Nigerian Pianist Sodi Braide Heard on WHPK-FM Radio and Online, Jan. 19, Noon - 3 PM

[Sodi Braide: “Franck, œuvres pour piano”; Lyrinx\Talents LYR 249 (2006)]

AfriClassical has reported on the Nigerian pianist Sodi Braide for years. An audio sample of his César Franck CD can be accessed from the home page of the blog. Sergio Mims sends us this news:

"I wanted you all and all your readers of AfriClassical to know that on my upcoming Jan. 19th Tuesday WHPK-FM (Chicago) classical music radio show I'll be playing selections from Sodi Braide's AFFA France Musiques solo recital CD. I'll be playing his performances of Liszt's Dante Sonata and Debussy's Trois Preludes along with Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and The Firebird. The show is on from 12 noon - 3PM on WHPK-FM (heard locally in Chicago at 88.5FM) and live streamed worldwide on http//www.whpk.org. Sergio Mims"

Purchasing Classical Music by Black Composers

[African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. I; Cover: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Fela Sowande; William Grant Still; Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor; Cedille 90000 055 (2000)]

One of the most frequent questions asked by visitors to AfriClassical.com is “Where can I buy CDs of the composers featured at your website?”. Stores which specialize in classical music often have some CDs of Black Composers, but the most comprehensive selection is found online at such websites as http://www.Amazon.com/ and http://www.ArkivMusic.com/ Cedille Records, Chicago's nonprofit classical music label, has recorded an African Heritage Symphonic Series, as well as individual CDs of music by such composers as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges and José Silvestre White. In honor of Black History Month, http://www.CedilleRecords.org/ is offering 25% off all CDs of music of Black Composers during the month of February. Another major source is http://HBDirect.com/classical Search engines can quickly find many more online retailers.