Music for the Masses: 20240121: Jan 21, 2024

"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...

Music for the Masses: Living the (MLK) Dream 2024: Jan 14, 2024

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...

Music for the Masses: The World According to Dub 8.0: Jan 10, 2024

A selection of dubwise reggae, funk, soul, jazz, and more to carry the imagination on an international journey of sound and riddim. (Part 8 of an ongoing series.) Special birthday livication to Diane...

Music for the Masses: The World According to Dub 8.0: Jan 07, 2024

A selection of dubwise reggae, funk, soul, jazz, and more to carry the imagination on an international journey of sound and riddim. (Part 8 of an ongoing series.) Special birthday livication to Diane...

Music for the Masses: 20240102: Jan 02, 2024

"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...

Music for the Masses: A Dance to 2024: Dec 31, 2023

It’s the eve of a new year in an era of global crisis. Let’s dance! "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both...

Music for the Masses: We Wish You a Catskill Christmas: Dec 24, 2023

A light-hearted musical set appropriate for gift-wrapping (or unwrapping), tree-decorating, cider-mulling, egg-nogging, house-cleaning, family-visiting, over-eating, nap-taking, or pretty much any hol...

Music for the Masses: Reggae Africa: Dec 17, 2023

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 a...

Music for the Masses: Disco Dancing Around the World: Dec 11, 2023

In this series, we bring back the Hustle, the Bump, the Funky Chicken, the Bus Stop, and the Disco Finger – all with an international twist – as we travel back to the 1970s and 80s when the musical me...

Music for the Masses: Disco Dancing Around the World: Dec 10, 2023

In this series, we bring back the Hustle, the Bump, the Funky Chicken, the Bus Stop, and the Disco Finger – all with an international twist – as we travel back to the 1970s and 80s when the musical me...

Music for the Masses: 20231205: Dec 05, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Jazz is Spoken Here: Dec 03, 2023

In this broadcast, an exploration of jazz as a universal language with an infinitely diverse range of dialects. Featuring selections by contemporary artists from Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil...

Music for the Masses: Pan-African Jam 2023, Part 2: Nov 26, 2023

This broadcast will feature a diverse selection of classic and contemporary music from across the African motherland and her diasporic family: “Africa is the root; music is the mother tongue.” (Eighth...

Music for the Masses: 20231122: Nov 22, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Brazil Rocks #4: Nov 19, 2023

Featuring two hours of rock fusion from across Brazil, a diversity of styles including rock, electronica, reggae, funk, soul, carimbó, maracatú, forró, tropicalia, samba and bossa grooves, almost excl...

Music for the Masses: PALOP Africa #4: Nov 12, 2023

The broadcast features a range of musical styles and eras from the PALOP (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa), the African nations formerly colonized by Portugal that continue to share Port...

Music for the Masses: We’ve Got You Covered, Part 6: Nov 07, 2023

Part 6 of an ongoing series featuring a selection of obscure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs. Rebroadcast from Nov. 5, 2023. "Music for the Masses" invites you on...

Music for the Masses: We’ve Got You Covered, Part 6: Nov 05, 2023

Part 6 of an ongoing series featuring a selection of obscure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs. "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhyt...

Music for the Masses: Fèt Gede, Haitian Day of the Dead #3: Oct 30, 2023

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...

Music for the Masses: Fèt Gede, Haitian Day of the Dead #3: Oct 29, 2023

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...

Music for the Masses: Meet Me in the Maghreb #5: Oct 25, 2023

In this rebroadcast from Oct. 22, 2023, listeners are transported to the Maghreb region of northernmost Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Alg...

Music for the Masses: Meet Me in the Maghreb #5: Oct 22, 2023

In this broadcast listeners are transported to the Maghreb region of northernmost Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western...

Music for the Masses: Felabration! Afrobeat International, Part 7: Oct 15, 2023

Celebrating the October 15 birthday of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938-1997) with Part 7 of the ongoing Afrobeat International series, exploring the rich language of Afrobeat...

Music for the Masses: Tanto Tango: Oct 09, 2023

The fourth and final 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 nuevo, milonga, valseado, and f...

Music for the Masses: Tanto Tango: Oct 08, 2023

The fourth and final 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 nuevo, milonga, valseado, and f...

