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From : Afropop Worldwide
We go to Rio, Salvador de Bahia, Recife and Sao Paulo to visit with some of the greats--Gilberto Gil, Joao Gilberto, Jorge Ben Jor, and others. Brazil is exceptional in how new generations of artists incorporate the work of their elders and at the same time add their own flavor for exhilarating results. We'll enjoy the conversation between Luis Gonzaga and the roots revivalists such as Chico Science in Recife and then hear the latest from Carnaval 2008. And in this year that marks the 50th anniversary of bosa nova, we???ll hear some of the masters as well as leading artists in the bosa revival movement. ]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:32:50 -0400 Afropop Travels to Brazil for Old School and New School Flavor 24842-7188793 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/science-writer-virginia-morell/7188793/
From : National Geographic World Talk
What goes on in the minds of animals? Virginia Morell has been investigating the mysteries of animal cognition with some of the top scientists in the field. Along the way, she???s encountered birds that know how to make tools, a parrot that can count, and a dog with a vocabulary about as good as a toddler???s. Find out more in this interview. ]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:22:31 -0400 Science Writer Virginia Morell 24844-7200460 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/heirloom-apples/7200460/
From : National Geographic Minutes
Heirloom tomatoes can look ugly, but they sure are tasty. In the case of heirloom apples, sometimes the opposite is true. Heirloom apple varieties are not so well known yet, but some experts say the increased popularity of farmers markets is reviving interest in these obscure breeds. ]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:59:54 -0400 Heirloom Apples 24843-7209176 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/the-hip-hop-generation-in-africa-ghanas-hip-life-and-ivory-coasts-coupe-decale/7209176/
From : Afropop Worldwide
In the latest Hip Deep edition of Afropop Worldwide, we explore the current pop music of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, two countries where elements of hip-hop and international pop music have grafted themselves onto local styles to create whole new genres--ones robust enough to not only take over the local youth culture but also spread beyond their borders. In Ghana, hip-life--a synthesis of hip-hop and highlife--dukes it out with gospel music on the airwaves. In Cote d'Ivoire, music has blossomed despite a stubborn political crisis. The idiosyncratic local music of social comment, zouglou, has morphed into coupe-decal??, a dance-driven style that has supplanted Congolese soukous as the sound of the moment in Francophone Africa and its Diaspora. Contributing author-scholars to this program include Jesse Shipley, Brian Shimkovitz, Simon Akindes, and Dominik Kohlhagen. ]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:36:16 -0400 The Hip Hop Generation in Africa: Ghana's Hip-Life and Ivory Coast's Coupe-Decale 24843-7200589 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/the-hip-hop-generation-in-africa-ghanas-hip-life-and-ivory-coasts-coupe-decale/7200589/
From : Afropop Worldwide
In the latest Hip Deep edition of Afropop Worldwide, we explore the current pop music of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, two countries where elements of hip-hop and international pop music have grafted themselves onto local styles to create whole new genres--ones robust enough to not only take over the local youth culture but also spread beyond their borders. In Ghana, hip-life--a synthesis of hip-hop and highlife--dukes it out with gospel music on the airwaves. In Cote d'Ivoire, music has blossomed despite a stubborn political crisis. The idiosyncratic local music of social comment, zouglou, has morphed into coupe-decal??, a dance-driven style that has supplanted Congolese soukous as the sound of the moment in Francophone Africa and its Diaspora. Contributing author-scholars to this program include Jesse Shipley, Brian Shimkovitz, Simon Akindes, and Dominik Kohlhagen. ]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:36:16 -0400 The Hip Hop Generation in Africa: Ghana's Hip-Life and Ivory Coast's Coupe-Decale 24842-7267098 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/science-writer-virginia-morell/7267098/
From : National Geographic World Talk
What goes on in the minds of animals? Virginia Morell has been investigating the mysteries of animal cognition with some of the top scientists in the field. Along the way, she???s encountered birds that know how to make tools, a parrot that can count, and a dog with a vocabulary about as good as a toddler???s. Find out more in this interview. ]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:22:31 -0400 Science Writer Virginia Morell 24842-7043705 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/retired-submarine-commander-alfred-mclaren/7043705/
