Radio

My stories have aired on nationally syndicated radio programs including PRI's The World, Making Contact, The World Vision Report, and Afropop Worldwide. Below are a few select clips.

Neo-Cumbia Sounds from COlombia

Afropop Worldwide, January 13, 2011

A new generation of Colombian artists interpret folk music traditions through 21st century innovations. 

 

Jolly Boys

PRI's The World, September 20, 2010

Jamaican mento music, a predecessor of ska, makes an unlikely comeback. 

 

La Hamaca Grande

PRI's The World, October 30, 2009

Colombians celebrate the composition that has become the anthem of the Montes de María region.

TERRY LYNN

PRI's The World, February 23, 2009

The self-proclaimed “lyrical journalist,” Terry Lynn, raps about life in Jamaica’s violent garrison community of Waterhouse, Kingston.

LOS RAKAS

PRI's The World, December 20, 2007

Panamanian stories come together with Oakland beats in the music of hip-hop duo Los Rakas.

 
 
 
 

BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER  

Chicago Public Radio, Summer, 2006

A series of firsthand narratives of Chicagoans personally impacted by immigration policy. During its broadcast, the series was recognized by PBS Evening Newshour as one of the nation’s best public media projects.