Awesome Tapes from Africa
2 podcasts
23.10.2013
65 MIN
MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Brian Shimkovitz. Part II
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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12.09.2013
55 MIN
English
MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Brian Shimkovitz. Part I
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.
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