Afropop Classic January 20, 2021
Afropop Classic December 31, 2020
Afropop Classic December 24, 2020
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights of 2020
Afropop Classic November 19, 2020
Immerse yourself in the broad diversity of São Paulo’s intense music scene, where hybrid cultural expression happens spontaneously, fusing ancient and modern, local and foreign, traditional and avant-garde.
Afropop Classic October 22, 2020
Afropop Classic October 15, 2020
Afropop Classic October 10, 2020
This program features selections and interviews from the first edition of the Sauti Za Busara festival in Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania in February 2004.
Afropop Classic October 1, 2020
Music and interviews from artists scheduled for the cancelled 2020 South by Southwest Afropop Worldwide showcase.
Afropop Classic September 24, 2020
Enjoy highlights from the just completed Afro Roots Virtual Fest featuring the city's leading globally grooving artists.
Afropop Classic September 10, 2020
Join us as we return to one of the great live Afropop recordings—Baaba Maal performing an intimate acoustic show here in New York.
Closeup September 1, 2020
"Something Deep Inside" has passed through various renditions over the years and, in this podcast, Pana-Soul singer Ralph Weeks lifts the hood on the creative process that led to a classic, with enthusiasm and an easy laugh.
Hip Deep August 13, 2020
Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World” explores an endangered tradition of drum speech in Nigeria, and how that tradition changed and thrived in Cuba, where large numbers of enslaved Yoruba arrived in the 19th century.
Closeup August 5, 2020
Afropop Classic July 23, 2020
Closeup July 21, 2020
Hip Deep July 9, 2020
In this Hip Deep edition, Banning Eyre and Gerhard Kubik explore the connections between Africa and American blues.
Afropop Classic July 2, 2020
Hip Deep April 16, 2020
In this Hip Deep program, we'll hear how Edo highlife musicians have found sustainable careers by simultaneously rooting their music in their local communities and appealing to diasporic enclaves in Europe and the United States.
Afropop Classic April 2, 2020
This program explores the work of artists who identify with no single culture or country.
Afropop Classic March 26, 2020
Afropop Classic March 12, 2020
Adekunle Gold, Shirazee, Jojo Abot, Aramide, Nsimbi and Afrotronx perform live at the Afropop Worldwide showcase at SXSW, 2019.
Afropop Classic March 5, 2020
Hip Deep February 20, 2020
In this Hip Deep program, Peter Manuel reveals Indian music incorporated into the multi-cultural mix of the Caribbean.
Afropop Classic February 13, 2020
Afropop Classic February 6, 2020
Afropop Classic January 23, 2020
This Afropop program samples new sounds from Cape Verde, circa 2018.
Afropop Classic January 9, 2020
Afropop Classic January 2, 2020
Live performances and interviews with Fatoumata Diawara and Noura Mint Seymali at the Afro Roots Fest in Miami.
Afropop Classic December 19, 2019
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre look ahead to African music in the 2020s.
