Discovering ‘Awesome Tapes From Africa’
(Photo: awesometapes.com)
While traveling in West Africa, Brian Shimkovitz found himself buying cassette tapes of obscure African musicians.
His collection soon grew to thousands of tapes.
Shimkovitz started a blog and called it “Awesome Tapes from Africa.” He started a record label and will release these tapes onto CD for the first time.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Brian Shimkovitz about his blog and label.
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