The crowd grows restless until finally the lights go down and the artist takes the stage, and that's when things come alive. It's “Afropop Live! 2016”--an anthology of some of the best performances we had the honor to see and record this year. From our home base in New York to the Festival on the Niger in Mali, this show goes global, bringing you music from across Africa and the diaspora: Kenyan pop, traditional Colombian bullerengue, Haitian compas and more. We'll get intimate performances by NYC-based Colombian-rooted groups Bulla en el Barrio and Combo Chimbita, a festival set from Abdoulaye Diabate, and music from Sauti Sol, Tabou Combo and Mokoomba in New York concert halls.

For more live music from this year visit www.afropop.org to see our programs on Colombia in NYC, globalFEST, Africa Now!, MASA, Hakim and Bunny Wailer, and Carnival in BK.

Produced by Ben Richmond and Sebastian Bouknight.

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APWW PGM #742

[Distributed 11/17/2016]