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(Fela Kuti)
On the eve of World AIDS Day, we review the music and life of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician who created Afrobeat, and who died of AIDS in 1997. And: Juilliard and Carnegie Hall have launched a new project designed to send musicians into New York’s public schools. We hear what it's about and whether it can have an impact. Also: the new Jewish music ensemble Brave Old World.
Fela Kuti
We look at the music and life of the man who created Afrobeat, became a living symbol of the rights of African people, and who died of AIDS in 1997. His records are being reissued by big labels, and his music can also be heard in NYC’s "Jump’n’Funk" dance parties.
No Music Left Behind
Juilliard and Carnegie Hall have launched a new project designed to send musicians into New York’s public schools. Orchestra consultant and blogger Drew McManus and Dr. Thomas Wolf, author of the Magic Of Music final report from the Knight Foundation, offer their views.
Brave Old World
Brave Old World has performed their contemporary take on klezmer music in the U.S., Europe and Israel. Their album Songs from the Lodz Ghetto features renditions of the music created by the Jewish community in Lodz, Poland during the Nazi occupation.
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