Tag: Mali
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RC 277: Now, This Is Fun (Brexit Blues)
Yes, it’s the state of the nationThat’s holding our salvationIt’s the state of the nationthat’s causing deprivation… An up/down/beat musical state of the nation address from the green and unpleasant land of Brexit and Oxfam scandals, broadcasting on all channels from folk via Shirley and Dolly Collins, spaghetti western and poliziotteschi soundtracks, african acid house…
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RC 239: Afro-Arab Part One – Cellphones & Icecream
Recently I’ve been checking out what has been called Electro Chaabi (or Cha’abi/Shaaby/Cha3by/mahragan aka ‘festival music’), the new-ish underground hiphop/pop music in Egypt, which led me back to the show I planned after going to Egypt and South Africa in 2011. In fact this music wasn’t new to me, it was all over Egypt blasting…
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RC 171: Around the World in 808s Pt 1
Hiphop is over 30 years old and has become an international phenomenon, in surprising ways from Maasai rappers to Austrian accordion anarchists, from kuduro to kwaito, from east-end grime to german Krautrap. Part Two is here. Here is part one of a journey in 808 beats round the world, via hiphop. Hip Hop You Don’t…