Flamenco as we know it was “born” in Spain in the mid-19th century. But for centuries before that, Roma (Gitanos, Gypsies) had been living in Spanish cities, often rubbing shoulders with the descendants of Africans (Moors), who had been there as both citizens and slaves going back to Medieval times and earlier. This overlooked pre-history of flamenco is explored in Miguel Angel Rosales’s groundbreaking film Gurumbé. In this program, we meet Rosales and learn to hear flamenco in a new way. We also meet maverick flamenco artist Raul Rodriguez, inventor and master of the tres flamenco. Rodriquez’s solo concert, sampled in this program, is a tour de force and an anthropology master class, all in one. Produced by Banning Eyre.

APWW #792
Originally broadcast in 2018

The Hidden Blackness Of Flamenco

Pasteelo Mixtape 8 'Midnight Journey' 
Mixed & compiled by S.Newholmes @jabarligla

Pasteelo Mixtape 8 - Midnight Journey // S.Newholmes

Asnakech Worku — Kand Yerega Deg New

All vinyl psych rock set for the live stream masses hosted by DJ Raj Mahal.

Video of the Live Stream:

https://vimeo.com/406880187

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Track List:

India - The Corporation
Deep Gully - The Outlaw Blues Band
The Desert Is A Circle - Alejandro Jodorowsky and Shades of Joy
Maverick Woman Blues - Moloch
Blues News - Jesse Harper
Git Some - Jeff Cooper And The Stoned Wings
life's o.k - Troyka
Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones - The Cryan' Shames
Cinnamon Girl -  Reflections Of Tyme  
Zero Time - Dark
Reputation - Warren S. Richardson Jr.
G.I. Joe - Salvation
Hogin' Machine - Les Baxter
Let The Sunshine - Dennis Coffey
Cago-9 - Paul Baillargeon / Dean Morgan
NADA DULCE NIÑA - Los Mac´s
Old Man Going - Pretty Things
Dark Side Of The Mushroom - The Chocolate Watch Band

Soul Strut Live - Solitary Selections - Episode 3 - Psych Vinyl (April 11, 2020)

Firing up the gear for another round of rare groove classics spun with real life vinyl! Join me on IG live or on YouTube live for better optics. 8-9 PM EST Saturday night. Shout outs are always free.

Keep up on more live streams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/

Soul Strut Live - Solitary Selections - Ep. 5 - Crate Digger Classics (April 25, 2020)

Woweembeem 36 — Koji

For all those stuck at home or stressed out during these uncertain times, here’s an hour of uplifting music from Mali, Cuba and South Africa. Vusi Mahlasela, Alex Cuba, Afel Bocoum and Oumou Sangare have all known the travails of personal pain and political turmoil. And yet all find the strength and vision to create music that soothes and reassures even as it moves dancing feet. On this program, we hear fresh music and words from all four.

Produced by Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow.

818 Lockdown Serenade

Musics & politics 🇳🇬 October 1st, 1960. Nigeria celebrates and dances its independence. Fela Kuti shouts : Viva Africa! Freedom High-Life & Pan-African Beats. Music is the weapon. Full Power to the People ✊🏾
📷 Photo credit : Fela Ransome Kuti designed by FRED MARTINS (https://www.pinterest.com/fredmartinx/) 
🎶 Track list - Nigerian artists only (most of songs are taken from vinyls, except * taken from cds) : 
E.C. ARINZE Freedom highlife / E.C. ARINZE Saturday night / FELA RANSOME KUTI &  HIS KOOLA LOBITOS Nigerian independence / FELA RANSOME KUTI & NIGERIA 70 Viva Nigeria / EBENEZER OBEY & HIS INTERNATIONAL BROS. BAND Africa is my home / GERALDO PINO & THE HEARTBEATS Africans must unite / ABIODUN BAKARE & HIS KOBIS BAND Nigeria / BOLA JOHNSON Lagos special / SEGUN BUCKNOR Son of January 15th / PETER KING Freedom dance / SINA BAKARE Africa / KALETA & ZOZO AFROBEAT Get up / CHRISTIANA ESSIEN Freedom / THE APOSTLES Black is beautiful / SONNY OKOSUNS Power to the people / WILLIAM ONYEABOR You better change your mind / JONI HAASTRUP Wake up your mind / FELIXSON NGASIA & THE SURVIVALS Black precious color / DELE ABIODUN Confrontation / SEUN KUTI + FELA'S EGYPT 80 African problems */ BANTU & AYUBA Where di water, where di lighter */ TERRY THA RAPMAN I am a Nigerian */ FEMI KUTI Truth don die */ RED HOT + RIOT Colonial mentality

NIGERIA 🇳🇬 FREEDOM HIGH-LIFE & PAN-AFRICAN BEATS ✊🏾 01-10-2020

This episode of Island Time comes from yours truly, bringing an hour of all griot music from the Sahel region of West Africa, showcasing a variety of takes on the ancient tradition, with an emphasis on stripped down and laid back arrangements. Made to guide into an oasis of calm (though there are some harrowing and haunting vocals here) through these cold and challenging days of early November. 

As a personal side, I had already planned on putting this mix together, when I was exposed to Covid and forced into a challenging quarantine situation that has left me somewhat exhausted. Listening through these artists, and playing these songs back over and over the last week has been a bit of a blessing for myself. With the current craziness, especially surrounding our presidential election here in the states, I find a lot of people close to me also sharing in this exhaustion. I hope this can help some of you to relax, and of course act as a minuscule contribution in combatting the closed off worldview that seems to have taken hold over here. 

::tracklist::

Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko - Bi Lambam
Kade Diawara - Bele Bele
Kerfala Kanté - Senekela
Tiranke Sidime - Makale
Kine Lam - Kor Jamboor
Kouyaté Sory Kandia - Souaressi
Rokia Traoré - Mouneïssa
Mah Kouyaté - Soumba
Djeneba Seck - Kewaledjougou
Dieneba Diakite - Dougou Dassiri
Djely Fode Kouyaté - Fadiga
Oumou Sangaré - Mali Niale (Acoustic)

Island Time Radio: Mix 17 Griot Special

On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States -– Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and more -– boarded a plane bound for Ghana to perform in a musical celebration that was dubbed the “Soul to Soul Festival.” Thousands of audience members filled Accra’s Black Star Square for a continuous 15 hours of music. The festival was planned in part for the annual celebration of Ghana’s independence, but also as an invitation to a “homecoming” for these noted African-American artists to return to Africa.

This episode revisits the famed music festival on its 50th anniversary and explores the longstanding legacy of cultural exchange with African diasporans originally set forth in the 1950s by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana. Tune in for interviews with noted musicologist John Collins, poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji, concert goers and more.

829 Soul To Soul At 50

[APWW #667] [Originally aired 2013]
This Hip Deep edition, based on field work in Ghana, tells the story of how highlife turned into Afro-funk. Guitarist/composer/bandleader Ebo Taylor, at 77, is our principle guide, taking us to his hometown Saltpond to explore the roots of his complex sound, and recounting his highlife years, and his deep study of American jazz in London in the early 60s—all part of a remarkable mix.  We also hear from Ghanaian Afro-funk pioneer Gyedu Blay Ambolley and other observers and veterans of this history.  Among the figures that interweave this story are James Brown, his most successful African successor Geraldo Pino, and, of course, the creator of Nigerian Afrobeat (a variety of Afro-funk), Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Produced by Banning Eyre.

Hip Deep Ghana 1:  Ebo Taylor and the Pioneers of Afro-Funk

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

829 Soul To Soul At 50

Afropop Worldwide

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