From : National Geographic World Talk
Explorer and retired submarine commander Alfred McLaren is comfortable in the deepest waters of the ocean in a way that???s unimaginable to most of us. In this interview, he gives us a rare glimpse of life in a Navy nuclear attack sub at the height of the Cold War. ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:18:45 -0500 Retired Submarine Commander Alfred McLaren 24844-7045736 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/spider-webs/7045736/
From : National Geographic Minutes
Spiders that spin eye-catching webs can sometimes attract the wrong kind of attention. ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:43:14 -0500 Spider Webs 24843-7063048 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/funky-flutes-and-desert-trances-the-fula-trail-in-west-africa/7063048/
From : Afropop Worldwide
As they led their livestock herds through West Africa in search of greener pastures, the Fula--also known as Fulani--spread a powerful music culture as well. Fluttering bluesy flutes, keening vocal melodies and bubbling percussion rhythms are strong elements in Fula music, but the sounds are as varied as the deserts, forests, mountains, and riverside towns the Fula have made their homes. On this program, we explore Fula music from Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and elsewhere, and also music from some of the ethnic groups the Fula have rubbed shoulders with over the centuries. ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:38:33 -0500 Funky Flutes and Desert Trances: The Fula Trail in West Africa 24843-7054783 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/funky-flutes-and-desert-trances-the-fula-trail-in-west-africa/7054783/
From : Afropop Worldwide
As they led their livestock herds through West Africa in search of greener pastures, the Fula--also known as Fulani--spread a powerful music culture as well. Fluttering bluesy flutes, keening vocal melodies and bubbling percussion rhythms are strong elements in Fula music, but the sounds are as varied as the deserts, forests, mountains, and riverside towns the Fula have made their homes. On this program, we explore Fula music from Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and elsewhere, and also music from some of the ethnic groups the Fula have rubbed shoulders with over the centuries. ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:38:33 -0500 Funky Flutes and Desert Trances: The Fula Trail in West Africa 24842-6937525 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/international-center-of-photography-director-willis-hartshorn/6937525/
From : National Geographic World Talk
Robert Capa was one of the 20th century???s most important war photographers. Thousands of his negatives were believed to have been lost forever after he fled Europe at the start of World War II. Against all odds, they survived, and are now housed at the International Center of Photography in New York. Willis Hartshorn shares some of their secrets. ]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:57:53 -0500 International Center of Photography Director Willis Hartshorn 24844-6940643 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/handshake/6940643/
From : National Geographic Minutes
What can a person’s handshake tell you? More than you might expect. ]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:26:21 -0500 Handshake 24843-7063049 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/africa-and-the-blues/7063049/
From : Afropop Worldwide
In recent years, CDs, concert tours, and even careers have been based on the notion that the blues has "roots" in Africa. Cultural Anthropologist Gerhard Kubik has been recording music in Africa since 1959, and spent long periods in the American south in the 1980s and '90s. His book Africa and the Blues has gained recognition as the most serious and penetrating examination of the subject. This episode in our Hip Deep series delves into Kubik's recording archive and explores his key findings. More than anything, hearing the blues through Gerhard Kubik's ears increases our sense of wonder about one of the most mysterious, and least understood aspects of American popular music culture. ]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:21:03 -0500 Africa and the Blues 24843-6940782 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/africa-and-the-blues/6940782/
From : Afropop Worldwide
