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Music for the Masses: Funky Africa #12 (Audio)
It's time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session, African style! Featuring dancefloor classics from across the Continent and reaching out to the Diaspora, spanning the 1970s to the 2000s. (Part 12 of an ongoing 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:
- African Rhythms / Oneness of Juju
- Dancing Time / The Funkees
- Se Tche We Djo Mon / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
- Thief Man / Fred Fisher Atalobhor & His Ogiza Dance Band
- Tolambo Funk / Brigth Engelberts
- Relax (Before Doin' Sex) / Oscar Harris
- Don't Fight The Feeling / Jo Bisso
- The Things We Do in Soweto / Almon Memela
- Ashiko / Orlando Julius
- Mfuur Ma / Groupe Minzoto Ya Zaïre
- Ngigna Loko / Ngalle Jojo
- Zagalakatéléman / Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe
- Nana / The Lulus Band
- African Battle / Manu Dibango
- Onguido / Charles Atangana & Emitais
- You Turn Me On / William & The Young Five
- Make It Funky / Roots Fundation
- Rough Rider / The Hygrades
- Hot koki / André-Marie Tala
- Musique Tshiluba / Abeti et les Redoutables
- Cold Sweat / Vincent Nguini & Maloko
- N'Yo / Toure Kunda
- Africa / Sina Bakare