Nigerian ladies from the past and present on today’s African Rhythms — the Lijadu Sisters, whose 1976 LP Danger has just been reissued by Knitting Factory, and Nneka, raised in Nigeria and now based in Germany with a brand new CD Soul is Heavy. Plus: Ali Farka Toure, Seu Jorge, Vis-A-Vis, El Rego and much more.
Kristina and Debra Elias finally conclude their epic flamenco conversation, and Kristina dedicates the musical portion of the show to songs on the fringe of flamenco.
I’m a Cheerios Girl On this episode of Radio Pocho we feature music by Byanka, Chico Mann, Theophilus London, Dimas III, Velvet Underground, Los Master Plus, Mos Def, Los Amigos Invisibles and much more.
Plus we say goodbye to Rambo Salinas, give you the details for Big Quarters new album and talk with a local hip hop promoter.
All the ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and dreads gathered with Dr. StrangeDub & DJ Baby Swiss in the annual Echo Chamber of Horrors! And what a howling good show – with layers of special effects & soundbytes, including the movies “Dracula”, “Frankenstein”, “The Exorcist”, and more – and tons of scary dubwise music.
Mary Dibbern, Head of Music at the Minnesota Opera, is our guest this evening. Mary will speak of the new opera, Silent Night, which will premier at the Ordway November 12 and will have only 5 performances, ending with the 2:00 PM matinée on November20. The opera is based on a French film, Joyeux Noël which depicts the true event of the truce on Christmas Eve, 1914, when Allied Forces and the Prussians laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas.
