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WUSB Interview, excerpt: Legacy, Multiculturalism

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2016 1:44


Canadian ideals instructive in a US election year?

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Episode 03: Roots, Rock, Rise - Bad Brains

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 10:48


That wonderful place where 'rasta,' 'reggae,' and 'rock' collide. Consider the real roots behind DC group Bad Brains.

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Episode 02: Percussion? WTF (Whole-timbre, force)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2015 13:30


The legacy: Cuba's Trio Peligroso, to Gloria Estefan, to Sheila E., to Missy Elliott. Percussion as religion. WTF.

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Episode 01: Calypso: King David, Lord Mouse

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2015 15:14


In 2016 we predict calypso will enter the mainstream, but who will/should lead the charge?

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Episode Intro: Birth of a Beat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2015 1:44


An exploration of the Afro-inspired, Latin inflected sounds which influence our music.

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