“Recognizing yourself in (this music) or finding a mysterious familiarity is something completely unexplainable.”

Our guest for this episode is Banning Eyre. Banning Eyre is a writer, guitarist and producer, and the senior editor and producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide.  He has traveled and done music research in over 20 African countries, as well as in the Caribbean, South America and Europe.

His latest initiative is the launch of Lion Songs Records, an independent label dedicated to uplifting overlooked, mostly acoustic music from the African universe. June 2021 sees the release of Boubacar “Badian” Diabate’s Mande Guitar, a showcase recording of finger-style Malian guitar.

Music on this episode:

“Today is a New Day” by Voyagers

“Shumba” by Thomas Mapfumo

“Silanide” by The Super Rail Band

CD Review: VOYAGERS “Chasing Light”