Sounds of South Africa

Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to the most popular songs in India right now. From devotional tracks to rollercoaster romances, India’s hit parade has it all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to the Egyptian charts, from pop king Amr Diab to the genre-bending Tul8te. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top five songs in Portugal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

South African DJ Legendary Crisp, charts the rise of the homegrown dance music genre Amapiano. She finds out where the hypnotising, jazzy, soulful sound emerged from, what it means culturally, and how it became South Africa's signature music genre of the 2020s. Radio Producer Tim ... Show More

Come experience amazing live performances from African Legends in the game Tuface, Dbanj, Psquare, J Martins and Flavour, to the future of Afrobeats; Olamide, Tekno, Seyi Shay, Skales, Reekado Banks, Kcee, Harry Songs and Vector to Vanessa Mdee from Tanzania, Efya from Ghana, Fal ... Show More

Nadine performed three of her songs and spoke about her musical career.Nadine El Roubi is a Sudanese artist who grew up in Virginia, she hopes to expand the understanding of what it means, and looks like, to be Arab Muslim woman. She takes inspiration from icons like Lauryn Hill, ... Show More

Tracks and releases from titans of melodic music and newcomers in 2024 including Jody Wisternoff, Shingo Nakemura, Mario De Caine, Thaylo, Kay-D, David Broaders, Passenger 10 and more Blank and Jones - Pax Anya Nova - Hawa (Brian David Remix) Jody Wisternoff - Sweetest Thing Pass ... Show More

In this week's episode, OT flies out to Sudan to meet with one its most talented and underrated producers, Sufyan, and sets up a Skype call with Irshad and Toofless from Sufyan's studio. Sufyan is a Sudanese Hip Hop producer who uses his surroundings, Nubian heritage, and his cou ... Show More

Rita Ora joins us to talk new music, her feature in the new Descendants movie, The Masked Singer, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Rob explores Los Angeles rapper Coolio’s megahit “Gangsta’s Paradise” by discussing the distance between the stark realities behind much of hip-hop’s lyrical content and rap songs’ public reception as pop music.This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show availab ... Show More

Omar El Ouaer plays three of his songs: Alif Ya Soltani, Aziza, and Mana3ref Win. He tells us about Tunisian music and how he discovered Jazz.Omar el Ouaer, a Tunisian jazz musician. He started his music education at the age of 11, studying Arabic music at the conservatory, and l ... Show More

Rahim performed 3 pieces from his work and spoke about his work as a composer and musician.Rahim AlHaj has performed all over the world, on tour with Munir Bashir, his teacher, as well as solo and with his string quartet project, including numerous concerts in Lebanon, Iraq, Syri ... Show More

Rima Khcheich performed three musical pieces: Al Sama'a wel Rah, Harram El Noum & Washwishni.Rima Khcheich is well renowned for having given its rebirth to the Andalusian form Muwashah, as well as to the traditional Arabic repertoire of the 19th and 20th Century that she both tea ... Show More