Music for the Masses: Herencia Hispana Remixed 2.0: Oct 03, 2023

The celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with an appreciation of a new generation of Latinx artists embracing and expressing their own musical roots within the context of an even...

Music for the Masses: Herencia Hispana Remixed 2.0: Oct 01, 2023

The celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with an appreciation of a new generation of Latinx artists embracing and expressing their own musical roots within the context of an even...

Music for the Masses: 20230927: Sep 27, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Latin Music Rocks #7: Sep 24, 2023

A celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month begins with a fiesta of rock en Español, digital cumbia, tropical futurism, dubwise reggae, electro-funk y mucho más, from the 1960s to right now. (Pa...

Music for the Masses: LatinX Festival: Sep 17, 2023

Live from Hudson, NY.

Music for the Masses: Live from LatinX: Sep 17, 2023

An extended broadcast, live from the 2023 LatinX Parade and Festival at Waterfront Park in Hudson, NY. “Music for the Masses” host Neva E. Wartell teams up with Carline Murphy, co-host of “Li Le, Li T...

Music for the Masses: 20230913: Sep 13, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Brazilian Breakaway: Sep 10, 2023

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

Music for the Masses: Mas Come Again: Sep 05, 2023

It’s time to party — West Indian style! Following a two-year pause due to the Covid pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago carnival was “back on de road” in 2023, boiling over with the anticipation and excitem...

Music for the Masses: Mas Come Again: Sep 03, 2023

It’s time to party — West Indian style! Following a two-year pause due to the Covid pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago carnival was “back on de road” in 2023, boiling over with the anticipation and excitem...

Music for the Masses: East African Dance Party: Aug 27, 2023

A sound safari to the countries of Eastern Africa, covering a range of contemporary genres such as genge and kapuka (Kenya/Uganda), muziki wa dansi and bongo flava (Tanzania), taarab and sêga (Zanziba...

Music for the Masses: Fresh from Africa #3: Aug 20, 2023

Part 3 of a series featuring current releases from across the African continent, ranging from contemporary traditional to Afro-futuristic, plus some cross-cultural collaborations. "Music for the Ma...

Music for the Masses: Strictly Live #5: Aug 14, 2023

In this rebroadcast from Aug. 13, 2023, a selection of live collaborations and performances by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, Bomba Estéreo, Conjunto Arsenio Rodríguez, Dédé Saint-Prix, Etta James, F...

Music for the Masses: Strictly Live #5: Aug 13, 2023

In this broadcast, a selection of live collaborations and performances by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, Bomba Estéreo, Conjunto Arsenio Rodríguez, Dédé Saint-Prix, Etta James, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Gyp...

Music for the Masses: We’ve Got You Covered, Part 5: Aug 09, 2023

A rebroadcast from Aug. 6, 2023 featuring a selection of obscure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs. (Part 5 of a returning series.) "Music for the Masses" invites y...

Music for the Masses: We’ve Got You Covered, Part 5: Aug 06, 2023

A broadcast featuring a selection of obscure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs. (Part 5 of a returning series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion o...

Music for the Masses: 20230801: Aug 01, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Brazil Rocks! #3: Jul 30, 2023

Featuring two hours of rock fusion from across Brazil — a diversity of styles including rock, electronica, reggae, funk, soul, carimbó, maracatú, forró, samba, and bossa grooves, almost exclusively 21...

Music for the Masses: 20230726: Jul 26, 2023

"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...

Music for the Masses: Classic Dance Bands of Guinea #2: Jul 23, 2023

Few African countries can match Guinea (and also Mali) for legendary dance bands, soaring voices, virtuoso instrumentalists, and gorgeous melodies. In this broadcast, we feature some of the classic da...

Music for the Masses: Funky Africa #8: Jul 16, 2023

A Sunday afternoon groove session featuring classic funk and soul from across the African continent, spanning the 1970s to the 2000s. (Part 8 of an ongoing series.) "Music for the Masses" invites y...

Music for the Masses: Salsa for a Summer Day #2: Jul 10, 2023

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

Music for the Masses: Salsa for a Summer Day #2: Jul 09, 2023

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

Music for the Masses: So Much Samba! (Samba Soul): Jul 04, 2023

The month of July begins with soulful beats from Brazil and beyond — because there is so much samba! (Part 4 of a series.) "Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Di...

Music for the Masses: 20230628: Jun 28, 2023

"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...