Groovin’ with DJ Doug, Part 2
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear part two in a two-part series with DJ Doug. Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!
View ArticleRaksha Bandhan
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear about the Indian festival which celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!
View ArticleAn extraordinary “ordinary” hero
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear about an essay by listener Nomula Srinivas Rao from Hyderabad, India, about his “ordinary” hero. Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!
View ArticleQueen of Knitwear Sonia Rykiel dies, aged 86
Fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, known as the "Queen of Knits", has died from Parkinson's disease in Paris at the age of 86, her daughter, Nathalie, announced on Thursday. French President François...
View ArticleHigh-flying women
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the world’s first woman cosmonaut. There’s the listener mailbag, great music, and of course, the quiz. Just click on the...
View ArticleIconic French photographer Marc Riboud dies aged 93
One of France's most famous photojournalists, Marc Riboud, whose 1967 snap of a protester confronting US soldiers with a flower captured the movement against the Vietnam war, has died aged 93.
View ArticleHIV treatment in South Africa is still a struggle
Since South Africa hosted its first AIDS conference in Durban in 2000, the country has made huge gains in supplying ARVs - the important drugs that help people treat HIV and AIDS. But today South...
View ArticleLa Yegros, the queen of nu cumbia
In this week's World Music Matters Alison Hird meets the Argentinian singer La Yegros who's known as the first lady of nu cumbia.
View ArticlePhoto-reporting at Visa pour l’Image describes refugee sorrow
Reflecting the headline news stories of the past year, migrant issues are prominent again at the annual international photojournalists’ meet in France. RFI’s Rosslyn Hyams reports from the host city of...
View ArticleBrexit, tiny nation states and a co-chef
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Brexit vote. There’s a quick course on the fifth smallest country in the world, a surprise guest in the kitchen, music...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's war, ivory poaching, LGBT in Africa on show at photo festival
The painful birth of South Sudan, ivory poached to finance war and rebellion and African gays' struggle to live despite discriminatory laws and prejudice are the subjects of three photographers' work...
View ArticleCuba photos become tribute to Marc Riboud at French festival
One of France’s top photographers, Marc Riboud, died this week aged 93. The Visa pour l’image festival in Perpignan paid a special tribute to the man who recorded events and life in the 20th century on...
View ArticleProsecutor accuses defendants of 'guerrilla action' in obstructing Cahuzac's...
A French prosecutor has accused defendants of "guerrilla action" to obstruct the trial of former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, which started on Monday. Cahuzac, who was forced to resign in 2013, is...
View ArticleDancing in European museums
A European cross-cultural experiment is making it's way around the continent and over the Channel in Britain. RFI's Rosslyn Hyams meets the main movers in Dancing Museums.
View ArticleHanging out with Steve Shehan
The Hang was created by a Swiss couple - Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer - in the late 90s. As such it's one of the newest and most exciting of musical instruments and has gained a near-cult following...
View ArticleSusanne Mentzer,Roman gods, and Hong Kong’s political activists
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Juno and Jupiter. There’s “On This Day”, a musical hommage to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, and of course, the quiz....
View ArticleTop Chinese director in deal with French arthouse cinema
Acclaimed Chinese film director Jia Zhangke said Monday he had struck a deal with French arthouse producers mk2 to distribute the "best of Asian cinema" worldwide.
View ArticleDoolin' gives traditional Irish music a French twist
Doolin' are a six-piece French band from Toulouse and they make Irish traditional music. The Irish Times says they do it "brilliantly". Who are we to argue? They have solid credentials - brothers...
View ArticleThe Sound Kitchen is temporarily closed ...
Due to a family emergency, I had to return to the US. The Sound Kitchen will be back on 29 October, with the answer to the quiz about the Solar Impulse. Don't forget me!
View ArticleBehind closed doors in Paris for 33rd Journées du Patrimoine
Since 1984, on the third weekend in September, state-run institutions, political or cultural, as well as some historical private sites, are open to the public, here in France. In 1991 the joy spread...
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