Afropop Worldwide
Sundays, Noon - 1pm
Haaa-loooooooooo! Georges Collinet blends a rich array of the freshest music from Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe with lively interviews and insightful stories.
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Fairuz is the most popular living singer throughout the Arabic- speaking world and an artist with no real counterpart in Europe or the Americas. Since the…
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Did you miss this summer's Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York ? Not to Worry. You'll get the highlights here including new pop from artists…
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In this Hip Deep episode, we use music to explore that history as we take a road-trip across the country in search of sonic traces of Afro-Mexico. We…
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Our celebration of Afropop's 25 years on public radio continues with these exceptional artists recorded live by Afropop Worldwide- from the gentle swing…
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The 1970s were an especially rich era for African artists. Bands featured multiple guitars, classy horn sections and of course, powerful singers. Coming…
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Part of understanding African sacred music means thinking about its colonial context. It's the music of oppressed people combined with the music of their oppressors. For decades, Fred Onovwerosuoke has collected and arranged this music for choral groups.
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Asheville, N.C.'s Toubab Krewe will bring their blend of world, rock, west African grooves to WCBE! You can catch the performing two nights at Woodland's…
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Join us for a set of Latin music as Grupo Fantasma will perform a few songs live during the Global Village! They won a Grammy for their latest CD El…
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The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach pairs up with monster Tuareg guitarist Bombino for a dream-team album. The result balances tightly coiled melodies with wide-open, Saharan spaciousness.
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In a beautiful and powerful new song, Fatoumata Diawara, Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangare and nearly 40 more top musicians from Mali join together for one purpose: to help bring peace back to their shattering country.