Sublime Soukous: Jun 06, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

This rebroadcast from June 4, 2023 features two hours of sweet, soothing, swinging, and sublime rumba Congolaise, soukous, ndombolo, mutuash, pachanga, and more — spanning more than a half-century and...

Sublime Soukous: Jun 04, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

This broadcast features 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 C...

20230530: May 30, 2023: 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...

Afrobeat International, Part 6: May 28, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Part 6 of an ongoing series exalting the glory of Nigerian Afrobeat in its infinite interpretations, featuring Afrobeat bands from unexpected and surprising places. "Music for the Masses" invites you...

20230524: May 24, 2023: 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...

The Golden Age of Compas Direct: May 21, 2023: 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-...

Mother Dear: May 14, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

A special tribute to Mother's Day, featuring songs that celebrate the women who give us life – Mother Earth, the ancestral motherland, maternal spirits, and mortal mothers. "Music for the Masses" i...

67 de Mayo: May 10, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

Host Neva Wartell celebrates Cinco de Mayo and her birthday with a special selection of classic and contemporary Mexican music from both sides of the fictitious border. "Music for the Masses" invite...

67 de Mayo: May 07, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Host Neva Wartell celebrates Cinco de Mayo and her birthday with a special selection of classic and contemporary Mexican music from both sides of the fictitious border. "Music for the Masses" invite...

¡Descarga! Springtime Salsa Jam 2023: May 02, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

Music for the Masses adds a little sazón to your April showers and May flowers, toss 'em around, and serve up a swingin' descarga — a non-stop Salsa jam featuring classic Afro-Latin grooves spanning m...

¡Descarga! Springtime Salsa Jam 2023: Apr 30, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Music for the Masses adds a little sazón to your April showers and May flowers, toss 'em around, and serve up a swingin' descarga — a non-stop Salsa jam featuring classic Afro-Latin grooves spanning m...

Earth, Water, Air, Life: Apr 26, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

On the occasion of Earth Day 2023, some musical meditations on our natural environment, our planet in crisis, and the hope for humanity that continues to spring eternal. "Music for the Masses" invite...

Earth, Water, Air, Life: Apr 23, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

On the occasion of Earth Day 2023, some musical meditations on our natural environment, our planet in crisis, and the hope for humanity that continues to spring eternal. "Music for the Masses" invite...

Funky Africa #7: Apr 16, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

It is time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session. In this broadcast, some of the greatest hits from the Motherland, spanning the 1970s to the 2000s. (P...

Jazz Is Spoken Here #4: Apr 12, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

An exploration of jazz as a universal language with an infinitely diverse range of dialects. Africa is the root, Music is the mother tongue. (Part 4 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you...

Jazz Is Spoken Here #4: Apr 09, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

An exploration of jazz as a universal language with an infinitely diverse range of dialects. Africa is the root, Music is the mother tongue. (Part 4 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you...

Latin Music Rocks #6: Apr 04, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

A fiesta of rock en Español, digital cumbia, tropical futurism, electro-funk y mucho más, from the 1960s to right now. (Part 6 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of so...

Latin Music Rocks #6: Apr 02, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

A fiesta of rock en Español, digital cumbia, tropical futurism, electro-funk y mucho más, from the 1960s to right now. (Part 6 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of so...

Funk Makes the World Go 'Round #2: Mar 29, 2023: 10pm - 11:59 pm

As the last vestiges of winter slip away, we invite you to join us as we slip into a bath of global funk for your Sunday afternoon grooving pleasure. "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excurs...

Funk Makes the World Go 'Round #2: Mar 26, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

As the last vestiges of winter slip away, we invite you to join us as we slip into a bath of global funk for your Sunday afternoon grooving pleasure. "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excurs...

Africa Rocks! #8: Mar 22, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

How does Africa rock? Let us count the ways. Part 8 of this continuing series dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present....

Africa Rocks! #8: Mar 19, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

How does Africa rock? Let us count the ways. Part 8 of this continuing series dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present....

Swing Forward: Mar 13, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

Daylight Saving Time has started, so don’t forget to Swing Forward! Limber up, grab your nearest dancing partner, and get ready for a special Sunday afternoon groove session featuring irresistible rhy...

Swing Forward: Mar 12, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Daylight Saving Time has started, so don’t forget to Swing Forward! Limber up, grab your nearest dancing partner, and get ready for a special Sunday afternoon groove session featuring irresistible rhy...

Highlife House Party: Mar 07, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

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...

Highlife House Party: Mar 05, 2023: 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...

African Soul Power The Disco Era #3: Feb 27, 2023: 10pm - 11:59 pm

In this rebroadcast from Feb. 26, 2023, 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...

African Soul Power The Disco Era #3: Feb 26, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

In this broadcast, 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 previ...

