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Afropop Worldwide for October 06, 2010
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Beneath the Music: An African History of Bass"
This week, Afropop celebrates one of the true unsung heroes of African music: the bass. Join us as we slap, pop, and thump our way across the African Diaspora with our ears tuned to those fat sounds beneath the music and the funky men who make them. Our tour of the global low-end will bring us to some of Africa's bassiest nations - Cameroon, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa - as we look at how local bass innovators combined international and traditional influences to forge new ways of looking at the role of the bass and taking the instrument to new frontiers. We also look at the bass in the Diaspora, with a stop by Detroit to hear how Motown's James Jamerson forever changed bass history, as well as a visit to Cuba find out how bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez invented mambo with the well-placed pluck of a finger. Special guests include former Bass Player Magazine editor Jim Roberts, Congolese bass guru Ngouma Lokito, latin-jazz bass legend Ruben Rodriguez, and Bakithi Kumalo, one of Africa's premier bassists and the man behind the groove on Paul Simon's Graceland
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Beneath the Music - An African History of Bass. This week, Afropop celebrates one of the true unsung heroes of African music: the bass. Join us as we slap, pop, and thump, our way across the African diaspora with our ears turned to those fat sounds beneath the music and the funky guys who make them
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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