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Afropop Summer Serenade
Time to kick back and let us serenade you with gorgeous sounds from around the globe—Sali Sidibé, Mariem Hassan, Ikhwani Safaa Music Club and more. You’ll hear debuts of new music from Bonga and...
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KonKoma
70s West African funk reissues are such a heavy trend these days that it was inevitable living bands would start recreating the essential sounds of that easy-to-love, endlessly compelling era. And...
View ArticlePremiere: Elikeh –“Olesafrica (Ojah Awake)”
Out of Washington, D.C. comes “Olesafrica (Ojah Awake)” a new track off the forthcoming record Between 2 Worlds from Elikeh. Led by Togo-born Serge “Massama” Dogo, the group blends various styles of...
View ArticleSMOD To Tour the U.S.
This summer, Malian rootsy hip-hop crew SMOD embarks on their first U.S. tour tomorrow. The group may be most known for featuring the son of Amadou & Mariam. However, SMOD is a musical force to be...
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and SMOD in Central Park
Sunday, July 22, was a banner day at Central Park, Summerstage, still one of New York’s most pleasant summer music venues. Sunny, but not too hot, the day was perfect for a feast of uplifting African...
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Scenes for Adventurous Armchair Travelers
This Week, we present you with some ultra-vivid audio scenes from Mali to Morocco to Tanzania to Zimbabwe to Cuba to Brazil to Ecuador and beyond (complemented by our gorgeous photo essays.) Let your...
View ArticleglobalFEST 2012
Every year in the dead of winter, the much-anticipated world music extravaganza globalFEST lights up New York City. In anticipation of the 2015 edition, we are encoring a show from one of our favorite...
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“Sound System Music”: Lucas Silva and Palenque Records
Few labels in recent years have done more to recover and share the glories of Colombian popular music than Palenque Records. We recently asked them to put together a mix for our podcast. To accompany...
View ArticleAfrica in America: Ladies’ Edition
Afropop’s occasional series on African music made in America continues with a focus on three remarkable women. Marie Daulne, founder of the genre-bending vocal group Zap Mama, collaborates with New...
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Benin Roots Alive!
In this program, we follow producer Morgan Greenstreet on a musical tour of Benin’s roots-pop music and Afro-jazz, while exploring the deep cultural and spiritual traditions that inspire contemporary...
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Yam Session: NYC’s Afro Jam Session
Every so often, we hear about a new initiative that really piques our interest, like the Yam Session, a new Afro jam session starting up in New York. Drawing on African roots music, old-school African...
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Georges Collinet on the Past and Future of African Music
Georges Collinet has been the host of Afropop Worldwide since the show first aired in October 1988. In 2015, he celebrated 50 years in broadcasting. Producer Banning Eyre interviewed Georges in his...
View ArticleAfropop Worldwide Residency at Threes Brewing
Afropop Worldwide is excited to announce that we are curating a live music residency for the month of March at Brooklyn venue Threes Brewing! The series will present New York-based musicians performing...
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The Francis Brothers: African Record Center
Brooklyn, New York is a melting pot of many nationalities and cultures. There are also seemingly a million places that exhibit and pay homage to the history of these cultures. Tucked away in the heart...
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Summer NYC Concert Guide is Here!
Each year, Afropop produces a summer concert guide for great music happening in New York, NY. See our card for 2017 below! For the rest of you, don’t worry, we also produce an Afropop Worldwide program...
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African Music at the Crossroads
Afropop producer Banning Eyre takes us on a surprise-filled tour of his 30-some years of covering African music. Through conversations with Georges Collinet and producer/agent/DJ Rab Bakari, the...
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