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Music for the Masses: Funky Africa #11 (Audio)
It's time to put on your groove shoes and get ready for a Sunday afternoon funk and soul session, African style! Featuring classics from across the Continent, spanning the 1970s to the 2000s. (Part 11 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:
- Happy Music / The Blackbyrds
- Wouck / Nguenang
- Don't Pull the Form Under Me / Blo
- Mobo / Santrofi
- Aminata Du Thé / Amadou Balake
- Why Go to War / William Onyeabor
- We Are Coming Home / Pat Thomas
- Abantu Abangana Buso / Vusi Mahlasela feat. Norman Zulu feat. Jive Connection
- My Native Land / Mike Kounou
- Heavy Heavy Heavy / Geraldo Pino
- Abj Groove / Manou Gallo
- Holonon / Orchestre Poly Rythmo
- Get Together / Brigth Engelberts
- Broken Shoes / Soweto
- Njonjo Mukambe / François Misse Ngoh
- Ako / Fela Kuti
- Se Na Min / El Rego et Ses Commandos
- Kenimania / Mono Mono
- Eyi Su Ngaangaa / The Sweet Talks
- Sungu Lubuka / Petelo Vicka et Son Nzazi