WGXC-90.7 FM
Trance-Formational Listening: African Traditional and Ritual Music
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/
Hosted by Dennis Darrah.
Music from around the world is featured. Bringing the audience into the realm of other cultures through music, hopefully expanding empathy for the “other,” and recognizing that “other” in ourselves. From WGDR, Goddard College Plainfield, VT. wgdr.org/. Today we visit two different parts of Africa: The Nyanza district of Kenya, home to the Luo, Gussii and Kuria people and also that part of the Central African Republic which is home to the Gbaya people. Label: Ocora Album: "Gbaya Music-Thinking Music" 1) Naa-Bua Album: "Kenya-Musics from Nyanza" 2) Eloge funebre (Luo) Album: "Gbaya Music-Thinking Songs" 3) Fara Ko Kumanda Album: "Kenya-Musics from Nyanza" 4) Musique de danse (Gusii) 5) Chants d'eloge a un clan (Luo)