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Bombino Plays a Tuareg Dedication for Pitchfork
Bombino at the Highline Ballroom (Banning Eyre)Online music juggernaut Pitchfork Media released a video last week of Bombino playing an acoustic song on the Highline in New York City. As Bombino...
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Khaira Arby Tour Dates + Poignant Video
While talking about Khaira Arby's upcoming North American tour, we re-watched this footage from her first visit to the states in 2010. In light of the strife currently engulfing northern Mali, her...
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Summer Stage 2012 Dates Announced
As spring finally rolls around (or at least what's marked as spring on the calenders), it's time to start looking forward to summer. Summer, when the New York City's parks come alive with FREE...
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Video: The Very Best - "Yoshua Alikuti"
The always intriguing duo The Very Best are back with a video for a new single off their forthcoming full-length due to drop this summer. You may notice that the beginning of the track samples Lil...
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Rap & Electro-Sha'bi Podcast: "What's Next for Egyptian Music?"
Wrapping up Afropop's Hip Deep series on Egypt, Banning Eyre asks "What Next for Egyptian Music?" To supplement part 5, "Revolution Songs," this podcast focuses on the roots of Egyptian rap, and its...
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Listen: South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day!
South Africans celebrate Freedom Day on April 27th, the day back in 1994 when the first post-apartheid democratic elections were held in their country. Nelson Mandela of course won a resounding victory...
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Amkoullel's "S.O.S" for Mali
Malian hip-hop artist Amkoullel is a one of the first successful MCs to come out of Mali. One of the defining aspects of Amkoullel's raps is his socio-political themes that he unleashes with unreserved...
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New Songhai Music from Malian North: Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure and Sidi Toure
Coverage of the recent troubles in the Malian north has rightly focused on the nomadic Tuareg, a long-aggrieved population that has now declared a Tuareg homeland encompassing much of Mali, including...
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Video: Locos Por Juana - "Afro-Sound (remix)" F. Palenke Soultribe
We are a a bit late on this but Miami-based Latin-fusion outfit Locos Por Juana dropped a video for the remix of their single "Afro-Sound" a couple weeks ago. The video is a colorful accompaniment to...
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Capetown Jazz Festival Report
Continuing its history of success, the 13th edition of “Africa’s Grandest Gathering,” not only sold out, but the last tickets of the 40,000 three weeks in advance! As result, festival director Rashid...
View ArticleVideo Interview: Amadou & Mariam
Afropop producer, Wills Glasspiegel interviews Malian superstars, Amadou and Mariam in their New York City hotel room. Special thanks to Sara Goldblatt for translating and Erich Woodrum from editing...
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New Music: Staff Benda Bilili - "Osali Mabe"
What's this? New Staff Benda Bilili?! We are super excited about this new track off the forthcoming full-length from these super talented Congolese street musicians. The new song "Osali Mabe" is an...
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Midweek Baile Breakdown
The ever-dependable folks over at Generation Bass, in the course of their unflagging mission to make the entire world dance by beating them into submission with free mixtapes, have brought yet another...
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Sofritos Is Back with an International Soundclash!
Sofrito is made up of UK-based DJs Hugo Mendez and Frankie Francis who have something of an "unquenchable thirst" for re-discovering sounds from across the globe and bringing them to a new audience....
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Interview: Baloji
Popular Congolese by way of Belgium MC recently talked with Afropop's Wills Glasspiegel. Here are some choice quotes:On NYC:[...] it’s a key place. But of course I know that for me, doing music that is...
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Spotlight: KonKoma's 70's Afro-Funk Excellence
The always reliable Soundway Records is prepping the debut release of London-based afro-funk outfit KonKoma. The group was originally conceived by saxophonist Max Grunhard and producer Ben Lamdin who...
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Thomas Mapfumo in NYC to speak at debut of Simon Bright film: "Robert...
Zimbabwean music legend Thomas Mapfumo will pass through New York this week, en route from South Africa, to speak at the debut of a new film about Robert Mugabe's legacy. The film, "Robert Mugabe......
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Afropop Worldwide's Hip Deep in Egypt Complete Series is Online
Afropop Worldwide's 5-part Hip Deep in Egypt Series is now complete! Find links to all the programs and podcasts below. You can stream the 1-hour programs, and download the shorter podcasts. To link to...
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Beth Lesser's "Rub-A-Dub Style" available as a free download
The 1980’s remains one of the most under-heralded periods of the Jamaica's musical history. Despite the fact that the decade saw the introduction of the digital production, fast-paced MC’s, and...
View ArticleBET's Best International Act - Africa Nominees + Videos
The 2012 BET Awards recently announced their nominees. One of the categories, "Best International Act - Africa" had us intrigued (clearly) so we checked it out. Like most award shows, often times the...
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