Hello Africa's children,
FREE YOUR MIND !
What comes to mind when you hear
"African Sounds of the Indian Subcontinent?" Well, you can find out. Hear the story of the Sidis migrating from East Africa, the swinging jazz scene in Bombay in the 1930's, and the Afro-India-Portuguese pop music in Sri Lanka
known as baila (check the link for videos!). Read
our interview with scholar Naresh Fernandes on the roots of Indian Jazz and its connection to the Indian cinema.
Produced by Marlon Bishop. We are very happy to invite you to join us on
September 19 in New York City for
Afropop's 25th Anniversary Concert Gala, featuring the brilliant Grammy nominee and ngoni virtuoso
Bassekou Kouyate. With great pleasure, we will induct Bassekou into the Afropop Hall of Fame. Plus we'll enjoy special guest artists, African cuisine, camaraderie and more. Our galas are always a lot of fun!
By supporting our Concert Gala, you will be supporting Afropop's ongoing stellar research and production to help emerging Afropop and Diaspora artists connect to new fans around the world. The Gala will play a key role in raising the necessary funds to keep advancing our work. We'd love your help! And if you can't make the Gala on Sept. 19
th, we still encourage you to make a contribution. Big or small, everything helps.
I'm back from a dense 11 days in
Ghana. Fantastic! Thanks so much to everyone who supported the Kickstarter campaign that supported our work there. It was first time for me since 1985. Banning and I worked morning, noon and night, reconnecting with artists we knew and interviewing new artists and recording live scenes. Banning returns next week. Stay tuned for our hip deep Ghana coming up in July.
See our blog from Ghana focusing on
Afrofunk pioneer Ebo Taylor and another
Accra Journal report including among others, the outrageous
FOKN-Bois. Also on the blog-
David Cohen reviews Congolese rapper
Didjak Munya.
Sam Backer reviews DJ Spoko's
Ghost Town. Los Rakas drop a
chilling single for May Day, and the Meridian Brothers
cover Purple Haze.
For
New Yorkers: Tunisian classical star
Sonia M'Barek performs at the French Institute Alliance Française and
Kakande featuring top West African artists in NYC performs at Webster Hall on Friday, 5.3; and
Blitz the Ambassador performs at the Afropolitan Block Party on Saturday, 5.4 Read about those shows- and more-
on the blog.
Happy Spring,
Sean and the Afropop Team
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