Closeup June 19, 2017

A Beginner’s Guide to Lusophone Atlantic Music

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A lightning tour of some of the most important groups that helped pull together the often-overlooked Afro-Lusophone sonic universe.
<p>While the musical networks that connect English, French and Spanish-speaking nations together are well known, far less attention is paid to the links between the Afro-Lusophone world&mdash;from Cape Verde to Angola to Brazil. This podcast offers a lightning tour of some of the most important groups that helped pull together this often-overlooked sonic universe. Produced and hosted by Sam Backer. [Distributed 10/25/2016]</p>