The Afro-Roots Fest is Florida’s state-wide celebration of Africa’s global musical heritage. The 2022 edition featured a diva of Afro-Cuban jazz, Daymé Arocena, Sudanese American indie rock band Sinkane, Miami’s own Latin music champions Cortadito celebrating their tenth anniversary, and more. We’ll hear live highlights and interviews with the principles. Produced by Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow.

AfroRoots Fest 2022 with Dayme Arocena and Sinkane

An hour of ace new music

Tracklisting
1. I.JORDAN - Round n Round
2. Olive T - FLLW ME
3. Thii - Encore Encore
4. Camera Obscura - Liberty Print
5. silver biplanes - Radiograme
6. Gurgles - The Perfect Miss
7. Pride Month Barbie - Effulgent
8. Sinkane, Hollie Cook - Home 
9. Liraz - Haarf
10. Stu Daly - Dialtones
11. Conor Lynch - Cockaigne
12. Amy O - Dribble Dribble
13. Bootlicker - Mercy Dog

17th April 2024

After not having my vinyl for 7+ years, I got it back. And in my new house in Laurel Canyon, LA. Hell yeah these tracks sound better than when I first got them [mostly] over 20 years ago. Throwback set here.

1/ Wild Beasts - Fun Powder Plot [Domino]
2/ Bassman - On the Corner [Automatique]
3/ Sinkane - Making Time / Tuff City Kids Remix [DFA]
4/ Arto Lindsay - Q Samba / Sub Dub Mix [Gramavision]
5/ Troublemakers - Electrorloge [Guidance]
6/ Organic Grooves - Gods Eye [Codek]
7/ Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Back on the Black [BBE]
8/ Up Bustle & Out - The Educators / Remix PHD in street, crime, word to mind power [Ninja Tune]
9/ Beyonce - Crazy in Love / Adam 12 So Crazy Remix [Columbia]
10/ Dzihan & Kamien - Stiff Jazz / Richard Dorfmeister vs. Rodney Hunter Remix [Couch]
11/ Max Sedgley - Happy / Soul Mekanik Mix [Sunday Best]
12/ Fresh Mooods - Parasol [Elektrolux] 
13/ Ben Butler - Ambient Interlude
14/ Josh Wise - I Drew a Crooked Line [White Label]

Vintage Beats [Mix Set]

On the show next time, it’s the good-times shake-your-booty belongingness of Sinkane.  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 456 - Sinkane (Promo)

On the show this time, it’s the good-times shake-your-booty belongingness of Sinkane.  His latest album is “We Belong” and it is available on City Slang Records.

Live On KEXP, Episode 456 - Sinkane

Sharing ace stuff we find. BCB 106.6FM every Wednesday 8-9pm. Get in touch at: lfrmuk@bcbradio.co.uk

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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B.A. in Music Composition, Vassar College. Resident DJ & Music Producer, Soho & Tribeca Grand Hotels NYC 2000-5. Now creative marketing by day, musician by night. Deep folk, dubby rock, and quirk grooves & beats.

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