Audio Programs
Afropop Classic September 10, 2020
Baaba Maal Live, Acoustic in NYC
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,” 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
Afropop Classic July 23, 2020
Bomba, Plena and Puerto Rican Protest Music
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.
Afropop Classic July 2, 2020
Youssou N'Dour's "Egypt"
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.
Afropop Classic April 2, 2020
With Feet in Many Worlds
This program explores the work of artists who identify with no single culture or country.
Afropop Classic March 26, 2020
globalFEST 2020
Afropop Classic March 12, 2020
Afropop at South by Southwest 2019
Adekunle Gold, Shirazee, Jojo Abot, Aramide, Nsimbi and Afrotronx perform live at the Afropop Worldwide showcase at SXSW, 2019.
Afropop Classic March 5, 2020
Voodoo To Go Festival
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.
Afropop Classic February 13, 2020
Aurelio, Badian, Damily, and the Kid From Timbuktu
Afropop Classic January 23, 2020
Cape Verde Sounds: Heard and Unheard
This Afropop program samples new sounds from Cape Verde, circa 2018.
Afropop Classic January 9, 2020
Reissued: African Vinyl in the 21st Century
Afropop Classic January 2, 2020
Afro Roots Fest 2019 in Miami
Live performances and interviews with Fatoumata Diawara and Noura Mint Seymali at the Afro Roots Fest in Miami.
Afropop Classic December 19, 2019
Here Comes 2020
Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre look ahead to African music in the 2020s.
Afropop Classic November 29, 2019
Inside the Nile Project
Afropop Classic November 21, 2019
Jamaica In New York: The History of Reggae and Dancehall in the Big Apple
In this musical exposé Afropop producer Saxon Baird susses out the often overlooked NYC Jamaican music scene with interviews from some of its biggest players from Bullwackies in the Bronx to Brooklyn-based dancehall artists like Screechy Dan.
Afropop Classic November 14, 2019
Mbalax Meets Mande in Dakar
Mbalax music from Dakar and Mande music from Cassamance on a program about new sounds from Senegal.
Hip Deep October 24, 2019
Hip Deep in Madagascar: Songs of the North
Afropop Classic October 17, 2019
The Congotronics Story
Afropop Classic September 19, 2019
Carnival In Brooklyn
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.
Afropop Classic August 15, 2019
Afropop Worldwide: The Origin Story
Sean Barlow, Banning Eyre and Georges Collinet look back on 30 years of Afropop Worldwide on public radio.
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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.
