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Baaba Maal, 2009 by Banning Eyre
Senegalese superstar discusses his first studio album in 8 years, Television, a fascinating break from form....read more

Other Recent Interviews
Deborah Kapchan (Eyre, 2009)

Deborah Kapchan, Gnawa music (2009) by Banning Eyre
Deborah Kapchan is a professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and the principle voice for Afropop Worldwide's Hip Deep program, Traveling Spirit Masters: The Gnawa of Morocco....read more


Jack Walsh by Matt Payne
Afropop's Matt Payne spoke with Jack Walsh, the Executive Producer of Celebrate Brooklyn, about the shows going on under the Prospect Park Bandshell this summer....read more
Aar Maanta, 2009 CD

Aar Maanta, 2009 by Dorothy Johnson-Laird
Correspondent Dorothy JOhnson-Laird catches up with a new voice from Somalia, Aar Maanta, a singer/songwriter/oud player living in exile in the U....read more
Khaled at the Olympia in Paris (Eyre 2009)

Khaled & Martin Meissonnier: 2009 by Banning Eyre
Khaled recorded his 2009 album Liberte with producer Martin Meissonnier, the man behind his 1986 international debut, Kutchie....read more
Index of Interviews
Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
AFRICAN HIP HOP IN TANZANIA - Highlights of a Conversation with Alex Perullo

Sean Barlow:
Alicia Monsalve, August 2002

"Boo" Lynn Walsh:
Assala

Banning Eyre:
Baaba Maal, July 2001

Banning Eyre:
Bill Frisell: 2003

Siddhartha Mitter:
Brenda Berrian on the Music and Culture of the French Caribbean, PART 1

Banning Eyre:
Cheikha Rimitti-2001

Sean Barlow:
Chuck Davis Interview for DanceAfrica 2009

Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
Don Was

Banning Eyre:
Dwight Reynolds: Al-Andalus 1: Europe

Sean Barlow:
Elizabeth McAlister 2007

Banning Eyre:
Ephat Mujuru: 2001

Banning Eyre:
Eve Troutt Powell: African Slaves in Islamic Lands

Banning Eyre:
Felix Wazekwa, 2006

Banning Eyre:
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution

Sean Barlow:
Gigi

Siddhartha Mitter:
Gregory Barz 2007

Banning Eyre:
Habib Koite: 2001

Banning Eyre:
Hanitra (of Tarika)

Ned Sublette:
Helen Regis with Ned Sublette in New Orleans, 2006

Sean Barlow:
Ish Mafundikwa, VOP radio Zimbabwe, March 2002

Matt Payne:
Jack Walsh

Banning Eyre:
Jeffrey Summit 2007

Banning Eyre:
Joseph Braude: Music & Islam

Ned Sublette:
Juan Flores, 2006

Banning Eyre:
Kandia Kouyate--2002

Banning Eyre:
Kazem Al Sahir-2003

Sean Barlow:
Khaled, January 2002

Banning Eyre:
Khaled-2004-Part-3

Alex Wolfe:
Lisandro Meza-2003

Banning Eyre:
Lutumba Simaro, 2002

Banning Eyre:
Many Ansar-2007

Banning Eyre:
Nick Gold on Ali Farka Toure

Banning Eyre:
Oumou Sangare speaks about women's issues. 12/2000.

Siddhartha Mitter:
Peter Manuel on Indo-Caribbean Music

Banning Eyre:
Reuben Koroma-Refugee Alls Stars-2006

Banning Eyre:
Ryan Thomas Skinner, 2009: Part 1

Banning Eyre:
Salifou Kaba, of Bembeya Jazz-2002

Banning Eyre:
Seun Kuti 2007

Banning Eyre:
Souad Massi-2006

Banning Eyre:
Syran Mbenza speaks on the eve of Kekele's 2004 U.S. tour

Banning Eyre:
Thomas Mapfumo Talks About "Rise Up"--2004

Banning Eyre:
Thomas Turino-2005

Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
Vieux Farka Touré 2007

Marlon Bishop:
Wayne Marshall On Global Music In The Digital Age (2009)

Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
Youssou N'Dour in Morocco, May, 2004

Dorothy Johnson-Laird:
Aar Maanta, 2009

Banning Eyre:
Andy Palacio, 2007

Sean Barlow:
Aurelio Martinez, 2006

Zach Lichtstrahl:
Baye Kouyate, Brooklyn NY, December 2008

Zach Lichtstrahl:
Blitz the Ambassador, 2008

Ned Sublette:
Bruce Raeburn, 2009

Sean Barlow:
Chico César May 2002

Sean Barlow:
DJ Beto

Ned Sublette:
Donald Harrison talks to Ned Sublette

Banning Eyre:
Dwight Reynolds: Al-Andalus 2: North Africa and Beyond

Sean Barlow:
Ely Guerra, August 2002

Banning Eyre:
Eric Charry (on Bembeya Jazz)2003

Banning Eyre:
Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend. 2008

Banning Eyre:
Femi Kuti interview with Banning Eyre

D. Misha Turner:
Georges Collinet, 2006

Banning Eyre:
Gilberto Gil (1995)

