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Happy days with the incredible Clyde Wright
10/11/2010 - Voices

Happy days with the incredible Clyde Wright

In this, the second of a two-part Voices with Clyde Wright, the manager and oldest member of the Golden Gate Quartet looks back on his ...

Clyde Wright - over 60 years singing gospel
03/11/2010 - Voices

Clyde Wright - over 60 years singing gospel

At the age of 82, Clyde Wright is the oldest member of The Golden Gate Quartert, and its manager. He joined the the famous gospel group in 1953 .

Gospel singer Liz McComb's Africa
15/08/2010 - Culture in France

Gospel singer Liz McComb's Africa

“African people are hot!” exclaims the American gospel singer Liz McComb at a jazz club in the Paris suburbs where she has come to perform a show.

04/08/2010 - RFI

Africa's musical heritage in 18 CDs

2010 marked the 50th anniversary of independence for 17 African nations, all France’s former colonies.

Jazz drummer de Johnette meets Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba
30/07/2010 - World Tracks

Jazz drummer de Johnette meets Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba

A remarkable exchange between one of the world's greatest percussionists and a singing diva from the Sahara - veteran Jack DeJohnette met with ...

Cameroon group campaigns for jailed singer Lapiro de Mbanga
23/07/2010 - World Tracks

Cameroon group campaigns for jailed singer Lapiro de Mbanga

World Tracks mixes music and militancy. We talk to the rappers behind VBH, or Vise Bien Haut of Cameroon, as well as lawyers trying to get fellow Cameroonian Lapiro de Mbanga out of gaol.

Jamaican reggae legend Max Romeo
16/07/2010 - World Tracks

Jamaican reggae legend Max Romeo

Max Romeo.

Tumi & The Volume, Freshlyground - musical mixes from Africa
09/07/2010 - World Tracks

Tumi & The Volume, Freshlyground - musical mixes from Africa

Tumi & The Volume - a black and white, South African and Mozambican mix - have had a speedy rise to fame. Freshlyground are Cape Town combo, whose song Do Bee Do went platinum in South ...

Refugee All Stars - from Sierra Leone to New Orleans and back
04/07/2010 - Culture in France

Refugee All Stars - from Sierra Leone to New Orleans and back

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars are back with a second album, Rise & Shine.

Blk Jks and Mojos take hybrid sounds round the world
02/07/2010 - World Tracks

Blk Jks and Mojos take hybrid sounds round the world

Two rock/blues bands, from South Africa and Israel respectively, are breaking the mould as they take their hybrid sounds around the world: Blk Jks and the Mojos with Asaf Avidan.

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