KALETA discusses his upcoming tour with Lauryn Hill, his musical contributions in and out of the studio; his numerous Afrobeat and Afropop ensembles made up of musicians from all over the world, and of course his experiences playing in the ensemble of the legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
9/8/2006 | Download File (20.14 MB) - right click to download
KALETA discusses his upcoming tour with Lauryn Hill, his musical contributions in and out of the studio; his numerous Afrobeat and Afropop ensembles made up of musicians from all over the world, and of course his experiences playing in the ensemble of the legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
6/21/2006 | Download File (24.82 MB) - right click to download
In this exclusive interview with Modiba, Saba Saba details the state of the eastern and central african hip-hop scene, traces the roots of hip-hop back to his ancestry, and sheds light on the political landscape in Uganda and his role as one of Uganda's premiere artists in those politics.
4/4/2006 | Download File (20.74 MB) - right click to download
Baye takes us all over West Africa as we follow the vast cultural web of the talking drum in the griot tradition of storytelling. Featuring exclusive LIVE performance recorded in Modiba Studios, Brooklyn. Talking drum ("tama") master and griot Baye Kouyate is a resident musican at musician-owned Zebulon Cafe in Williamsburg, NYC. Originally from Bamako, Mali, Baye has been in New York for two years, playing with the likes of New York frontmen Famoro Diabate (balafon) and Yacouba Sissoko (kora). Before touching down in the New York City scene, Baye spent five years in Paris playing alongside French-Ivorian innovator Toma Sidibe.
3/13/2006 | Download File (31.26 MB) - right click to download
Ivorean Azouhouni Adou talks about his new album "I Gotta Go," African identity, his jazz heroes, playing African music in Disney World, the roots of his music, his compositional inspirations, and a genre of music he invented called "African Extended." Azouhouni's diverse and exciting compositions will carry you on a journey through harmonic rhythmic colors, where African genres as diverse as bikutsi, ziglibithy, afrobeat, juju and highlife meet their Western counterparts of funk, blues and jazz.
