WGXC-90.7 FM

Music for the Masses: We've Got You Covered #8

Nov 17, 2024: 1pm - 3pm
WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears

90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
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Hosted by Neva E. Wartell.

Part 8 of an ongoing series featuring a selection of obsure and lesser-known cover versions of some better-known popular songs.

"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.

Playlists and more information here.

Selection of original DJ mixes here.

Playlist:
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine / Countdown Studio Band
  • El Manicero / Los Cuates De Sinaloa
  • Sun Is Shining / Bebel Gilberto
  • Crosseyed and Painless / Angelique Kidjo
  • A Case of U / Prince
  • Love The One You're With (Album Version) / Luther Vandross
  • I Put A Spell On You / Mykal Rose
  • That Lady / Koko Jones
  • The Way You Make Me Feel / BJ and JB
  • Helter Skelter / Willy Chirino
  • A Day In The Life - Remastered 2009 / The Beatles
  • Sugar Bum Bum / Siparia Deltones, Hugh Masekela
  • No Good Man / Terri Walker
  • Purple Rain / Etta James
  • The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss) / Aretha Franklin
  • House Of The Rising Sun / Gregory Isaacs
  • Across The Universe / Laibach
  • My Beautiful Evening / Soliman
  • Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (Album Version) / Sly & The Family Stone
  • Isn't It a Pity (Remastered) / Nina Simone
  • Love Don't Live Here Any More / Sharon Forrester
  • Get Lucky (Daft Punk cover) feat. Big Freedia (Gypsyphonic Bounce Remix) / The Soul Rebels