WGXC-FM
Music for the Masses: Africa Rocks! #4
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/
Hosted by Neva E. Wartell.
A two-hour foray into rock fusion genres from north, south, east, west, and central Africa, from the 1960s to the present. Replete with searing guitars, driving rhythms, punching basslines, swirling keyboards, and hard-hitting horns. Part 4 of an ongoing series. (Rebroadcast from April 4, 2021.)
"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:
- Xalam / Ade
- Aduun Hawli Kama Dhamaato / Dur Dur Band
- Agho / Sir Victor Uwaifo
- Abj Groove / Manou Gallo
- Africa Africa / Ekambi Brillant
- Afrika Yie / Blay Ambolley
- Rhythm On Rhythm - DJ Food Chop-up / Sookie
- Malembe / KOKOKO!
- Gne Yele / Adama Yalomba
- Yadra? / Sofiane Saidi
- Peaceful Air / Minyeshu
- Po D`Terra / Joāo Cirilo
- Ze Bula (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix) / Figura
- Kandibanye (Had I Known) / Wiyaala
- Sogui Belati / Groupe Mazagan
- Tekekel Nesh Anchi / Eyob Mokennen
- Tenere / Kel Assouf
- Outamachek (Live) / Tamikrest
- Samba / Amazones De Guinée
- Down to Business / Rise