ghetto kenya

Kenya's classical music tradition exists outside mainstream international discourse. It's vibrant, deeply engaged with African compositional aesthetics, and largely invisible to Western listeners who assume classical music only originates from European conservatories. ghetto kenya challenges that assumption. The station programs classical music with emphasis on African composers, contemporary classical works that incorporate African musical traditions, and recordings of live performances from East African concert spaces. What emerges is classical music that sounds simultaneously familiar and u…