🌍 #1499 March 18, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, March 18, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Sweet Honey In The Rock, Susana Baca, Les Fils Canouche, Dalla, Sondorgo, Samite, The Fairfield Four, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Movers, Baaba Maal, TribeCaStan, Steve Riely, Joe Pace and the Colorado Mass Choir, Ryan Young, Julie Fowlis Crooked Still, Ellis Marsalis...
🌍 #1498 March 11, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, March 11, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Gabriel Palatchi, Connla, Musica Pacifica, Tinariwen, Sohini Alam, Afrika Mamas, Blick Bassy, Intended Immigration, Anna Phoebe, Gangar, Vieux Kante, Jazz Soul Symposium, and much more. Hear the broadcast streamed Saturdays 5 p.m. Central on WPR's NPR News & Music...
🌍 #1497 March 4, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8:00am
First aired as #1223 2 October 2021 The weekend showcase features Gabriella Ghermandi, Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita, La Chicana, Frankie Lymon and The Tennagers, Celia Cruaz, Mario Bauza, Sam Cooke, Deep Forest, Samuel Yirga, Catriona McKay and Chris Stout, Tina Malia, De Temps Antan, Idan Raichel...
🌍 #1496 February 25, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Allen Toussanint, James Booker Ben Harper, Sousou and Maher Sissoko, Afrika Mamas, Baba Zula, Odetta, Nina Simone, George Frideric Handel, Big Mama Thorton, Brazilian, Celtic, folk, Indigenous music and, much more. Hear the broadcast streamed Saturdays 5 p.m. Central...
🌍 #1495 February 18, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, February 18, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Skippinnish, Jacky Molard, Mariachi Veracruz, Isle Of Klezbos, Lenka Lichtenberg, Los Silvertones, Sierra Maestra, Clannad, Nass Marrakech, Kermit Ruggins, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Richard Bona, Dirtmusic, and more Hear the broadcast streamed Saturdays 5 p.m. Central...
🌍 #1494 February 11, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, January 28, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Tim Laughlin, Roberta Roman, Kimi Djabate, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate, Charlie Palmieri, Dikanda, Sarah Vaughn, John Coltrane, Canton Spirituals, Mariam Makeba, Chen Ming-Chang, and more. Hear the broadcast streamed Saturdays 5 p.m...
🌍 #1492 January 28, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, January 28, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Toto La Momposina, Lady Maisery, Secret Sisters, Siskin Quartet, Lizz Wright, Burd Ellen, Rokia Traore, Sierra Maestra, Baka Beyond, Paul Robeson, Layela McCalla, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson and Youssou N'Dour. Hear the broadcast streamed...
🌍 #1491 January 21, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features Kiran Ahluwalia, Imani Strings, Chinese folk artist with Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, Punch Brothers, Nortec Collective, Voices On The Dark Side, Ali Farka Toure, Tracy Chapman, Burning Spear, Jamshied Sharifi, Mamak Khadem, and Quartango. Hear the broadcast streamed...
🌍 #1490 January 14, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features and encore broadcast first aired as #1381, December 5, 2020 with music by Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe, Ammar 808, Sandeep Das, Ann Licater, Klezmantics, Ella Fitzgerald, Nic Jones, Caxade, Warsaw Village Band, Emily King, Oomas Of Kenya, Fabian Holland, Williams...
🌍 #1489 January 7, 2023 Broadcast
Saturday, January 7, 2023, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features music by T he Burnt Pines, 17 Hippies, and Niraj Chang, Jon Bowden, Perunika Trio, Nitin Sawhney, Fortuna, Calypso Rose, Daby Toure', Salif Keita, Alan Stivell, Hank Crawford, Bobby Blue Bland, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Linda Tillery, Susan McKeown, The Cast,...
🌍 #1488 December 31, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, December 31, 2022, 8:00am
The weekend showcase features music by Tonight's showcase features music more music by Gilberto Gil and Harry Belafonte, accordionist Richard Galliano, a mix of Caribbean and reggae, Lila Downs, Mariza, Franco and Tpok Jazz, Karen Matheson, Cesaria Evora,The Burning Bush, Dehli 2 Dublin and more...
🌍 #1487 December 24, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, December 24, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Tonight's showcase features music by Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle, Wynton Marsalis, Bob Marley, Jake Blount, Bessie Smith, Tatum-Rich-Hampton, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Radio Tarifa, Bonnie Rait, Habib Koite, Breabach, and The Rachael Hair Trio...
🌍 #1486 December 17, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, December 17, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Tonight's showcase features music by Aurelio, Frigg, Dadawa, Msafiri Zawose, Ghalia Benali, Rasha, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Rokia Traore, Dobet Gnahore, Deep Forest, Steele Pulse, Rango and, zulya & The Children Of Underground. Hear the broadcast...
🌍 #1485 December 10, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Tonight's showcase features music from : Japan, South Africa, Ethiopia, Canada, Brazil, Lebanon, Ireland, Turkey, Algeria, Cuba and India with artists Oliver Mtukudzi, Ted Lucas, Tamikrest, The Prodigals, Pentatonix, The Gloaming, Miriam Makeba, Cheb Khaled...
The Pace of Palm Wine Music
Saturday, December 3, 2022, 9:00am
Palm wine music began to attract its first audiences at the turn of the 20th century with a name liberated from a regional drink transformed into a hybrid folk-like style. Nevertheless, it remains an integral part of the region's cultural heritage, serving as an accepted musical currency for the...
In The Wake Of Wassoulou Music
Saturday, November 26, 2022, 9:00am
Wassoulou music, takes its name from its geographical birthplace, is a form that fuses traditional and contemporary elements authored by women vocalists. The style is set within a pentatonic scale using a hunter's harp and exhibited by womanist-centered vocals that are passionate, pointed, and...
🌍 #1484 December 3, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, November 26, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Portugal, Australia, England, Ethiopia, Lebanon, India, Poland, Estonia, Ghana, and Spain with artists Mariza, Tannahill Weavers, Archie Roach, Moishe's Bagel, Afro-Celt Sound System, Little Cow, Rebirth Brass band, Ba Cissoko, Nordic Raga, Bellowhead, and...
🌍 #1483 November 26, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, November 26, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Tonight's showcase features music from : Algeria, Findland, Scotland, Lebanon, England, NOLA, Pakastan, Mali, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spain, German, Mexico City, Budapest, West Africa with artists Zap Mama, Flautist Ann Licater, Eliza Carthy, Rebirth Brass Band,...
🌍 #1482 November 19, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : Ghana, Angola, Morocco, China, France, Cuba, Serbia, Canaada, Pakistan, with artists Omara Portuondo, Wynton Marsalis, Regina Carters, Etta James, Ray Charles, Charlie Parker, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and Clifton Chenier, with styles grounded in the blues...
🌍 #1480 November 5, 2022 Broadcast
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 8:00am
Tonight's showcase features music from : London, Democratic Republic of Congo, Missippi, Rotterdam, the Balkans, Africa, Cuba, Bolivia, Morocco, Mali with artists Paquito D'Rivera, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Afro Cult Foundation, Cassandra Wilson, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Donny...