WGXC-90.7 FM
Music for the Masses: Sublime Soukous for a Snow-Bound Sunday
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/
Hosted by Neva E. Wartell.
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-driven bliss from both sides of the Congo River, spanning the 1970s to the 2020s.
"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:
- Coffin For The Head Of State (Part 2) / Fela Kuti
- Middle Of The Road (2007 ) / The Pretenders
- Beginning / The Durutti Column
- Affaire Kitikwala / Simaro Massiya Lutumba
- Fanta diara / Dr. Nico
- Elo / Zaïko Langa Langa
- Georgette Eckin's / Sam Mangwana
- Bafosami / M'Bilia Bel
- Malade de toi / Aurlus Mabélé
- Zing Zong / Kanda Bongo Man
- Bouchira / Bopol
- Shikamo seye / Pépé Kallé
- Kokora / Racheal Magoola
- Dixième commandement / Papa Wemba
- Mayalalele / Les Champions Du Congo Ok Jazz
- Amour perdu / Awilo Longomba
- Chérie Sandra / Kékélé
- Kabasele Kingdom / Franck Biyong
- De Matonge à Palenque / Dizzy Mandjeku and Alé Kumá