Ann Lopez

Ann Lopez has written 793 posts for PRI's The World

Music Heard on Air for May 30, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 39, 2012. Artists featured are: Oki Dub Ainu Band, AfroCubism, Ensemble FizFuz, AfroCubism, Seckou Keita Skq.

Music Heard on Air for May 29, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 29, 2012. Artists featured are: Pretz, Charanga Cakewalk, Issa Bagayogo, Thelonious Monk, AfroCubism.

Music Heard on Air for May 28, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 28, 2012. Artists featured are: Steve Dyer, Salif Keita, Toubab Krewe, Just A Band, Sonalp.

Music Heard on Air for May 25, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 25, 2012. Artists featured are: Kila, Seckou Keita Skq, Mocean Worker, Afrolicious.

Music Heard on Air for May 24, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 24, 2012. Artists featured are: Habib Koite, Habib Koite, RJD2, AfroCubism, Praful, El Michaels Affair.

The Boston-Jeddah Connection

It was to be an ethereal experience. An opportunity to sit on a roof top garden and watch the sunset with one of Saudi Arabia’s leading intellectuals. It sounded so romantic.

Music Heard on Air for May 23, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 23, 2012. Artists featured are: Habib Koite & Bamada, Oki Dub Ainu Band, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Ali Farka Toure, Dario G.

Music Heard on Air for May 22, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 22, 2012. Artists featured are: Habib Koite & Bambada, Abdelli, Bio Ritmo, AfroCubism, El Michaels Affair, Ali Akbar Kahn.

Music Heard on Air for May 21, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 21, 2012. Artists featured are: Gustavo Santaolalla, Mario Grigorov, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Kalaban Coura, Kerekes Band, Fragile State.

Why Did the Journalist Cross the Road?

All I wanted to do was see the Red Sea. Now here I was in Jeddah, a mere 50 feet from its shoreline. It was 6 p.m. and the sun was beginning to set. All I had to do was cross the Al Kumaysh Road.

Saudi Arabia: The Case of the Disappearing Abaya

Dusk had fallen. I was greeted by the supermoon dominating the clear desert night sky. What doesn’t greet me is…my abaya [...]

Music Heard on Air for May 4, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 4, 2012. Artists featured are: Mzungu Kichaa, Vieux Farka Toure, AfroCubism, Kaya Project, Afghan Ensemble.

Music Heard on Air for May 3, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 3, 2012. Artists featured are: Ali Akbar Kahn, Orquestra Do Fuba, Kerekes Band, Vieux Farka Toure, Jamshied Sharifi, Toubab Krewe, Sonalp, Steve Dyer, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra.

Music Heard on Air for May 2, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 2, 2012. Artists featured are: Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Incas in Cyberspace, Live studio performance of Diaraby, Ihashi Elimholphe.

Music Heard on Air for May 1, 2012

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 1, 2012. Artists featured are: Khoronoko Orkestr, Toubab Krewe, Habib Koite, Kaya Project, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Gustavo Santaolalla.