Friday, September 27, 2024

Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Rumba Boogie and Latin Doo-wop

Rumba Boogie & Latin Doo-wop

From New Orleans to Detroit to Philadelphia, this episode celebrates the vibrant fusion of R&B and Latin rhythms that defined the 1950s and '60s.


Dive into the cross-cultural sounds of mambo, cha-cha-cha, and more, with timeless recordings from legends like Sam Cooke, Johnny Otis, Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters, Billy Stewart, Bo Diddley, the Turbans, Arthur Lee Maye, and many others.


Produced by the ever-talented Ned Sublette, this journey is a tribute to the genre-blurring brilliance that shaped an era.

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Planet Afropop: Women of Tsapisky

Tsapiky is fierce, joyful, high-energy, electric-guitar-driven dance music from southwest Madagascar. Producers Morgan Greenstreet and Boris Paillard went to Tuléar to record and interview today's main female players in the tsapiky scene. The music is typically performed in bal poussières (dust balls, mandriampototse in Malagasy) that can last from three days to a week—non-stop! In this episode, we hear both the raw rural blast of tsapiky as well as its cleaner studio version, both of which rock like nothing else on the planet. We meet Maxime Bobo, on a mission to document 21st-century tsapiky, and we speak with women who play a key role in the story of this vibrant local tradition. Produced by Morgan Greenstreet and Boris Paillard.

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Rockin' Dopsie Jr. carries forward his father's esteemed zydeco legacy while adding his own creative touch. From collaborating with icons like Paul Simon to reinvigorating traditional tunes with modern energy, Dopsie Jr. ensures zydeco remains both authentic and vibrant in today's music scene.

Afropop's Senior Producer Banning Eyre recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dopsie Jr. for an in-depth conversation.

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