Audio Programs
Hip Deep April 23, 2026
The Tropical Soul of Jorge Ben Jor
Hip Deep April 9, 2026
The Art of Improvisation, Part 2
Hip Deep April 2, 2026
The Art of Improvisation: Part 1
Closeup March 23, 2026
After the Money: Salsa for Love in NYC
Hip Deep January 29, 2026
Sierra Leone: Celebration, War, and Healing
Hip Deep January 15, 2026
The French Caribbean--Cosmopolitan, Colonial, Complicated
Hip Deep January 1, 2026
Jewish Communities of Sub-Saharan Africa
Hip Deep December 18, 2025
Spiritual Journeys: Tarab: The Art of Ecstasy in Arab Music
Explore the rich traditions of Tarab in Arab music, its emotional ecstasy, and cultural values, through the insights of A.J. Racy, a renowned ethnomusicologist, and the artistry of legendary Tarab singers like Umm Kulthum, set against the backdrop of Aleppo's Aleppian Tarab tradition and Syrian music culture.
Hip Deep December 11, 2025
Luiz Gonzaga: The King of Baião
Hip Deep December 4, 2025
Hip Deep In the Niger Delta
Hip Deep August 28, 2025
Islam and Music: From Prohibition to the Science of Ecstasy
From early Baghdad to Qawwali and Iraqi maqam, Joseph Braude and Islamic scholars explore how Islam shapes music across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
Hip Deep August 21, 2025
The Music of Black Peru: Cultural Identity in the Black Pacific
This Hip Deep edition explores the sonically vibrant realm of Afro-Peruvian music, a young genre identification that has flourished since the 1950s and has now produced artists of international renown, such as singer Susana Baca, and the black folkloric company Peru Negro.
Hip Deep July 31, 2025
The Story of Bembeya Jazz
Planet Afropop July 17, 2025
Planet Afropop: Chimurenga Legacy: Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal
Banning Eyre meets Thomas Mapfumo at home and introduces Mary Anibal.
Hip Deep July 10, 2025
Nollywood: Nigeria's Mirror
Planet Afropop July 8, 2025
Planet Afropop: The Other Sound of Kinshasa
Nathaniel Braddock digs into the alternative music scene in Kinshasa, Congo.
Planet Afropop June 24, 2025
Planet Afropop: Breaking into Afrobeats: Homegrown, Selfmade
Host FayFay sits with two emerging Nigerian artists whose paths are as bold as their sound, Looking for Avala and Inima.
Planet Afropop June 10, 2025
Planet Afropop: Madalitso! From Banjo Boys to Men and Acoustic Salif
Planet Afropop profiles Madalitso Band from Malawi, and interviews Salif Keita.
Hip Deep May 29, 2025
Afro-Dominicana: The Other Dominican Republic
This week, Afropop revisits the home of styles such as merengue and bachata, but this time we’ll be looking towards the most deeply African side of Dominican music—little known outside of the island.
Hip Deep May 15, 2025
Afro-Lisbon and the Lusophone Atlantic: Dancing Toward the Future
On this Hip Deep edition, we take you on a journey to Lisbon, a city facing both the sea and 600 years of its own history.
Planet Afropop May 13, 2025
Planet Afropop: African Beatmakers 2-Dami TNT
Banning Eyre wraps up his two-part feature on African Beatmakers, with a feature on Dami TNT from Nigeria.
Hip Deep May 8, 2025
Seize the Dance: The BaAka of Central Africa
This program will initiate listeners into one of the most enchanting and mysterious musical practices in Africa, BaAka people music.
Hip Deep May 1, 2025
Hip Deep in Northern Nigeria
Afropop visits Kano in Northern Nigeria to meet local nanaye artists and meet young Hausa hip-hop artists.
Hip Deep April 17, 2025
African Sounds of the Indian Subcontinent
In this Hip Deep program, Afropop explores musical connections between Africa and India.
Hip Deep April 15, 2025
Spiritual Journeys: Traveling Spirit Masters, The Gnawa of Morocco
This program explores the Gnawa music and tradition in Morocco with author and scholar Deborah Kapchan.
Planet Afropop April 15, 2025
Planet Afropop: Somali DJs in America and Songhoy Blues
Akshaj Turebylu talks to Somali deejays in Minnesota and to Songhoy Blues about their new album, Heritage.
Hip Deep April 10, 2025
A Hip Deep Portrait of King Sunny Ade
Hip Deep March 20, 2025
