Oh, Sudan!: Nov 30, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Sudan is the third-largest country in Africa, devastated by a history of coups, civil wars, genocide, and one of the largest displacement crises in human history. Today we feature traditional and cont...

PALOP Africa! #6: Nov 23, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Part 6 of a series featuring music from the PALOP (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa) – the African nations formerly colonized by Portugal that continue to share Portuguese as a common lan...

A Touch of the Blues: Nov 16, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A lot of people have the blues right now. We offer this mix to help lighten the load."Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerg...

Musical Gems from Guinea: Nov 09, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Guinea (Conakry) is known for its musical riches: legendary dance bands, virtuosic instrumentalists, soaring voices and gorgeous melodies. In this broadcast we feature some of our favorite gems of Gui...

Fèt Gede, Haitian Day of the Dead 2025: Nov 02, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Calling all souls to celebrate the Day of the Dead, Haitian style! Every year, the beginning of November brings the sacred and spectacular Vodoun celebration that is Fèt Gede – a raucous, bawdy, fiery...

Diwali, Festival of Lights: Oct 26, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring a wall-to-wall mix of South Asian popular music known as Bhangra, we invite you to celebrate Diwali (aka Deepavali) – the five-day Festival of Lights observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and...

Felabration! Afrobeat International, Part 10: Oct 19, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Celebrating the October 15 birthday of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938-1997) with Part 10 of our ongoing Afrobeat International series, exploring the rich language of Afrobeat...

Pan-American Jam #3: Oct 12, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

On the eve of Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the music of resistance, resilience and reclamation from the First Nations of Las Américas and the Carib-bean."Music for the Masses" invites you on a...

Tanto Tango! #2: Oct 05, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

The third feature in a month of Sundays celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month brings us to Argentina, where we will bathe ourselves in a swirling pool of tango from the source, as well as some unique in...

20250930: Sep 30, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. For the avid...

Herencia Hispana Remixed 3.0: Sep 28, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct.15) continues with a spotlight on the new generation of Latinx artists who are embracing and expressing their own cultural roots withi...

Latin Music Rocks! #8: Sep 21, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

It's National Hispanic Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with a fiesta of rock en español, digital cumbia, tropical futurism, dubwise reggae, electro-funk y much más, from the 1960s to right now....

Africa Rocks! #12: Sep 14, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

How does Africa rock? Let us count the ways. Part 12 of an ongoing series that dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present....

That Swing Thing: Sep 07, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

We welcome the cooler weather with a Sunday afternoon dance party, featuring a special selection of irresistible tropical rhythms. Limber up, shake it out, and grab your nearest dancing partner – toda...

Soca Bacchanal 2025: Aug 31, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

How de music sweet so! Labor Day weekend is the time for "liming" with family friends – so mek wi party, West Indian style! Featuring a high-energy mix of Caribbean carnival soca, we invite you to joi...

Let's Dance Kadans!: Aug 24, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

It began with the Biguine... A genre with many styles, cadence (Creole: kadans) evolved primarily in the Antillean islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and Haiti, from the early 1960s through t...

South African Funk & Soul #2: Aug 17, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring a selection of rare sides from an aspect of South African music that's been largely overlooked, spanning the late 1960s to late '80s, and including such genres as malombo jazz, bubblegum, di...

Summertime Samba Party #3: Aug 10, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Too hot to go anywhere? Sem problemas! We bring the beach, breeze and batuque to you with a musical escape to Brazil, featuring the scintillating sounds of samba, swing and soul."Music for the Masses"...

Calypso Invasion #4: Aug 03, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring a diverse selection of classic calypso from Trinidad and Tobago, and some of its close relatives found throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, and West Africa. (Part 4 of a series.)"Music fo...

Brazilian Breakaway #3 (re-air of July 27, 2025): Jul 29, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

A two-hour musical vacation in Brazil, a land of unlimited interpretations and integrations of ancestral rhythms with contemporary, globally popular genres. Unfettered enjoyment strongly encouraged. W...

Brazilian Breakaway #3: Jul 27, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A two-hour musical vacation in Brazil, a land of unlimited interpretations and integrations of ancestral rhythms with contemporary, globally popular genres. Unfettered enjoyment strongly encouraged. W...

Funky Africa #12 (Re-Air of July 20, 2025): Jul 21, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

It's time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session, African style! Featuring dancefloor classics from across the Continent and reaching out to the Diaspor...

Funky Africa #12: Jul 20, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

It's time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session, African style! Featuring dancefloor classics from across the Continent and reaching out to the Diaspor...

Salsa for a Summer Day #4: Jul 13, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

We add a little more heat to a sultry summer day with some salsa caliente y picante – from classic to contemporary, bomba to bugalú, son montuno, danzón, cha-cha-cha, rumba, timba y más – para gozar y...

Don't Mourn, Organize: Jul 06, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A love letter to the masses as we brace for a long and bumpy ride ahead. All we've got is each other – so hang on tight, don't let go, and don't give up. (Inspired by the oft-misquoted words of labor...

SOS Humanity #3 (re-air of June 29, 2025): Jun 30, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

Musical reflections on struggle, solidarity, and survival in this era of global crisis. (Part 3 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the...

