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Music for the Masses: Funky Africa #9 (Audio)
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 greatest hits from the 1970s through early '80s – the Golden Era of African funk, soul and disco across the Motherland. (Part 9 of an ongoing series.)
"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 globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. Catskill resident "DJ Neva" is an ethnomusicologist, producer, and long-time cultural activist, specializing in music from the entire African continent, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, the Maghreb and Middle East, and the Roma (Gypsy) diaspora. Formerly the producer of "Continental Drift" on WBAI-FM and New York International on Haitian community station Radio Soleil in NYC. The show is broadcast live from Catskill, NY.
Playlist:
- Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life / Indeep
- Awade (Here We Come) / Orlando Julius
- Tiecolom - Ba / Les Ambassadeurs
- Lolo Soulfire / Lolo et L'Orchestre O.K. Jazz
- Tata Ngoh / Misse Ngoh
- Agboju Logun / Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
- Ne Te Fâche Pas / Orchestre Poly Rythmo
- Mota Ginya / Voices Of Darkness
- Daraadaa Muxibo (Because of You Muxibo) / Dur Dur Band
- Ngantsie Soul / Les Bantous de la Capitale
- Love, Music and Dance / Mamo Lagbema
- I Love Yaounde / Tim & Foty
- Wait for Me / Roger Damawuzan
- Rhythm Of Love / BLO
- Bullwalk / The Comrades
- Kwaa kwaa / Santrofi
- Aminata du thé / Amadou Balake
- Anokwar / Sidiku Buari
- Me Houe Gnoun / Okoi Seka Athanase