African 78s Part 2: Central + East + South

From 7-10 PM EDT tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin early 20th Century recordings on 78 RPM records from Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

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SATISFACTION | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin covers, samples, deconstructions, mash-ups, quotes, and mere mentions of the putatively greatest rock and roll song

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Thrift Score | 7-10 PM EDT

Now in progress on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: 50+ gobsmacking international vinyl gems found in our local thrift shop. Inspired by my stepfather Hal & his own thrift-store obsession. Hal is in the hospital. Thinking of him, mom and family tonight

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Unpredictable Sounds: The Americas

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Mexican & Chicano rock 'n' roll. Armenian jazz. An American-Egyptian collaboration. Chilean psychedelic. Immigrant songs from the dawn of recording history. Electronic Uruguayan folk. Hard rock from the Middle East. Progressive boogaloo. Early left-field hip-hop.

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NIEMEN: The Psychedelic Years (1966-78) | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin our second three-hour tribute to Poland's greatest recording artist. This special episode focuses on Niemen's most psychedelic and experimental studio output of the 1960s and '70s.

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FEARFULLY IN DANGER | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Disquieting Venezuelan avant-electro-pop. Yugoslavian female hardcore. Russian apocalyptic industrial. Nigerian commentary on the general condition. Heartbreaking songs from the most distressing Indian film ever. South American riot grrrls. A Rastafari ritual. And Nico.

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Bodega Pop's Super-Lush Summer Solstice-ish Listening Party!

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins unedited sides of ear-bending DIY, funk, hip-hop, new wave, psychedelic, surf, and synthpop LPs from Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Mali, Mexico, South Africa, and Singapore

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Ziad Rahbani | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Ziad Rahbani is Lebanon’s most famous living composer. The son of the legendary singer Fairuz, Rahbani began his career in his early teens. Beirut-born DJ Ernesto Chahoud and French label We Want Sounds have reissued a handful of Rahbani’s enduring albums recently, but this show will mostly concentrate on work by the composer that has yet to be published outside of the Arabic-speaking world.

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Chants Algériens | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins Algerian music on 45, cassette, and LP

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London Is the Place for Me | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin African, African-American, Arabic, Asian, Caribbean, and Yiddish artists in the capital

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