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Music for the Masses: New and Recent Releases (Audio)
This broadcast features a small sampling of the latest Spring 2022 releases, re-releases, compilations, and collaborations by artists from across our planet. Including new music by Batida (Angola), Calypso Rose (Tobago), Cerrero y La Marea (Colombia), Dean Fraser & Ernie Ranglin (Jamaica), Dendê Macêdo (Brazil), Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania), Iberi Choir (Georgia), Jembaa Groove (Ghana/Germany), José Conde (USA), Kabaka Pyramid (Jamaica), Kobo Town (Canada), Kolínga (France), Kolonien (Sweden), Leyla McCalla (USA), Havana Meets Kingston (Cuba/Jamaica), Nicolás Farruggia (Argentina), Orchestre Massako (Gabon), Rebolú (USA), Tank and the Bangas (USA), Voyagers (Mali/USA/Austria), and more. Plus a compilation of South American “sonideros,” or sound-system, classics, a collaborative project spanning both sides of the Mexico-Texas border, and a documentary film about New Orleans music.
"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.