Soul To Soul At 50
On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States -– Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and more -–…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Black History Of The Banjo
We trace the history of this most American of instruments from its ancestors in West Africa through the Caribbean and American South and into the pre…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Soul Of Black Brazil
We explore the rich period in the 1970s when soul flourished in Brazil. We’ll hear standard bearers of the movement such as Tim Maia, Ed Motta, Toni …
4 years, 11 months ago
A Tale Of Two Rebellions
Our Hip Deep edition “A Tale of Two Rebellions,” recounts the stories of two remarkable military campaigns in early Islamic history. Both uprisings t…
4 years, 11 months ago