July 19
Africa: Wild Weekend in NYC - Thandiswa, Seun Kuti, Magic System and More!
Greetings from Night 3 of the six-night "outdoor" portion of Montreal's Nuits D'Afrique Festival. As ever, the festival is a firehose of great music, much of it new to us,… Read more »
July 15
Africa: The Joy Lapps Project - On a Mission to Keep Afro-Caribbean Culture Alive
We first fell in love with Grammy-nominated steel pan artist Joy Lapps, when she walked - or rather, waddled - on stage, eight months pregnant at the Festival International de Jazz… Read more »
July 11
Africa: Festival International De Jazz De Montreal 2024 - an Overwhelming Musical Feast
Choices. There are easy ones and difficult ones in life. And when it comes to the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, the choices always lean towards the difficult. There… Read more »
July 09
Africa: Afropop Top Videos - YG Marley, Yemi Alade, Tinariwen, Qoha and More!
Summer is upon us full force, and nothing sounds better in summer than music from the continent and its global diaspora. Here are seven new video offerings for you to keep the… Read more »
July 08
Africa: Meridian Brothers Turn to Africa On Mi Latinoamérica Sufre
The Colombian alternative act Meridian Brother, is a one-man-band in the recording studio, and a five-piece ensemble on stage. The one man in question is Eblis Álvarez, a… Read more »
July 05
Africa: Pan-African Legacies Converge in Seun Kuti, Damian Marley's 'Dey'
On June 26, Seun Kuti and Damian Marley released "Dey" -jazzy, funky, and indicative of the sound that defined Nigerian star Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Read more »
June 18
Africa: Afro-Cuban Royalty in Holyoke, Massachusetts
This year, southern New England once again experienced a series of intimate encounters with some of the most accomplished Afro-Cuban musicians in the United States. Lazaro… Read more »
June 14
Africa: Brooklyn's Dance Africa Bazaar 2024 - a Vibrant Celebration of Culture & Community
Brooklyn's Dance Africa Bazaar 2024: A Vibrant Celebration of Culture and Community Featuring Afropop Worldwide Read more »
June 05
Africa: Djely Tapa, Yemi Alade, Manu Chao, Meridian Brothers and More
Here are seven recent videos we know you'll enjoy. To watch the more Afropop Top Videos, click here. Read more »
May 14
Africa: Leif Totusek - African Guitar Par Excellence!
Seattle-based guitarist and bandleader Leif Totusek has been playing African guitar styles for some 40 years, notably in the U.K. in the 1980s with Somo Somo, a leading Congolese… Read more »
May 06
Africa: Afropop Top Videos - Amadou & Mariam, Mdou Moctar, Noise Cans, Malika Zarra, Meridian Brothers and More...
It's been a busy year, and we've fallen a bit behind in posting the most awesome new Afropop videos we've come across. So today we have nine new offerings for you. We start with… Read more »
May 02
Africa: Sample Chief Bridges Afropop's Generational Divide
In the vibrant landscape of global music communities, Sample Chief is carving out their place, across both sides of the Atlantic, as a beacon of cultural celebration and… Read more »
April 05
Africa: Dele Sosimi Talks Afrobeat - From Fela Kuti to the Future
The lights dimmed inside London's legendary Jazz Cafe, the air thick with anticipation. A melting pot of Londoners - longtime Afrobeat devotees, curious newcomers, and those simply… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Season 16 of Afropop - the Ultimate Cultural Exchange Series, Premiering Monday, April 1
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the award-winning series by Black Public Media (BPM) and WORLD, debuts season 16 on Monday, April 1. The series, renowned for its powerful… Read more »
March 18
Africa: Moonshine Lights Up the Globe With Afro-House Extravaganzas
Moonshine is a Montreal-based, Afro-house collective founded in 2014 by Juno-nominated musician Pierre Kwenders and his childhood friend Hervé "Coltan" Kalongo--both of… Read more »
March 15
Africa: How Beyoncé Reclaims Country Music's Roots for Black Artists
You have no doubt heard that global music diva and 32-time Grammy Award winner Beyoncé dropped a pair of hit country songs--"Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages"--in her… Read more »
February 29
Africa: Cine Africa - the Kitchen, the Grenfell Tower Disaster, and the Windrush Scandal
On June 14, 2017, 72 residents perished in the Grenfell Tower disaster in London. Grenfell Tower was a "council house," one of Britain's federal government-funded buildings based… Read more »
January 26
Africa: Afropop Top Videos for January 2024
Kickoff 2024 entries to the Afropop Top Video playlist with six great new entries. Topping the list are two featuring today's Mama Africa, Angelique Kidjo, continuing her role as… Read more »
January 12
Africa: The Afro-Semitic Experience - 'Unity in the Community'
The Afro-Semitic Experience is a six-piece ensemble of Jewish and African-American musicians dating back to the late 1990s, when Hartford-based pianist and vocalist Warren Byrd and… Read more »
December 31, 2023
Africa: Afropop Game Changers 2024
Happy New Year. The future looks bright for African musicians and content creators as their ingenuity and talent are changing the global cultural landscape. Like the abundance of… Read more »
December 20, 2023
Africa: Camp Afropop 2024
Camp Afropop 2024 is gearing up to be an extraordinary event with a lineup of diverse and talented artists. The festival will feature Georges Collinet, a renowned broadcaster and… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Africa: Top Afropop Videos - Thanksgiving Edition
As Thanksgiving is upon us, some may find time to squirrel away with a phone or laptop and escape into a world of music and imagination. Others may wish to share these with an… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Africa: WOMEX 2023 - the Rundown From Ron!
Each year, come late October, there is a gathering of what could be described as a tribe - this year it was nearly 3000 people, from over 100 countries. There are no real rules to… Read more »
November 13, 2023
Africa: Afropop Celebrates 35 Years At Sob's in New York, Congo-Style!
Congo's Samba Mapangala and the Soukous Stars animated a high-spirited Afropop Dance Party at the legendary New York nighclub SOB's on Friday, Novemver 10th. The event was to honor… Read more »
November 09, 2023
Africa: Images of WOMEX 2023 in Spain
Each year when the world music expo, WOMEX, closes up shop in another European city, we get the stats. And the 23rd edition in A Coruña, Spain, was no exception. So here… Read more »