Ba-ere Yotere Live on the African Gyil with Valerie Naranjo, Gyil; and Barry Olsen, percussion – Podcast 118

http://media.blubrry.com/nycradiolive/p/www.davidellenbogen.com/podcastmedia/Ba-ere_Yotere_African_Gyil_with_Valerie_Naranjo_and_Barry_Olsen_Podcast_118.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS   Ba-Ere Yotere a master of the African Gyil performs live with great percussionists Valerie Naranjo  (also on Gyil)  and Barry Olsen.   We hung out at Valeries house and recorded a few songs as well as talking to Ba-Ere about his early days with …

Kane Mathis (Kora) and Brandon Terzic (Oud and Ngoni) Live! – Podcast 111

http://media.blubrry.com/nycradiolive/p/www.davidellenbogen.com/podcastmedia/Kane_Mathis_Brandon_Terzic_Duo_Podcast_111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Kane Mathis and Brandon Terzic performed live sets of incredible beauty of the NYC radio airwaves.  First Kane Mathis played solo  (on the 21-string Mandinka Harp) and then he was joined by Brandon on the Oud and later the Ngoni. Kane began taking trips to …

Finding Fela! Femi Kuti and friends remember Fela Kuti – Podcast 110

http://media.blubrry.com/nycradiolive/p/www.davidellenbogen.com/podcastmedia/Femi_Kuti_and_Friends_Remember_Fela_Kuti_Podcast_110.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Fela used music as a weapon against injustice. He was beaten, arrested over 200 times, married 27 women and was buried in a glass coffin with a spliff in his hand. We’re still trying to get a handle on who he was and what …