SOS Humanity #3: Jun 29, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Musical reflections on struggle, solidarity, and survival in this era of global crisis. (Part 3 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the...

Carline Murphy of "Li Le, Li Tan," Michael Alan Hams of "Balance Check," and Neva Wartell of "Music for the Masses" (re-air of June 21, 2025): Jun 24, 2025: 5pm - 6pm

Tune in for special fundraising broadcasts with WGXC Volunteer Programmers! WGXC depends on the generosity of listeners to meet approximately 50% of the station's operating expenses. Each year it is...

Make Music, Not War!: Jun 22, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

As the current U.S. government escalates its military aggression against Iran, we offer today's broadcast in solidarity with the Iranian people, and declare: "Make Music, Not War!" Featuring a broad r...

Carline Murphy of "Li Le, Li Tan," Michael Alan Hams of "Balance Check," and Neva Wartell of "Music for the Masses": Jun 21, 2025: 2pm - 3pm

Tune in for special fundraising broadcasts with WGXC Volunteer Programmers! WGXC depends on the generosity of listeners to meet approximately 50% of the station's operating expenses. Each year it is...

Dear Father: Jun 15, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Dedicated to all fathers – past, present and future – and to the memory of my own father, a true internationalist who dreamed of a world without borders and lived by his belief in liberation from oppr...

Sublime Soukous: Jun 08, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring two hours of sweet, soothing, swinging, and sublime rumba Congolaise, soukous, ndombolo, mutuash, pachanga, and more – spanning more than a half-century and both sides of the Congo River."Mu...

I'm in the Mood for Ska #5: Jun 01, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring a light-hearted mix of classic and contemporary ska – a genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and has inspired some fabulous and fascinating fusions with musical styles the worl...

Ayiti Cheri: May 25, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

May is Haitian Heritage Month, and a perfect opportunity to enjoy a bon fèt! Today we visit the "Pearl of the Antilles" to celebrate Haiti's rich history and diverse cultural legacy with a selection o...

The Golden Age of Compas Direct: May 18, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A celebration of Haitian Flag Day (May 18), an occasion of pride and festivity commemorating the national flag, which was created during the Haitian revolution of self-liberated enslaved people (1791-...

A Mother's Love #4: May 11, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Part 4 of an annual Mother's Day series featuring a diverse selection of songs that celebrate the women who give us life – Mother Earth, the ancestral motherland, mortal mothers, and maternal spirits....

69 de Mayo / Mexico Rocks! #2: May 04, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

DJ Neva celebrates Cinco de Mayo and her birthday with a special selection of rock, funk, reggae and more from both sides of the fictitious border. (Part 69 of a lifelong series.)"Music for the Masses...

Meet Me in the Maghreb #6 (Re-air of April 27, 2025): Apr 29, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

We travel to the the Maghreb region of northernmost Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. (Part...

Meet Me in the Maghreb #6: Apr 27, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

We travel to the the Maghreb region of northernmost Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. (Part...

Funky Africa #11: Apr 20, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

It's time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session, African style! Featuring classics from across the Continent, spanning the 1970s to the 2000s. (Part 11...

Strictly Live #6: Apr 13, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A selection of exceptional performances that, fortunately, were captured live – and now we get to enjoy them forever. Featuring recordings of Oneness of Juju, Fela Ransome-Kuti & Africa 70, Joe Dr...

¡Descarga! Springtime Salsa Jam 2025: Apr 06, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

We add a little sazón to your early April showers and serve up a swingin' descarga – a non-stop Salsa jam featuring classic Afro-Latin grooves spanning more than six decades – from mambo to bugalú, gu...

Jazz Is Spoken Here #8: Mar 30, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

An exploration of Jazz as a universal language with an infinitely diverse range of dialects. Featuring selections by contemporary artists from Austria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cong...

Struggle Sounds: Mar 23, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Part 9 of our "Afrobeat International" series, in which we explore interpretations of the genre from just about everywhere. Today's theme – the title of a song by Seun Kuti (son of Fela) – reflects th...

Pan-African Women's Jam 2025 (re-air of March 9, 2025): Mar 21, 2025: 2pm - 4pm

A celebration of International Women's Day – African style! Featuring a diverse and dynamic selection of contemporary women's voices from across the Continent. "Africa is the root; music is the mother...

Treasures from the Emerald Isle: Mar 16, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Éirinn go brách! Seeing as how Greene County is home to the "Irish Catskills", today we'll celebrate our neighbors with a little bit country, folk, rock, jazz, blues, funk and other musical treasures...

Pan-African Women's Jam 2025: Mar 09, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A celebration of International Women's Day – African style! Featuring a diverse and dynamic selection of contemporary women's voices from across the Continent. "Africa is the root; music is the mother...

Highlife House Party #3: Mar 02, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Ghana Independence Day celebration! On March 6, 1957, the West African republic of Ghana gained its independence from British colonial rule. With its roots in the Gold Coast region (anglophone West Af...

Reggae Africa #2 (Re-air of February 23, 2025): Feb 26, 2025: 8pm - 10pm

Featuring songs about roots, resistance, revolution and redemption from across the African motherland, spanning the 1970s to the present."Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and...

Reggae Africa #2: Feb 23, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring songs about roots, resistance, revolution and redemption from across the African motherland, spanning the 1970s to the present."Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and...