Closeup October 3, 2017
Two very different Bay Area artists, Meklit Hadero and Zena Carlota, use their music to explore what it means to live on two sides of a hyphen: African-American, black-artist, Ethiopian-American, female-musician, to name a few.
Afropop Classic September 21, 2017
Closeup September 19, 2017
Afropop Classic September 14, 2017
Afropop Classic September 7, 2017
Closeup September 5, 2017
Afropop Classic August 17, 2017
Closeup August 15, 2017
Here we encounter the musical and philosophical movement called rapso–an infectiously danceable rhythmic oration style that comes with a philosophy championing a Trinidadian identity in the face of a colonial history and a globalized present.
Afropop Classic June 22, 2017
Afropop Classic April 20, 2017
Closeup April 11, 2017
Afropop Classic March 16, 2017
Hip Deep March 9, 2017
This Hip Deep edition explores the sonically vibrant realm of Afro-Peruvian music, a young genre identification that has flourished since the 1950s and has now produced artists of international renown, such as singer Susana Baca, and the black folkloric company Peru Negro.
Afropop Classic March 2, 2017
Closeup February 28, 2017
Afropop Classic December 15, 2016
Afropop Classic November 24, 2016
Afropop Classic November 17, 2016
Hip Deep September 15, 2016
Hip Deep August 11, 2016
Hip Deep August 4, 2016
Hip Deep July 14, 2016
Hip Deep July 7, 2016
Afropop Classic May 12, 2016
