Audio Programs
Hip Deep July 20, 2023
The Musical Legacy of Al Andalus, Part 1 - Europe
Closeup July 18, 2023
Etienne Charles: The Freedom of Carnival
Hip Deep July 6, 2023
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Mali: Ancient Empires to Multi-Cultural Democracy
Closeup July 4, 2023
Jacqueline Crooks’s Fire Rush
Hip Deep February 16, 2023
The Prehistory of New Orleans Music - Treasures from the Hogan
This program tells the story of how jazz emerged in the context of all the other African American musics that proliferated in late 19th and early 20th century New Orleans: blues, ragtime, Mardi Gras Indian music, vaudeville and minstrelsy, spiritual church music, and more.
Hip Deep February 9, 2023
Bangkok After Dark: The Story of Maurice Rocco
Jazz pianist Maurice Rocco was a star of American nightclubs and Hollywood films in the 1930s-40s, playing in an ecstatic, stand-up style that left a deep impression on rock and roll.
Closeup November 15, 2022
Ladama in the Studio
Ladama is a collective of four female musicians and activists from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the U.S. Drawing on traditions from all these countries and beyond, they create original music with the zest of soul, r&b and pop
Closeup November 1, 2022
Agua y Luz: Music of Tumaco and the Afro Colombian Pacific
Currulao is the traditional music of Colombia’s majority-Black, southern Pacific coastal region
Closeup October 18, 2022
Bacardi Beats of Pretoria
Bacardi music a sub genre from kwaito to the latest amapiano hits. In this episode, we travel to Pretoria, South Africa, to discover a little-known link in the complex chain of genres:
Closeup October 5, 2022
Suso: Gambia's Global Griots
Susso is a collaborative project between the Suso and Kuyateh Griot families of Gambia, in particular Yusupha and Ansumana Suso, Jabou Kuyateh and U.K. producer and bassist Huw Bennett.
Closeup September 28, 2022
Geraldo Pino and Fela Kuti in Ghana
Geraldo Pino was an early influence on Fela Kuti in Ghana.
Closeup September 20, 2022
Jamaa Fest, Sierra Leone's Forgotten Festival
Yinka Rickford-Anguin tells the story of Jamaa fest in Sierra Leone in 1994.
Closeup September 8, 2022
Mauritius’s Sega Roots
Deep dive into the history and current state of sega music from Mauritius. Narrated and produced by Banning Eyre
Closeup August 9, 2022
Making Waves: A Congolese Guitarist Tests His Range
Abë Levine tells the story of Congolese guitarist Siama Matazungidi.
Closeup July 26, 2022
The Cavemen: Highlife in the Age of Afrobeats
Fay Fay profiles the young Nigerian highlife act, The Cavemen.
Closeup July 12, 2022
The Rise of Hip-Hop in Malawi
Kenneth Lipanga and Banning Eyre unpack the history of hip-hop in Malawi.
Hip Deep February 3, 2022
Egypt 4: Living Traditions
Hip Deep January 6, 2022
A Tango With Robert Farris Thompson
Closeup November 16, 2021
The Kwaito Generation
Closeup November 2, 2021
Echoes of Yaa Amponsah
Closeup October 20, 2021
Learning Congolese Guitar
Dive into the history and mechanics of Congolese guitar, one of the pearls of African music.
Closeup October 6, 2021
Franco Speaks (1985)
In 1985, when Afropop Worldwide was but a gleam in his eye, Sean Barlow sat down with Luambo Makiadi Franco, one of the greatest African bandleaders of all time.
Closeup September 21, 2021
Kakuma Sounds
Kenyan music producer Treynor Tumwa and American musician/scholar Mark LeVine work to provide traditional instruments to Kakuma Refugee Camp, virtual city of people displaced by three decades of war in East and Central Africa.
Closeup September 10, 2021
Yasmin Williams—Guitar Hero To Guitar Hero
Innovative acoustic guitarist Yasmin Williams talks to producer Ben Richmond about her influences, her unique instrumentation, and forging her own path as a young Black woman artist in a genre dominated by white dudes.
Closeup August 24, 2021
The 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, and Otaak Band founder Miguel Merino dives in on this week's Closeup.
Closeup August 10, 2021
A Conversation with Kwaito/Hip-Hop Artist Simphy
Closeup July 27, 2021
Jazz re:Freshed in London
Prior to the pandemic, London’s jazz scene was blooming and gaining a worldwide reputation for innovation. The folks at Jazz Refreshed had everything to do with that. Jazz singer and producer Tess Hirst tells the story.
