MUSIC & MIGRATION, REMIXED.
Movement is a podcast, radio series, live show and community building initiative exploring the intersection of migration and music. Movement uplifts the stories, songs and cultural knowledge of immigrant musicians, creating both intimate space for these powerful artists to connect to each other, as well as expansive public space to express themselves with complexity, nuance, and on their own terms.
Movement airs monthly on PRX’s The World to 2.5 million listeners per epsiode, with past features on Snap Judgement, Radiotopia Presents, KCRW, WAMU, Immigrantly, Daily Zeitgeist, Podcast Delivery, the LA Times, Washington Post, the Guardian and many more.
BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FOUR MUSICIANS WITH THE SAME QUESTION: WHAT IS HOME?
We follow a once-undocumented singer in San Francisco on a long-awaited trip back to Mexico, reflect on the experience of exile with a Syrian DJ, and hear a Sudanese American artist play his first-ever show in Sudan — all guided by Hadero as she reflects on her own American story.
THE STRANGE GRACE OF AROOJ AFTAB
In her latest record, “Vulture Prince,” Pakistani composer and singer Arooj Aftab creates tapestries of sound, using words from Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and Rūmī, alongside electronic samples, jazz trumpet and ethereal guitar. She shares her unique journey with us from her early years in Saudi Arabi, to becoming a viral music sensation Pakistan, to finding her voice amongst community in Brooklyn.
FORGING NEW SPACE: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL AFROFUTURISM OF SAMMUS
Dr. Enongo Lumumba Kasongo - aka Sammus - is a rapper, producer, beat maker, educator and the grand niece of Patrice Lumumba, the legendary Congolese freedom fighter. In this episode, Sammus shares her Afrofuturist aesthetics, her work on Issa Rae’s new video game, and her practice of building worlds, then walking right into them.
