Audio Programs
Hip Deep June 10, 2021
Hip Deep Angola 4: The Cuban Intervention in Angola
This Hip Deep program delves into the complex history of Cuba's intervention in Angoa's civil war.
Hip Deep May 13, 2021
Hip Deep Angola Part 3: A Spiritual Journey to Mbanza-Kongo
In this Hip Deep program, Ned Sublette takes a deep dive into Mbanza-Kongo spiritual tradition and music.
Hip Deep May 6, 2021
The Money Show
In this episode we look at the business side of African music, through a series of vignettes from around the continent and diaspora that illuminate the deep connections between musical creation and the economies that sustain it.
Closeup September 1, 2020
“Something Deep Inside,” Pana-Soul Crooner Ralph Weeks’s Enduring Classic
"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
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
Art Is Freedom: A Conversation With Criolo
Closeup July 21, 2020
Johnny and Sipho: A Friendship Made on Earth
Hip Deep July 9, 2020
Africa and the Blues
In this Hip Deep edition, Banning Eyre and Gerhard Kubik explore the connections between Africa and American blues.
Hip Deep April 16, 2020
Edo Highlife: Culture, Politics and Progressive Traditionalism
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.
Hip Deep February 20, 2020
Diaspora Encounters: The Indo Caribbean World
In this Hip Deep program, Peter Manuel reveals Indian music incorporated into the multi-cultural mix of the Caribbean.
Hip Deep October 24, 2019
Hip Deep in Madagascar: Songs of the North
Closeup September 10, 2019
Bolsonaro Is and Isn't
On this week's season finale CloseUp, we step out of the American bubble, and look at who Bolsonaro is, who his targets are, and how he rose to power.
Closeup August 20, 2019
Closeup: French Afro-Colonial Memory and Music
In this CloseUp we look at the legacy of French colonialism in West Africa, Cameroon in particular, and the musicians who are uncovering what some wish to forget.
Closeup August 6, 2019
Barrio Colón to Brooklyn
This podcast is a deep dive into New York City's Afro-Cuban rumba scene in Brooklyn.
Closeup July 23, 2019
Doing it For the Art: Manolo Raps in Cape Verde
At the 2019 Atlantic Music Expo in Cape Verde, Afropop's Sebastian Bouknight met Manolo, a longtime rapper who is trying to find a foothold in the country's overcrowded music scene.
Closeup July 9, 2019
Afropop Goes to the Grammys
Visit the 2019 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles and hear from the nominees in the World Music category, Fatoumata Diawara, Bombino, The Soweto Gospel Choir, Seun Kuti and Yiddish Glory.
Closeup June 26, 2019
Lazarus: Messenger of Hope
Hip Deep December 27, 2018
Lebanon 2: Diasporas
Closeup October 9, 2018
Gael Faye and the New Generation of Afropean Artists
Hip Deep September 20, 2018
Music and History in The Two Sudans
Closeup September 18, 2018
Kidnapped! Ambassador Osayomore Joseph
Closeup September 5, 2018
We Are All Worthy of One Another
Closeup August 14, 2018
Skippy White: A Vinyl Life
Hip Deep August 2, 2018
Cuban Counterpoint of Tobacco and Sugar: Sacred Musical Spaces in Western Cuba
Ned Sublette takes a group of travelers, including you, to multiple sites in western Cuba to analyze the musical impact of what Ortiz called the "Cuban counterpoint" of tobacco and sugar.
Closeup July 31, 2018
Nha Mundo: The Sound of Cova da Moura
Closeup July 17, 2018
Asante Drum Language
Closeup June 19, 2018
Thomas Mapfumo: The Enigma of Return
Hip Deep June 14, 2018
The Nature of Trance
In this program, we explore the phenomenon of trance through a survey of musical and spiritual traditions, discover how different cultural and spiritual ideas are expressed musically, how the mathematical complexity of mbira dzavuzimu music may lead to Shona spirit possession, and how experiments in neural imaging give us insight into how the brain works in a state of trance.
Closeup June 5, 2018
