Africa Rocks! #11: Feb 16, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

How does Africa rock? Let us count the ways. Part 11 of this frequent series dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present....

Pan-African Jam 2025 (Re-air of February 14, 2025): Feb 14, 2025: 2pm - 4pm

Black History Month has begun, but here at Music for the Masses we celebrate black and brown history every day: "Africa is the root; music is the mother tongue." This broadcast features a diverse sele...

Sublime Soukous for a Snow-Bound Sunday: Feb 09, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Are the mid-winter blues getting you down? Well, we've got just the cure for that! Let us take you to your Happy Place with two hours of sweet, soothing, swinging, and sublime Soukous grooves – guitar...

Pan-African Jam 2025: Feb 02, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Black History Month has begun, but here at Music for the Masses we celebrate black and brown history every day: "Africa is the root; music is the mother tongue." This broadcast features a diverse sele...

Deep State #4: Jan 26, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

If current events have you feeling paralyzed, uncertain, afraid, stressed out or straight-up furious, you're not alone! In this series, we reclaim the meaning of "deep state" with two hours of trancif...

Roots & Riddims 3: Situation Critical: Jan 19, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

Nothing but good vibes going out to the masses with Part 3 of our "Roots & Riddims" mini-series featuring reggae, afrobeat, soca, hip-hop, and more. Today's selections are about struggle, solidari...

Jazz Is Spoken Here, Part 7: Jan 12, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

An exploration of Jazz as a universal language with an infinitely diverse range of dialects. Featuring contemporary artists from across the globe, including several cross-cultural collaborations. (Par...

The World According to Dub 9.0: Jan 05, 2025: 1pm - 3pm

A selection of dubwise reggae, funk, soul, jazz, and more to carry the imagination on an international journey of sound and riddim. (Part 9 of an ongoing series.) Special birthday week livication to D...

Let's Dance Kadans!: Dec 31, 2024: 8pm - 10pm

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 the...

Let's Dance Kadans!: Dec 29, 2024: 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 the...

Salsa Africana #3: Dec 22, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Winter has officially arrived, the holidays are here, and we've come to heat your home with music! Kick off those snow boots and get your dance on as we bring you two hours of burning African salsa cl...

Arabia Rocks! #2: Dec 15, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

How does Arabia rock? Let us count the ways. In Part 2 of a new series we cook up a stew of rock fusion from the Levant, the Maghreb, the Arabian Peninsula and more. The recipe? Start with a base of n...

So Much Samba! 5.0: Dec 08, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

A tropical escape from the chill of winter, featuring Brazilian classics from the 1960s through the '80s – because there's so much samba!"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and...

Brazilian Breakaway #2: Dec 01, 2024: 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...

PALOP Africa! #5: Nov 24, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Part 5 of a series featuring music from the PALOP (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa) – those African nations formerly colonized by Portugal that continue to share Portuguese as a common l...

We've Got You Covered #8: Nov 17, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Part 8 of an ongoing series featuring a selection of obsure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs."Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. D...

Abdullah Ibrahim (Abdullah Ibrahim Trio) - re-air of November 13, 2024: Nov 16, 2024: 9am - 10pm

In this special edition of "Music for the Masses," host DJ Neva speaks with distinguished pianist Abdullah Ibrahim of the Abdullah Ibrahim Trio. Abdullah Ibrahim performs in "The Egg Presents: Abdulla...

Fresh from Africa #7: Nov 10, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Part 7 of a series featuring new and recent releases by African artists across the continent and the diaspora, ranging from contemporary traditional to Afro-futuristic, with lots of collaboration, inn...

Fèt Gede, Haitian Day of the Dead 2024: Nov 03, 2024: 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, fier...

20241029: Oct 29, 2024: 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...

Africa Rocks! #7: Oct 27, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

How does Africa rock? Let us count the ways. Part 7 of this multi-part series dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present....

Felabration! Afrobeat International, Part 8: Oct 20, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Celebrating the Oct. 15 birthday of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938-1997) with Part 8 of our ongoing Afrobeat International series, exploring the rich language of Afrobeat and...

Pan-American Jam #2: Oct 13, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

As Yom Kippur meets Indigenous Peoples' Day, we call upon the ancient spirits of the First Nations for forgiveness, mercy, and purification with sounds of resistance and resilience from the vast music...

