Banning Eyre
- Username: BanningEyre
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Banning Eyre
477: Thomas Mapfumo - The War Years, 4/11/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This Hip Deep edition explores the legendary early career of Thomas Mapfumo, a singer, composer and bandleader whose 1970s music set the stage for the birth of a new nation, ...
Women's History Month: Umm Kulthum - The Voice of Egypt
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Wrapping up our Women's History Month series, we turn the Afropop spotlight on Egypt's Umm Kulthum. Combining historical, religious, literary and musical passions, Umm ...
837: Women's History Month: Afropop Women Warriors, 3/21/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This program focuses on four female artists whose music is full of challenging messages for a challenged world.
Women's History Month: Afropop Women Warriors
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This program focuses on four female artists whose music is full of challenging messages for a challenged world.
785: Women's History Month: Four Women of the West, 3/14/2024
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In West Africa, women are on the cutting edge of musical and cultural progress. This program looks at four singer/composers with roots in tradition and unique ideas about how ...
Women's History Month: Four Women of the West
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In West Africa, women are on the cutting edge of musical and cultural progress. This program looks at four singer/composers with roots in tradition and unique ideas about how ...
326: Black History Month: The African American String Music Tradition, 2/22/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
There’s been a lot of speculation about the chain of musical events that link the blues back to Africa. Most of that chain is unrecorded and shrouded in mystery.
Black History Month: The African American String Music Tradition
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This program explores the history of African-American string bands, with music and memories from a special guest: the late string maestro Howard Armstrong.
854: Afropop Cover Songs, 1/25/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program we survey African musicians reinterpreting each other’s songs, as well as songs from far outside their traditions.
