Articles

Review September 7, 2011

Leave No Trace

Los Angeles outfit continues to meld various African styles with breezy, western pop sensibilities.

Review September 5, 2011

Chancletas y Camisetas Bordada

Oakland/Panamanian rappers— call it "Panabay"— return with good results.

Review September 2, 2011

Cairo Journal: Koranic Recitation

Feature August 18, 2011

Feature: Music of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Black Pacific

Blog August 17, 2011

Interview: Heidi Feldman, Afro-Peruvian Feature Story

Blog August 17, 2011

Discography: The Music of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Black Pacific

Contests August 6, 2011

Tix: Los Van Van w/Juan Formell, Aug 11 at SOBs!

Review August 4, 2011

Cairo Journal: Pre-Ramadan Zar at Arabi's Place

Review July 18, 2011

Carol Muller on Jazz in South Africa

South African Jazz scholar Carol Mullen talks about jazz in apartheid South Africa.

Blog July 16, 2011

First night in Egypt... with Mohamed Mounir

Review July 16, 2011

Hoba Hoba Spirit: Marock'n Roll

Discography July 15, 2011

Discography: Reimagining Jazz in Africa

Feature July 15, 2011

Reimagining Jazz in Africa: Cape Town Cosmopolitans and Beyond

Videos July 14, 2011

FELA! in Lagos

In April of 2011, the cast and crew of FELA! on Broadway traveled to Lagos, Nigeria, making it the first original Broadway production to be performed on African soil.

Review July 13, 2011

Interview: Sathima Bea Benjamin

Sathima Bea Benjamin recorded the first jazz record ever recorded in Africa. Here, she sits down with Afropop's Simon Rentner to discuss South Africa, Duke Ellington, and the presence of jazz in the world.