Toots Hibbert remembered, Soweto Gospel Choir's new album

New Video Release By Burna Boy and The Headies 

View this email in your browser ON AIR THIS WEEK:  Never Grow Old: A Salute to Toots and the Maytals In this episode, we celebrate the music of Toots Hibbert, a titan of Jamaican popular music. With his harmony group the Maytals he indelibly changed the island's music scene in the early 1960s by infusing ska with gospel and went on to captivate overseas audiences by blending blues and funk with reggae, becoming one of Jamaica's best-known performers. "Never Grow Old: A Salute To Toots and The Maytals" is a homage to Toots, whose incredible career only ended when he tragically died of Covid-19 in September 2020, aged 77. On this show, producer David Katz will trace his evolution, using select archive interviews with the man.  You can hear the playlist here. Hope: New album by Soweto Gospel Choir  The Soweto Gospel Choir is bringing back HOPE (Shanachie, 2022), the title of their much anticipated sixth album released Sept. 23 on the eve of a 53-city North American tour. Get ready to be inspired back to your true spiritual self through this uniquely curated album dedicated to recognizing Black lives globally, through songs of struggle from the civil rights movement in the U.S. to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and Namibia.  Check out the review of the album by Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe. Burna Boy Releases New Video: "It's Plenty" Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy is taking the world by storm this year, and not just on YouTube and social media platforms, but live on stage. His new video "It's Plenty," a song from his current album Love Damini, features thrilling imagery from his high-energy, sold-out concerts along the tour trail. Events Around New York Fri., Sept. 30, 6 -10 p.m. AfropolitanNYC  African Heritage Month Celebration  Blue Midtown, 220 W. 44th St., New York Tickets and Information  Fri., Sept., 30, 7 p.m. Ibrahim Maalouf with Dear Silas Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012   Sun., Oct. 2, Doors open 7 p.m. La Dame Blanche SOB's 204 Varick St., NY, NY  CANCELLED Fri., Oct. 21, 9:00 p.m. – Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 3:00 a.m. EDT KIZOMBA KENTE presents LIVE SEMBA and KIZOMBA by KIAMBE First Republic Lounge & Restaurant 1204 East Grand St., Elizabeth, NJ Tickets and Information Advertorial  Subscribe to Songlines magazine for a year and receive a complimentary copy of Oumou Sangaré's Timbuktu or Vieux Farka Touré's Les Racines CD from World Circuit Records. Songlines is the leading world music magazine covering music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion. Each issue comes with a 15-track compilation CD (also available as a download) featuring the very best new album releases. Simply use the code WORLDCIRCUIT when ordering any one of the Songlines annual subscription packages. Events Around New York We Are Social! Support Afropop! Afropop Staff: Sean Barlow, Executive Producer Banning Eyre, Senior Editor Michael Jones, Chief Audio Engineer (jonesaudio.com) Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe, Director of New Media and Operations CC Smith, Editor at Large