Divas vs. Queens

The diva of disco-funk laika; NYC's downtown music queen; Myanmar hip-hop's No. 1 diva; the Punjab's queen of classical; Lebanon's Diva of Music; Belgium's 80s electro-pop queen

Listen to the show now in the archives!

Arab Spring

Celebrate the Vernal Equinox with three hours of our hardest-rocking tracks from North Africa and the Middle East. 

Listen to the show now in the archives!

HEAD TO HEAD HIPPIES! w/Uncle Michael

Bodega proprietor Gary goes Hippie Head-to-Head with Hinky Dinky Time's Uncle Michael in a battle of "whoa, epic" proportions for WEEK TWO of WFMU's 2019 FUNDRAISING MARATHON!

We'll be giving away 9 thrilling CD and LP prizes, including some mind-expanding Latin psychedlic, African space music, and southeast Asian scorchers!

Pledge in support of Bodega Pop Live

Everyone who pledges $75 can choose to receive a copy of Bodega Pop Live Presents: BACK IN THE USSR: Soviet Rock + Underground, 1971-1990, a collection of 20 hand-picked tracks by state-approved rock groups and scofflaw miscreants from my massive personal super-posse of action-packed thrills from everybody's favorite 20th century empire!

Listen now in the archives

The Voice | WFMU Marathon Week 1 w/Dan Bodah

Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio welcomes co-host Dan Bodah for WEEK ONE of WFMU's 2019 FUNDRAISING MARATHON! 

We'll be giving away 9 thrilling CD and LP prizes, including some ear-searing Thai morlam & pop, mind-altering Egyptian electronica, trippy Tibetan field recordings, and some guitar-forward north African rock. Oh, and a brilliant soundtrack by Serge Gainsbourg, too.

Pledge in support of Bodega Pop Live

Everyone who pledges $75 can choose to receive a copy of Bodega Pop Live Presents: BACK IN THE USSR: Soviet Rock + Underground, 1971-1990, a collection of 20 hand-picked tracks by state-approved rock groups and scofflaw miscreants from my massive personal super-posse of action-packed thrills from everybody's favorite 20th century empire!

Listen now in the archives

The Only Language We Shared Were the Names of Our Favorite Artists

Music found in Amsterdam, Bangkok, Geneva, Luang Prabang, Kyoto, Marrakesh, Montréal, Paris, Quebec City, Tokyo, and Vientiane.

Listen now in the archives

You walk into a bodega, talk with a guy maybe 20-30 minutes, walk out with a bag of grime-encrusted CDs or cassettes, one or two of which may change your life

Some of our favorite music found in bodegas and immigrant-run media stores in New York City, Washington DC, Paterson, Berkeley, Portland, Seattle, Fort Worth, Montreal, Paris, Dallas, London, and beyond

Listen to the show now in the archives

Woman Is the Future of Man

Tracks by half a dozen 21st Century artists: Midori, Aicha Maya, Wunmi, Juana Molina, Peaches, and M.I.A.

Listen to the show in the archives

Venezuela

Venezualan psychedelic, folk, hip-hop, joropo, electronic, pop, experimental, field recordings, post-rock, twee & more

Listen to the show in the archives

Before Partition | South Asian Recordings 1902-1947

Thrilling, rare, early 20th Century tracks from the subcontinent

Listen to the show in the archives

Araby

Three hours of scorchers from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, and beyond

Listen to the show