Braddock completed an MA from Tufts University which focused on compositional and intellectual property issues in the West African “Yaa Amponsah” rhythm. He produces podcasts for Afropop Worldwide and his article on the artisanal luthiers of Kinshasa appears in the Spring 2025 issue of the Fretboard Journal. His chapter “African Electrical Networks” is included in the 2024 Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar.He has a forthcoming book on the Congolese band Konono Nᵒ1 for the Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
Braddock has collaborated with musicians from Ghana, Guinea, Uganda, DRC, Mali, Zambia, and Mozaimbique. He leads the African style groups Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int’l, Maison Électronique, Trio Mokili, the Palmwine Session, and the Accra Quartet, as well as the American folk revisionist trio, Done Gone.