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The smaller, less-troubled Congolese Republic (often called Congo-Brazzaville after its capital city) is bursting with style and grace, thanks in large part to its amazing musical heritage. Sample some classics and unheard gems right here:
The ancient city of Khartoum – where the White Nile and Blue Nile meet and flow towards Egypt. Timeless oud-heavy music feeds the heart of Arabic Africa, and we hope for peace amongst all Sudanese..
I have returned from a stellar and fruitful and beautiful journey to Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize – and thus the radio show is back for the first episode of 2016! The first hour features exciting new music from China, Argentina, Thailand, Belize and other Earth-based locales..
The second hour takes us on a historical safari to Kenya, a land where elephants and stringed instruments roam supreme. The guitar and nyatiti form the backbone of most Kenyan music, and singular styles have flourished here for many musical generations. But the real soul of modern Kenyan music is a genre called Benga, which draws on Congolese Rumba and takes it in new hyperkinetic directions. This music is pure joy.. you just gotta let it in!
Niger is quickly becoming a new hotbed (up to 40ºC) for innovative African music. Explore fresh Nigerien sounds on this sandstream:
Among the many grooves, a song from the soundtrack to the first ever feature film in the Tuareg language – an improbable remake of Prince’s Purple Rain (and not only because there is no word for purple in Tuareg):
Stream the first hour’s global mix here:
Genius or madman?
In this episode, we take a journey through the strange and wonderful world of electroacoustic music. If extraterrestrials bothered to make music, it would likely sound like this..
Curated by Cameron Catalano, president of avant-garde composers guild Vancouver Pro Musica, the first hour bridges the gap between early pioneers of electronic wisdom, and the far out pop music that appropriated the style and brought it into the mainstream.
Hear the electronical sonical mayhem {{HERE}}
Group Doueh: Electric Desert Blues
The second hour takes us to a land split in two.. One of the most sparsely populated territories on the planet, in the north-western Sahara: Western Sahara. While the majority of this former Spanish colony is still claimed by Morocco (when the Berlin Wall was beginning to crumble in the 1980s, the Moroccan government was busy building a fresh 2,700 km wall of sand to claim their territory) an independence movement has been simmering for decades, and many musicians featured on this program are supporters of the Polisario Front, the main organization fighting for a free nation.
Whether recorded in the Liberated Territories, the Southern States, or in exile, Saharawi soul transcends borders and breathes timelessness…
Hear the Western Saharan soundscape {{HERE}}
Playlist:: HERE
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