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Afropop Worldwide for May 14, 2008
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: AFROPOP CONJURERS
This program takes an imaginative look at the way musicians conjure fantastic realities—the past, the future, transformed cultural worlds—with their music. Habib Koite uses musicians from outside his own tradition to conjure ancient Mali. Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt collaborates with musicians from the UK, Syria and elsewhere to journey into the Andalusian past in the awesome surround of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. In Congo, Konono No.1 generate the ambiance of a village funeral in Kinshasa’s urban neighborhoods, and on their latest live album, in a Belgium concert hall. Then, back in the 70s in Guinea, a group of guitar virtuosos foretell the rise of instrumental, acoustic African music in a rare reissued set of recordings. All this and much more as Afropop Worldwide recasts the musician as magician.
A one-hour weekly showcase of music and information from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, Afropop Worldwide draws on an unprecedented array of reporters, artists, and cultural guides to present an hour that is authoritative, comprehensive, and hugely entertaining.
Afropop Worldwide blends a rich array of global music with lively interviews and insightful stories on world-class talents and the music they create. Each carefully crafted broadcast features live concert tape, exclusive interviews, visits to musicians' houses, urban ambiance from around the African Diaspora, and rare recordings.
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