African Soul Power – The Disco Era #5: Oct 06, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

In this series, we travel back to a time when the global economy was in crisis and people everywhere were facing inflation, unemployment, and collapse of the dreams brought by advances of the previous...

20241001: Oct 01, 2024: 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...

Mali on My Mind: Sep 29, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

A mere sampling of music by some of the countless outstanding artists from Mali, West Africa. All but one are recent recordings, from within the last 15 years, by artists currently at the forefront of...

Son, Cuero y Boogaloo: Sep 22, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a throwback to the era of Fania Records, the independent label founded in 1964 by Gerald Masucci and Johnny Pacheco. Though the roots...

In Full Swing: Sep 08, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

We send off the summer season with a fun-day afternoon dance party, featuring a special selection of smoky and sultry tropical rhythms. So limber up, shake it out, and grab your nearest dancing partne...

Re-air of September 1, 2024: Sep 03, 2024: 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...

Soca Bacchanal 2024: Sep 01, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

How de music sweet so! Labor Day weekend is the time for "liming" with family and friends, so mek wi party – West Indian style! In this broadcast we feature a fresh selection of carnival soca from (mo...

We've Got You Covered #7: Aug 25, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring a selection of obscure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs. (Part 7 of an occasional series.)"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rh...

African Soul Power – The Disco Era #4: Aug 18, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

In this series, we travel back to a time when the global economy was in crisis and people everywhere were facing inflation, unemployment, and collapse of the dreams brought by advances of the previous...

Summertime Samba Party: Aug 11, 2024: 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 contemporary sounds of samba, swing and soul."Music for the Masses" invi...

Re-air of August 4, 2024: Aug 06, 2024: 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...

Calypso Invasion #3: Aug 04, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

In this series we bring you a diverse selection of Trinidadian calypso and some of its close relatives found throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, and West Africa."Music for the Masses" invites you...

20240730: Jul 30, 2024: 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...

Brazil Rocks! #5: Jul 28, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring two hours of rock fusion from across Brazil: a diversity of styles, from psychedelia, electronica, afrobeat, reggae, hip-hop, funk and soul to carimbó, maracatú, forró, tropicalia, samba and...

Funky Africa #10: Jul 21, 2024: 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 some of the hottest hits of the 1970s and early '80s – the Golden Era of Afri...

Bopping Through the Bosporus: Jul 14, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Our musical adventures find us crossing the Bosporus Strait to cruise around the Balkan and Mediterranean region, with stops at Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turke...

Salsa for a Summer Day #3: Jul 07, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

We add a little heat to your sultry summer Sunday with some salsa caliente y picante – from classic to contemporary, bugalú to son montuno, danzón, cha-cha-cha, rumba, timba y mucho más. So toss off y...

20240702: Jul 02, 2024: 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...

Cuban Afternoon #4: Jun 30, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

We're flying to Cuba for lunch today! Won't you join us? Featuring a lively mix of classic and contemporary Cuban grooves, sure to be full of surprises. Dancing in the aisles is highly recommended and...

Arabia Rocks!: Jun 23, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

How does Arabia rock? Let us count the ways. In Part 1 of a new series we cook up a stew of rock fusion from the Levant, the Maghreb, the Arabian Peninsula, and more. The recipe? Start with a base of...

Oh Freedom!: Jun 16, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

On the occasion of both Father's Day and Juneteenth, this broadcast is dedicated to the memory of my beloved father, Harry Wartell (1911-1987), and his life-long dedication to resistance, persistence,...

I’m in the Mood for Ska #4: Jun 09, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

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

20240604: Jun 04, 2024: 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...

Sublime Soukous #2: Jun 02, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Featuring two hours of sweet, soothing, swinging, and sublime soukous grooves – guitar-driven bliss from both sides of the Congo River, spanning over half a century. (This program will be rebroadcast...

The Golden Age of Compas Direct, Part 2: May 26, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

Continuing our celebration of Haitian Heritage Month, this broadcast will feature a selection of classic recordings by the great Haitian dance bands of the 1960s through early '80s, who created the ge...

20240522: May 22, 2024: 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...

For the Love of Haiti: May 19, 2024: 1pm - 3pm

May is Haitian Heritage Month, and Haitian Flag Day is celebrated every year on May 18th. It’s an occasion of pride and festivity commemorating the national flag, which was created during the Haitian...