When we talk about the influence of American performers on African music, we usually think about a few obvious examples, legends like Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix or James Brown. In this episode, we go beyond these stars to explore the legacy of some lesser-known inspirations. We’ll learn how the fluid guitar playing of ’70s rock band Dire Straits became massively popular in the Sahel, influencing Tuareg rockers like Tinariwen and Tamikrest. We’ll hear about the American country superstar Jim Reeves’ African career, and the unlikely story of how the pedal steel made it from Hawaii to Lagos. Finally, we’ll travel to Angola with the help of director Jeremy Xido, to explore that nation’s death metal scene. And along the way, we will try to understand just how to account for taste. Produced by Sam Backer with help from Jesse Brent.

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APWW #703

Accounting for Taste: Dire Straits, Jim Reeves, and Death Metal in Africa

On the show next time, it’s the next generation of Tuareg music - the desert rock of Tamikrest. It's one of a kind sessions from your favorite artists, and from a few, you're about to discover.  From our studios in Seattle it’s Live on KEXP.

Live On KEXP

Live On KEXP, Episode 412 - Tamikrest (Promo)

On the show this time, it’s the next generation of Tuareg music - the desert rock of Tamikrest. Their latest album “Tamotäit” is available on Glitterbeat Records.

Live On KEXP, Episode 412 - Tamikrest

Bonjour à vous, bonsoir à vous,
Comme à l’habitude, laissez moi vous souhaiter la bienvenue dans mon humble et pourtant si exubérant établissement… Selon l’heure où vous écoutez cette émission, car dans tous les cas vous êtes… Bienvenue chez tonton !
Cette cinquième célébration de musiques panafricaine s’intitule Happy Feats : des rencontres miraculeuses entre des artistes africains et des sommités venues d’autres continents, qu’ils soient afro-descendants ou non… Cette émission, comme l’amour véritable, ignore tout des frontières, des genres et des conventions.

Avec :
01-Baloji feat Mayra Andrade – Matrone
02-Little Simz ft. Obongjayar - Point and Kill 
03-Petite Noir feat. Sampa The Great – Blurry
04-Songhoy Blues Feat. Iggy Pop – Sahara
05-Tamikrest feat. Hindi Zahra – Timtarin
06-Fatoumata Diawara feat. Damon Albarn – Nsera
07-Tiken Jah Fakoly ft Ken Boothe - Is It Because Im Black
08-Arat Kilo feat Mamani Keita & Mike Ladd - Dia Barani
09-Vaudou Game feat. Roger Damawuzan - Pas Contente
10-BCUC feat. Saul Williams – Isivunguvungu
11-David Walters feat Seun Kuti - Bwè Dlo
12-Quantic feat. Pongolove - Duvidó

Bienvenue CHEZ TONTON, le maquis imaginaire d’un babtou ardéchois… accompagné aujourd’hui par tonton RAF qui m’assure la technique de ce nouvel évènement, dans les studios de Radio Méga. C’est grâce à lui que vous pouvez nous écouter en Drôme, en Ardèche et même dans la Loire, à Radio Méga, Radio d’Ici, Radio St Ferréol, Fréquence 7, Radio Des Boutières…

Chez Tonton #5 Happy Feats

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. 

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