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Ian Brennan Returns With New, Rare African Recordings
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Former Bay Area resident and indie rock musician Ian Brennan, now living in Italy, returns to KPFA with more original field recordings, this time from Malawi and Rwanda–albums by the Tanzania Albinism Collective and Abatwa (the Pygmy). Ian will talk with host Derk Richardson about his efforts to bring attention to endangered music and the … Continued
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Ian Brennan returns to “The Hear and Now” with new, rare African Recordings
Former Bay Area resident and indie rock musician and producer Ian Brennan, now living in Italy, returns to KPFA with more original field recordings, this time from Malawi and Rwanda–albums by the Tanzania Albinism Collective and Abatwa (the Pygmy). Ian will talk with host Derk Richardson about his efforts to bring attention to endangered music … Continued
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