In recent years, CDs, concert tours, and even careers have been based on the notion that the blues has "roots" in Africa. Cultural Anthropologist Gerhard Kubik has been recording music in Africa since 1959, and spent long periods in the American south in the 1980s and '90s. His book Africa and the Blues has gained recognition as the most serious and penetrating examination of the subject. This episode in our Hip Deep series delves into Kubik's recording archive and explores his key findings. More than anything, hearing the blues through Gerhard Kubik's ears increases our sense of wonder about one of the most mysterious, and least understood aspects of American popular music culture. ]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:21:03 -0500 Africa and the Blues 24837-6809642 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/national-geographic-news-for-february-22-2008/6809642/
From : National Geographic News
This week...the lost negatives of Robert Capa resurface after 70 years, plus a roundup of the week's top science and nature stories, and a weekly quiz that will get you thinking like nothing else. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:46:39 -0500 National Geographic News for February 22, 2008 24842-6809518 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-love-author-ferdinand-protzman/6809518/
From : National Geographic World Talk
The looks of love: you???ll find them in a new book featuring 150 photographs by some of the greatest photographers of our time, all of them capturing this ineffable emotion in unique and unexpected ways. But how can a photographer capture the power of love in still images? Does Love sit still? Author Ferdinand Protzman has some answers. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:16:55 -0500 ???Love??? Author Ferdinand Protzman 24844-6811547 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/albatross/6811547/
From : National Geographic Minutes
These graceful, powerful birds are capable of flying millions of miles in a typical 50-year lifespan. They’re also endangered. Find out why. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:35:01 -0500 Albatross 24845-6811628 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/vinicius-cantuaria/6811628/
From : World Music Profiles
Vinicius Cantuaria-one of Brazil's top songwriters-has written songs that have sold millions of copies in Brazil. But in the mid 90s he moved to New York to discover new musical challenges. His latest CD is called CYMBALS. Vinicius talks to us about what making this CD (his first recorded entirely in New York) was like and why he finds making music outside of his homeland so freeing. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:11:41 -0500 Vinicius Cantuaria 24843-6832417 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/globalfest-2008-and-looking-down-the-road-ahead/6832417/
From : Afropop Worldwide
We return to the annual GlobalFest concert marathon in New York City, the biggest one-day global music extravaganza in the country, to take in some choice concerts by: Fallou Dieng, a rising star of Senegalese mbalax; 84-year-old Dominican son maestro Puerto Plata; master accordionist Chango Spasiuk playing Argentina???s chamam?? style; and others. Plus we debut new projects by major artists such as Orchestre Baobab and Toumani Diabate that will be landmark African releases for 2008. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:23:56 -0500 GlobalFest 2008 and Looking Down the Road Ahead 24843-6811643 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/globalfest-2008-and-looking-down-the-road-ahead/6811643/
From : Afropop Worldwide
We return to the annual GlobalFest concert marathon in New York City, the biggest one-day global music extravaganza in the country, to take in some choice concerts by: Fallou Dieng, a rising star of Senegalese mbalax; 84-year-old Dominican son maestro Puerto Plata; master accordionist Chango Spasiuk playing Argentina???s chamam?? style; and others. Plus we debut new projects by major artists such as Orchestre Baobab and Toumani Diabate that will be landmark African releases for 2008. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:23:56 -0500 GlobalFest 2008 and Looking Down the Road Ahead 24842-6684209 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/mark-moffett/6684209/
From : National Geographic World Talk
Mark Moffett is an entomologist by training, but he loves frogs, too, and he???s spent a good bit of time getting to know them over the years. In this interview, he tells us about a frog that dances like John Travolta and why deadly poison-dart frogs are some of the best moms in the animal kingdom. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:18:05 -0500 Mark Moffett 24845-6686447 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/le-trio-joubrain/6686447/
From : World Music Profiles
