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Music for the Masses: Matters of the Heart 5.0 (Audio)

Feb 14, 2024

Featuring a diverse selection of soul, funk, blues, reggae, and more on the theme of LOVE – the bitter, the sweet, the hopeful and hopeless, the happy and hapless. (Part 5 of an annual Valentine’s Day series.)

"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:
  • Transmission / Various Artists (Bhangra Remixes)
  • Habibi / Ali Hassan Kuban
  • Úgy Szeretlek (So Much I Love You) / Tárkány-Müvek
  • Duduke / Simi
  • Mi Vida sin tu Amor / Mino;Son Rompe Pera
  • Amour fou / Kanda Bongo Man
  • You Need Love / Ebo Taylor
  • Be Like That / Kelvyn Boy
  • Amour perdu / Awilo Longomba
  • Mal de Amor / Juan Luis Guerra
  • Only Girl / Adekunle Gold
  • Reset Rewind / Bien, Aaron Rimbui
  • Sweet Of Love / Funky Destination
  • Sex Machine / Malik Adouane
  • Moun d'amou / Les shleu shleu
  • All My Love (Inst.) / Lack Of Afro
  • Ive Got You Under My Skin (Big Band) / Douyé
  • Viens habibi / Cheb Mami
  • Si un amor se va feat. Joan Soriano / Bachata Haiti
  • Amour suicide / Zaïko Langa Langa
  • Aimer D'amour / H'Sao
  • A Case of U / Prince
  • Never Roam No More (feat. John Lee Hooker) / The Bahama Soul Club
  • I'm Sorry / Nilton Ramalho
  • Gen Bagay / Yani Martelly
  • My Love, My Love / Nneka