Afropop Classic September 12, 2024
New York City has long been a major incubator for Latin music with its large populations of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Panamanian, Cuban, and Colombian musicians and music fans. We celebrate some of the giants of New York’s Latin music scene—Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow, Jerry Gonzalez—as well as less well known artists. Topics include the cross-pollination between Latin music and jazz, the Panama connection featuring Rubén Blades among others, the Latin-Jewish connection and much more.
Hip Deep September 5, 2024
Afropop Classic August 22, 2024
Hip Deep August 15, 2024
Afropop Classic August 8, 2024
Hip Deep August 1, 2024
Afropop Classic July 25, 2024
Afropop Classic July 18, 2024
Hip Deep July 4, 2024
Planet Afropop June 25, 2024
Planet Afropop wraps up Season 1 with Noise Cans, The Swanky Kitchen Band and top picks in new releases
Hip Deep June 20, 2024
Afropop Classic June 13, 2024
Afropop Classic June 6, 2024
Hip Deep May 30, 2024
Afropop Classic May 23, 2024
Hip Deep May 9, 2024
Hip Deep May 7, 2024
Afropop Classic May 2, 2024
Afropop Classic April 25, 2024
Afropop Classic April 18, 2024
Planet Afropop April 16, 2024
Hip Deep April 11, 2024
Part 1 of Afropop Worldwide's HIp Deep audio biography of Thomas Mapfumo focuses on his upbringing, musical education and the bands that lead up to the Blacks Unlimited. These are the war years, when Zimbabwe was fighting to throw off the burden of the racist Southern Rhodesian regime. This episode documents the birth of "chimurenga" music in the voices of those who made that history, many of whom have now joined the ancestors. Produced by Banning Eyre.
