#1491: “Learning The West African Beat”

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Apr 19 2019 | 00:30:00

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Early this year, Jordan Taylor Hill traveled to Senegal and Guinea to expand his musical training. It wasn’t the first time his passion for drumming took him to West Africa. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear his story. We’ll also hear about a foreign student trying to navigate dating in the US, […]

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