Audio Programs – Afropop Classic

Afropop Classic January 27, 2022

WOMEX: The Lusophone Connection

Highlights from the Lusophone acts at the 2021 WOMEX trade fair in Porto, Portugal

Afropop Classic January 20, 2022

I Am The Upsetter: The Sonic Innovation of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Afropop Classic December 30, 2021

Afropop Wildcards, 2021

Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights from 2021.

Afropop Classic December 23, 2021

AfroJam

We jam to cool new releases by Jupiter & Okwess, Toots (RIP) & the Maytals, Dobet Gnahore, Khaira Arby (RIP), Adekunle Gold, Tiwa Savage, WizKid, Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy, Delgres and others.

Afropop Classic December 16, 2021

WOMEX Rises!

Highlight interviews and performances from WOMEX 2021 in Porto, Portugal.

Afropop Classic December 2, 2021

Jamaica: Big A Yard, Big Abroad

In this program, we move yard to yard in Jamaica, listening to acoustic music being written and recorded, smelling trees and flowers, and meeting legendary artists like Ken Boothe, Winston McAnuff, Cedric Myton of the Congos, Kiddus I, Robbie Lyn, Viceroys, or Nambo Robinson, as well as a number of young and emerging reggae artists like JAH9, Var, and Derajah.

Afropop Classic November 4, 2021

New Sounds From Nigeria

Radio program on new music and recent events in Nigeria in 2020.

Afropop Classic September 30, 2021

The Gorgon, The Originator, and The Dub Master: Reggae Pioneers Bunny Lee, U Roy, and King Tubby

In "The Gorgon, The Originator and The Dub Master," producer David Katz leads a tour of indelible changes brought about by producer Bunny "Striker" Lee, DJ U Roy and the engineer and sound-system owner, King Tubby, to demonstrate how they changed popular music worldwide.

Afropop Classic August 12, 2021

New Moves in Afro-Jazz

A deep dive into current Afro-jazz music.

Afropop Classic July 15, 2021

Live from the Archive 1: S.O.Bs Edition

Live Afropop Worldwide recordings of Papa Wemba, Marcé et Tumpak, Chaba Fadela and Cheb Sahraoui and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens at S.O.Bs nightclub in New York City.

Afropop Classic July 8, 2021

My Friend Manu Dibango

Afropop Classic June 3, 2021

Encounter With the Ancestors

In this episode of Afropop Worldwide, “Encounter With the Ancestors,” Georges Collinet takes us to the deep forest of southern Cameroon to meet Eric Nelson Efa and members of his association, the Azania Way Culture.

Afropop Classic May 20, 2021

Afro Roots Fest 2021

Miami's Afro Roots Fest 2021, with Roosevelt Collier, Richard Bona and Weedie Braimah.

Afropop Classic April 15, 2021

Punk in Africa

Afropop Classic March 11, 2021

Moroccan Music Today: Re-Examined Past, Innovative Future

Afropop Classic February 11, 2021

The Soul of Black Brazil

We explore the rich period in the 1970s when soul flourished in Brazil.

Afropop Classic January 20, 2021

Crate-Diggers & Remixers

Afropop Classic December 31, 2020

Lockdown Serenade

Afropop Classic December 24, 2020

2020 Highlights

Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre discuss musical highlights of 2020

Afropop Classic November 19, 2020

São Paulo Mutations: Hybrid Musical Resistance in Brazil’s Alpha City

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

GC's DJ Roadshow—From Kwaito to Amapiano

Afropop Classic October 15, 2020

Quelbe: Hidden Treasure of the Caribbean

Afropop Classic October 10, 2020

Sauti Za Busara 2004

This program features selections and interviews from the first edition of the Sauti Za Busara festival in Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania in February 2004.