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Music for the Masses: Meet Me in the Maghreb #5 (Audio)

Oct 22, 2023

In this broadcast listeners are transported to the Maghreb region of northernmost Africa, where music meets at the crossroads of tradition and global pop from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. (Part 5 of a sporadic 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.

Playlists and more information here.

Selection of original DJ mixes here.

Playlist:
  • Computer Blue / Prince
  • Lirrili / Amina
  • Don't Loose Your Way / Nada
  • Ton choix sera le mien (feat. Tanissia - Version CD) / Rieurs
  • Taleb / Zahouania
  • Watany Al Kabir / Ibrahim Hesnawi
  • Oma / Daby Touré
  • Tamiditin / Tamikrest
  • Lagi / Aziza Brahim
  • Blue / Dalinda
  • Free Music II / Najib Alhoush, The Free Music
  • Alech / Carthago
  • Emin Emineïna Chouweynë / Noura Mint Seymali
  • Badala Zamana / Zohra
  • Vie nouvelle / Houria Aichi
  • Mama / Sawt el Atlas
  • Xazil-Xazil / Jo'rabek Qodirov
  • مهرجان سلطان زمانى / Mohamed Zelzal
  • Feeling / Quien?
  • Al jara / Cheb Karim
  • Walking On Malecon / Dolor Ravi
  • Yarait / Ahmed Ben Ali
  • Sandika / Simo Lagnawi
  • El Fen / Ait Meslayene