Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Tears in Insolent Eyes | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin deeply felt, left-of-the-dial tracks from Burmese CDRs, Egyptian cassettes, and Italian vinyl


Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Unholy Grails | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, I'll spin tracks from Cassettes, CDs, and vinyl records I can't believe I own -- and you may not, either (albeit for different reasons). Music from Algeria, Cambodia, Lebanon, Morocco, UK, USA, and former USSR.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Imagine Having Been Rita Lee | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Famously kicked out of the pioneering psychedelic rock band she co-founded, Rita Lee moved on to a wildly successful solo career that ultimately earned her the title of Brazil’s Queen of Rock. This tribute draws from a half-century of her output, from her sixties and seventies work in and with Os Mutantes to her final official album in 2012.


Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Cosmic Vibration: Otherworldly sounds from the world we're living out | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin experimental and traditional music from Algeria, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, France, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Turkey, and the USA

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Memory Tracks: A Lao Family's Story through Music | 7-10 PM EDT

 


On tonight's show: Special guest Rattana Bounsouaysana shares a family’s migration story through interview sound clips, music, and commentary, as they make their way from Laos to the United States in the 1970s. Rattana Bounsouaysana is a student in the Master of Arts in Oral History program at Columbia University. Her work explores the Lao diaspora and the intersection of memory, identity, and history.


Wednesday, April 26, 2023

La pensée se fait dans la bouche | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin sons électroniques, expérimentaux, psychédéliques et antagonistes de la République française


Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Dance Tracks | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin international funk, disco, no-wave, house, techno, jungle, and beyond


Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Egypt 1966 | 7-10 PM EDT

 


The year before the 1967 War, legendary singer Oum Kalthoum and composer Riad El-Sunbati released “Al Atlal,” generally recognized as the pinnacle of Kalthoum’s artistic career, and arguably one of the greatest songs of the 20th Century. Tonight's all-vinyl episode on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio explores some three-dozen releases from the same tumultuous year, ranging from escapist twist, cha-cha-cha, and comedic novelties to gut-wrenching refrains of unrequited love and amped-up demonstrations of national pride.


Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023) | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Three hours, six decades, some of our favorite tracks, deep cuts, collaborations, and more.


Wednesday, March 29, 2023

African Bodega | 7-10 PM EDT

 


TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin late 20th & early 21st Century African pop found in African markets in Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Dallas, and Washington (DC)