Ned Sublette:
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall-2005

Banning Eyre:
Habib Koite_2007

Banning Eyre:
Hasna El Becharia-2002

Banning Eyre:
Hugh Masekela-2002

Banning Eyre:
Ivan Duran, 2008

Sean Barlow:
James Burke, City Parks Foundation, May 2008

Wills Glasspiegel and Simon Rentner:
John Amman and Gary Stewart on Sierra Leone 2008

Ned Sublette:
Joseph Roach talks to Ned Sublette

Banning Eyre:
K'Naan, 2009

Banning Eyre:
Kay Kaufman Shelemay-Ethiopia: Diaspora and Return

Banning Eyre:
Kelly Askew-2005

Banning Eyre:
Khaled-2004-Part 2

Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre:
King Sunny Adé-2005, part 2

Banning Eyre:
Louise Meintjes-2007-The Zulu Factor

Ned Sublette:
Lynn Abbott, 2009

Sean Barlow:
Mariza July 2002

Banning Eyre:
Oliver Mtukudzi 2000

Banning Eyre:
Papa Wemba: 2005

Simon Rentner:
Peter Wade 2007

Ned Sublette:
Robert Farris Thompson-2005

Banning Eyre:
Ryan Thomas Skinner, 2009: Part 2

Banning Eyre:
Sekou Bembeya Diabate-2002

Banning Eyre:
Shasha Marley, 2008

Sean Barlow:
Spirits of the Ancestors: Travels with Randy Weston

Simon Rentner:
TM Scruggs 2007

Sean Barlow:
Thomas Mapfumo, March 2002

Banning Eyre:
Tinariwen: Abdallah (2004)

Banning Eyre:
Virginia Danileson on Umm Kulthum

Banning Eyre:
Wendo Kolosoy, 2002.

Banning Eyre:
Ahmad Sikainga on Sudan, A Musical History

Sean Barlow:
Angelique Kidjo, February 2002

Banning Eyre:
Baaba Maal, 2009

Banning Eyre:
Bela Fleck and The Africa Project: 2009

Siddhartha Mitter:
Brenda Berrian on Music and Culture in the French Caribbean- PART 2

Marlon Bishop:
Cape Verdean-American Story with Marilyn Halter

Banning Eyre:
Chisha Folotiya-2006

Banning Eyre:
Deborah Kapchan, Gnawa music (2009)

Banning Eyre:
Dwight Reynolds on the Arabization of North Africa

Ned Sublette:
Elijah Wald on Escaping the Delta

Banning Eyre:
Emmanuel Jal: 2008

Sean Barlow:
Erika Elliott, Director of Music Programming, Central Park SummerStage

Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
Fathy Salama in Morocco, May 2004

Banning Eyre:
Francis Falceto-Ethiopia: Diaspora and Return

Banning Eyre:
Gerhard Kubik-2007

Sean Barlow:
Gilberto Gutierrez, 2006

Banning Eyre:
Habib Koite 2000

Banning Eyre:
Hakim, 2006

Wills Glasspiegel and Simon Rentner:
Heidi Feldman, Afro-Peruvian Feature Story

Sean Barlow:
Hugh Masekela-2007

Ned Sublette:
Ivor Miller 2007

Siddhartha Mitter:
Jean Kidula_2008

Banning Eyre:
Jonah Sithole

Sean Barlow:
Joseph Shabalala: 2004

Banning Eyre:
Kanda Bongo Man-2008

Banning Eyre:
Kay Kaufman Shelemay-Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution

Banning Eyre:
Khaled & Martin Meissonnier: 2009

Banning Eyre:
Khaled-2004-Part I

Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre:
King Sunny Ade, 2005-part 1

Alex Wolfe:
Luis Vargas

Unknown:
Lágbájá, "The Masked Man"

Banning Eyre:
Michael Baird-2006

Banning Eyre:
Oumou Sangare 2000

Banning Eyre:
Paul Berliner: On Improvisation

Danny Silva:
Quimbombo's Nick Herman and David Oquendo, 2009

Banning Eyre and Sean Barlow:
Robert Plant-Mali, 2003

Banning Eyre:
Salif Keita: 2006

Sean Barlow:
Sergio Martins May 2002

Banning Eyre:
Simon Shaheen on the oud (2003)

Sean Barlow:
Steven Lawrence, WorldLink TV

Simon Rentner:
TM Scruggs 2007 (en Espańol)

Banning Eyre:
Thomas Mapfumo: February, 2002

Ned Sublette:
Vicki Mayer talks to Ned Sublette

Banning Eyre:
Waldemar Bastos-2005

Banning Eyre:
Werra Son: Kinshasa, 2002

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