WGXC-90.7 FM
Music for the Masses: Funky Africa #10
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
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Hosted by Neva E. Wartell.
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 African funk, soul and disco across the Motherland. (Part 10 of an ongoing series.) This broadcast will be repeated on Weds., July 24 from 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 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:
- Cluster Ghosts / Madlib
- A O O Ida / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
- Chokoi & Oreje / The Elcados
- Pas Contente / Vaudou Game
- Ajo / Pete King
- The Kuri Kuri / Diety
- Take It / The Movers
- Civilisation in the World / Brigth Engelberts and the B.E. Mouvement
- Ijere / Dr. Adolf Aonotu
- Fa no dem ara / Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
- Look up in the Sky / Francis The Great
- Sekelimania (Nku Bilam) / Pasteur Lappe
- Talking About Music / Nana Love
- Tiba Kamo / Phillip Malela
- Scorpion Flower / Lafayette Afro Rock Band
- Atole / Captain Yaba
- Too Young / Jide Obe
- Kankyema / Vis-à-vis
- Precious Time / Steve Black
- Get It On The Music / Bozambo