Banning Eyre
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- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Banning Eyre
327: Spiritual Journeys: The Soul of Mbira, 12/14/2023
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From: Afropop Worldwide
The Shona mbira is one of the most entrancing musical sounds out of Africa.
580: Spiritual Journeys: Traveling Spirit Masters, The Gnawa of Morocco, 12/7/2023
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program, author and scholar Deborah Kapchan guides us through the history, practices, music, lore and unique contemporary stature of the Gnawa, both in Morocco and on ...
840: Changui!, 11/30/2023
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program we sample recordings from the 2021 box set Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo, and hear from Gianluca Tramontana, the man who made the recordings.
African Legends: Remembering Tony Allen
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Tony Allen is among the greatest drummers of the past century. His sudden death at 79 in April, 2020, was a shock felt around the world.
African Legends: Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program, we look back at our conversations with Tuku going back to our first visit to Zimbabwe in 1988, and hear his wonderful music at various points in his epic career.
African Legends: Remembering Fela
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program, we hear from current day Nigerians from multiple generations and genres—fuji, juju, hip-hop, Afrobeats, and highlife - on how they remember this musical ...
African Legends: Remembering Manu Dibango
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Cameroonian musician and composer Manu Dibango passed away on March 24, 2020 at his home in France, an early victim of Covid 19. This episode is a tribute to the exceptional ...
814: African Legends: Remembering Manu Dibango, 11/16/2023
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Cameroonian musician and composer Manu Dibango passed away on March 24, 2020 at his home in France, an early victim of Covid 19. This episode is a tribute to the exceptional ...
807: African Legends: Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi, 11/9/2023
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this program, we look back at our conversations with Tuku going back to our first visit to Zimbabwe in 1988, and hear his wonderful music at various points in his epic career.