The Paris-based group "Le Trio Joubrain", made up of three Palestinian brothers who play the "oud" or ancient Arabic lute, tells us about why the "oud" has captured their hearts and how they plan to take this 4,000 year-old instrument into the 21st century. The trio's latest CD, called Majaz, is a mostly instrumental offering, inspired by their passion for poetry. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:13:37 -0500 Le Trio Joubrain 24844-6686375 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/nigersaurus/6686375/
From : National Geographic Minutes
Find out about Africa’s long-necked fern-mowing dinosaur, recently unearthed by paleontologist Paul Sereno, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:11:38 -0500 Nigersaurus 24837-6684307 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/national-geographic-news-for-february-15-2008/6684307/
From : National Geographic News
This week...one of the biggest art thefts of all time, with more than 160 million US dollars in masterpieces stolen. Former head of Scotland Yard's Art Squad Unit Richard Ellis tells us how and why this might have happened. Plus, a roundup of the week's top science and news stories from National Geographic News Online and a brand new quiz question from quiz genie Mathew Ramsey. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:13:53 -0500 National Geographic News for February 15, 2008 24843-6733758 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/spirits-of-the-ancestors-travels-with-randy-weston-from-brooklyn-to-africa-beyond/6733758/
From : Afropop Worldwide
We go on an extensive visit with jazz pianist maestro and pan-Africanist Randy Weston. Weston guides us through musically rich Brooklyn, where he grew up during the 30s and 40s. His first encounter with Africa was in the heady days of independence in the early 60s. It was there that he formed a lifelong and artistic relationship with the Gnawa people of Morocco. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:06:07 -0500 Spirits of the Ancestors: Travels With Randy Weston From Brooklyn to Africa & Beyond 24843-6677750 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/spirits-of-the-ancestors-travels-with-randy-weston-from-brooklyn-to-africa-beyond/6677750/
From : Afropop Worldwide
We go on an extensive visit with jazz pianist maestro and pan-Africanist Randy Weston. Weston guides us through musically rich Brooklyn, where he grew up during the 30s and 40s. His first encounter with Africa was in the heady days of independence in the early 60s. It was there that he formed a lifelong and artistic relationship with the Gnawa people of Morocco. ]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:06:07 -0500 Spirits of the Ancestors: Travels With Randy Weston From Brooklyn to Africa & Beyond 24845-6570139 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/chica-libre/6570139/
From : World Music Profiles
Musical archaeologist Olivier Conan talks about the psychedelic sounds of Chicha. The sound emerged in the 1960s from the edge of the Amazon--a mix of Peruvian indigenous melodies, Colombian cumbia rhythms and a splash of surf rock and rock 'n' roll organ. Conan and his band Chicha Libre helped resurrect the Chicha style and take it in new directions. The band's debut album "Sonido Amazonico" is to be released in Spring of 2008. ]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Chica Libre 24842-6567792 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/afghan-educator-sakena-yacoobi/6567792/
From : National Geographic World Talk
During the harsh years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Afghan girls were banned from going to school and most women were prevented from working. Sakena Yacoobi defied the Taliban???s laws and risked her life to set up secret schools for girls. Since the fall of the Taliban she???s brought education and training to some 350,000 Afghan women and girls. ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:28:34 -0500 Afghan Educator Sakena Yacoobi 24844-6570048 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/michael-fay/6570048/
From : National Geographic Minutes
National Geographic Explorer in Residence Michael Fay has devoted much of his career to helping preserve Africa’s precious wildlife. Nowadays, he’s turned his attention to America’s iconic redwood forests. ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:23:57 -0500 Michael Fay 24845-6660641 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/chicha-libre/6660641/
From : World Music Profiles
Musical archaeologist Olivier Conan talks about the psychedelic sounds of Chicha. The sound emerged in the 1960s from the edge of the Amazon--a mix of Peruvian indigenous melodies, Colombian cumbia rhythms and a splash of surf rock and rock 'n' roll organ. Conan and his band Chicha Libre helped resurrect the Chicha style and take it in new directions. The band's debut album "Sonido Amazonico" is to be released in Spring of 2008. ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:22:31 -0500 Chicha Libre