So Much Samba! 3.0: Feb 19, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

In this broadcast: A tropical escape from the chill of winter, featuring the scintillating sounds of samba from Brazil – and beyond. Help WGXC reach our goal of $5,000 in monthly contributions during...

Matters of the Heart 4.0: Feb 13, 2023: 10pm - 11:59 pm

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this rebroadcast from Feb. 12, 2023 features a diverse selection of soul, funk, blues, reggae, and much more on the theme of love — the bitter, the sweet, the hopeful...

Matters of the Heart 4.0: Feb 12, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this broadcast features a diverse selection of soul, funk, blues, reggae, and much more on the theme of love — the bitter, the sweet, the hopeful and hopeless, happy...

Pan-African Jam 2023: Feb 07, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

At Music for the Masses, every day is "Black History Month." This broadcast features a diverse selection of contemporary music from across the African motherland and her diasporic family. Africa is th...

Pan-African Jam 2023: Feb 05, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

At Music for the Masses, every day is "Black History Month." This broadcast features a diverse selection of contemporary music from across the African motherland and her diasporic family. Africa is th...

Deep State #2: Jan 31, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

If current events have you feeling paralyzed, uncertain, afraid, or straight-up furious, you are not alone. In this broadcast, we reclaim the “deep state” with two hours of trancified, funkified, and...

Deep State #2: Jan 29, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

If current events have you feeling paralyzed, uncertain, afraid, or straight-up furious, you are not alone. In this broadcast, we reclaim the “deep state” with two hours of trancified, funkified, and...

Disco Dancing Around the World #2: Jan 25, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

In this rebroadcast from Jan. 22, we bring back the Hustle, the Bump, the Funky Chicken, the Bus Stop, and Disco Finger — all with an international twist — as we travel back to the 70s and 80s, when t...

Disco Dancing Around the World #2: Jan 22, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

In this broadcast, we bring back the Hustle, the Bump, the Funky Chicken, the Bus Stop, and Disco Finger — all with an international twist — as we travel back to the 70s and 80s, when the musical melt...

Living the MLK Dream: Jan 15, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

As the U.S. commemorates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., some musical reflections on dreams of a better world … faith and hope, unity and struggle … and the illusion of progress in our ti...

The World According to Dub 7.0: Jan 11, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

An assortment of dubwise reggae, funk, soul, jazz, and more to carry the imagination on an international journey of sound and riddim. (Part 7 of an ongoing series.) Special birthday livication to Dian...

The World According to Dub 7.0: Jan 08, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

An assortment of dubwise reggae, funk, soul, jazz, and more to carry the imagination on an international journey of sound and riddim. (Part 7 of an ongoing series.) Special birthday livication to Dian...

Blessings: Jan 03, 2023: 8pm - 10pm

Nothing but good vibes going out to the masses with Part 2 of our “Roots and Riddims” mini-series featuring reggae, soca, afrobeat, and more. The selections in this broadcast are about counting our bl...

Blessings: Jan 01, 2023: 1pm - 3pm

Nothing but good vibes going out to the masses with Part 2 of our “Roots and Riddims” mini-series featuring reggae, soca, afrobeat, and more. The selections in this broadcast are about counting our bl...

We Wish You a Funk 'n' Soul Christmas: Dec 25, 2022: 1pm - 3pm

The broadcast features a jolly and joyful yet down-and-dirty selection of American funk, soul, blues, and gospel songs that cover the complexities of Christmas from the Nazarene to the North Pole....

Hudson Valley Hanukkah #4: Dec 18, 2022: 1pm - 3pm

It's a Hanukkah party! With a diverse musical selection ranging from classic to contemporary, from klezmer to kitsch, we celebrate the fire, food, and fun that symbolize the Jewish Festival of Lights....

Great Collaborations #3: Dec 11, 2022: 1pm - 3pm

This broadcast features a selection of unique, creative collaborative projects between musicians from diverse cultures and traditions across our shared planet. (Part 3 of a series.) "Music for the...

Meet Me in the Maghreb #4: Dec 06, 2022: 8pm - 10pm

This broadcast finds us in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania....

Meet Me in the Maghreb #4: Dec 04, 2022: 1pm - 3pm

This broadcast finds us in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania....

In the Mood for Ska #2: Nov 28, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

The rebroadcast from Nov. 27, 2022, features a light-hearted mix of classic and contemporary ska — the music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and has inspired some fabulous and fasci...

I’m in the Mood for Ska #2: Nov 27, 2022: 1pm - 3pm

The broadcast features a light-hearted mix of classic and contemporary ska — the music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and has inspired some fabulous and fascinating fusions with mu...

Africa Rocks #7: Nov 23, 2022: 8pm - 10pm

Part seven of a continuing series dives deep into the realm of rock fusion from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present. Replete with searing guitars, driving rhyth...