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Music for the Masses: New and Recent Releases (Audio)

Nov 19, 2021

What's new in the world of music? In this rebroadcast from Nov. 14, 2021, a small sampling of fall 2021 releases, re-releases, compilations, and collaborations will be featured, by artists from Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Curaçao, DR Congo, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Senegal, South Africa, Taiwan, Tuva, Uganda, USA, Zanzibar – and maybe more.

Music for the Masses invites the listener on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. Expect the unexpected. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. For the avid globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. Broadcast live from Catskill.

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.

Playlists and more information here.

Selection of original DJ mixes here.