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Music for the Masses: That Swing Thing (Audio)
We welcome the cooler weather with a Sunday afternoon dance party, featuring a special selection of irresistible tropical rhythms. Limber up, shake it out, and grab your nearest dancing partner – today it's all about That Swing Thing! (Part 9 of our ongoing "Swing" 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.
Playlist:
- When Will the Day Come / Rasa
- Get up and Dance Away Your Blues / Thornetta Davis
- En Guantánamo (with Orquesta Sensación) / Abelardo Barroso
- Baba Moussa Bp 120 / Cheikh Lo
- Mexe A Cabeça / Ivete Sangalo
- Vive compas / Mini All Stars
- Fitiço di Funana / Lura
- Tondo mba / Bell'a Njoh
- Aninha / Africa Negra
- De Matonge à Palenque / Dizzy Mandjeku and Alé Kumá
- A Pedir Su Mano / Juan Luis Guerra
- Tamancas do Cateretê / Orquestra Imperial
- Wessounga / Lass
- Mal Amadu / Lucibela
- Malou / Papa Noel
- Mandinga / Ruben Gonzalez
- Mazora / Les Vikings, Pierre Labor
- Comentario en el Solar / Pedro Miguel y Sus Maracaibos
- El can can / Dioris Valladares
- País Tropical / Wilson Simonal
- E Ye Ye / Quantic
- Sé Tann Ou Pa Ka Tann / Putumayo