Banning Eyre to Interview Beautiful Nubia, MARCH 19, 2023
Banning Eyre is an author, producer, and guitarist whose work focuses on the contemporary music of Africa and the African diaspora. He has traveled to Africa many times, doing research in over 25 countries, and written four books on his research there, including the acclaimed In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali (Temple University Press/Serpent's Tail), Guitar Atlas Africa (Workshop Arts), an instructional book on African guitar style, and the award-winning Lion Songs, Thomas Mapfumo and the Music that Made Zimbabwe (Duke University Press, 2015). Eyre has reported on global music for NPR's All Things Considered since 1995 and has produced over 120 one-hour programs for the Peabody Award-winning public radio series Afropop Worldwide. He is also Senior Editor at www.afropop.org. Eyre has contributed to a number of international publications, including The Boston Phoenix, Billboard, Guitar Player, Global Rhythm, The Village Voice, The Walrus, and Folk Roots, and is currently the Senior Editor and producer at www.afropop.org.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
5:00 PM Nigeria
4:00 PM GMT
11:00 AM Austin CST
Register and Watch:
https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/beautiful-nubia
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