Awesome Tapes from Africa

2 podcasts

12.09.2013

55 MIN

English

MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Brian Shimkovitz. Part I

The tale of how a student of ethnomusicology from Brooklyn spent a year in West Africa buying tapes off street markets... and how he managed to turn that bizarre collection into one of the most revered record labels in recent years.

23.10.2013

65 MIN

MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Brian Shimkovitz. Part II

Islamic, Christian and traditional praise music, all have a place in the market stalls across Africa, and are widely represented in Brian Shimkovitz's tape collection.

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