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African music
Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: November 5, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM
WELCOME! All of the albums shown here have someone in common. The extremely prolific, highly regarded and sought after Congolese master guitarist, composer and arranger Rigobert Bamundele, aka Rigo Star, contributed in…
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The Motherland Influence: October 29, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM
WELCOME! African, Latin & Caribbean music for you only here on WRIR! Big mix today including a listen to rare music from Mali and Senegal, jazz and timba from Cuba, modern music…
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Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: October 22, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM
Papa Wemba (photo from the BBC). I like to imagine that he’s smiling as he acknowledges our donors. WELCOME! Welcome to another edition of Ambiance Congo. We’re into our Fall 2023 Fund…
Read more: Ambiance Congo: October 22, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM › Playlist ›
The Motherland Influence: October 15, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM
WELCOME! African. Latin & Caribbean music. As people head home after this last day of the Folk Festival and three days of actual live music, I’ve got some recorded live music for…
Read more: The Motherland Influence: October 15, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM › Playlist ›
Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: October 8, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM
Some albums for today WELCOME! We present variety in Congolese music. Today we have lots of variety and some requested songs. Enjoy!
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The Motherland Influence: October 1, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM
Liner photo from the album Champetas del Sabor WELCOME! African, Latin & Caribbean music! We start in West Africa, including a track from the new album Diré by Idrissa Soumaoro, a new…
Read more: The Motherland Influence: October 1, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM › Playlist ›
Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: September 24, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM
Docteur Nico, Le Dieu de la Guitare, moved on to another plane Sept 22, 1985 WELCOME! Variety in Congolese music! We’ll have three songs from the late Docteur Nico in today’s program.…
Read more: Ambiance Congo: September 24, 2023 3:00-5:00 PM › Playlist ›
The Motherland Influence: September 17, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM
WELCOME! It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month. I’m going to start with some Cuban timba. Later we’ll have some African music with Latin references and covers of Latin songs, some Hispanic music from…
Read more: The Motherland Influence: September 17, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM › Playlist ›