African Rhythms

Brad Wrolstad • George Ndege • Salif Keita • Charlie Sugnet

Listen each week as Brad, Jojo, Charlie and Salif bring you the sounds of Africa on African Rhythms.

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6/13/2013 African Rhythms

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More Music From Saharan Cellphones and Awesome Tapes From Africa — new tracks from Chucho Valdes, Buika and Bob Marley remixed — and M.anifest joins us in the studio on today’s African Rhythms with Brad and Jojo.

6/6/2013 African Rhythms

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Special show on music from Lusophone Africa and Brazil, with Portuguese music expert Fernando Arenas from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Featuring new music from Cape Verde, Angola, and Brazil. Final song by Bob Marley is a farewell from Jojo and everyone at African Rhythms to beloved Twin Cities DJ Omari Omari, tragically killed in a motorcycle accident.

5/30/2013 African Rhythms

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New music from Buika, Femi Kuti, Kae Sun, Afrolicious, Yasmine Hamdan and Tricky (with Nneka) on today’s African Rhythms.

5/23/2013 African Rhythms

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TURTLE ISLAND: VOICES RISING – A DAY OF INDIGENOUS PROGRAMMING
“Classical Music By American Indian Composers” Host: Laura Waterman Wittstock – Music
“Indigenous Hip Hop Hour” Host: Charlie Thayer & Tall Paul Wenell – Music

5/16/2013 African Rhythms

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New music from Vieux Farka Toure, The Garifuna Collective and Malamanya are among the musical highlights on today’s African Rhythms.

5/9/2013 African Rhythms

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Vintage Kenyan benga, jazz and calypso from 1950’s London, plus plenty of fresh jams on today’s African Rhythms.

5/2/2013 African Rhythms

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Tabu Ley and Kekelé, Baobab and Bombino, Djelimady and Eliades, they’re all here on today’s African Rhythms — two hours of musical discovery with Brad and Lawyer Bill.

4/25/2013 African Rhythms

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Cassettes from Somalia and Ethiopia, vinyl from Record Store Day, and lots of other music from all over the continent and beyond including Brazil and Jamaica on today’s African Rhythms.

4/18/2013 African Rhythms

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Ancient and modern sounds from Africa with your hosts Brad and Jojo.

4/11/2013 African Rhythms

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It’s the penultimate day of KFAI’s Spring Pledge Drive and we’re tantalizingly close to our goal. Have you renewed your membership? Do it now at 612.375.9030. And while we’re riding out the latest winter storm, check out this week’s African Rhythms with Paul Harding, The Nighthawk, General Moses and Brad Wrolstad.

African Rhythms — 2 hours of music from the continent and beyond

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