HIP HOP AFRICA

Pioneering, exploratory, conscious, leftfield, new and old school tracks straight outta Abidjan, Bamako, Cairo, Dakar, Fès, and beyond.

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BORN BAD

An island of infidels, a city so bad the world tore it in two, a reviled industry, an iconoclastic label, the country leading the rest of us in violent crimes, and the borough with the meanest streets.

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SXSE | 21st Century Sounds from South and Southeast Asia

Psychedelic bedroom recordings, dark ambient electronic, experimental conscious hip hop, riot grrrl lo-fi noise, and other 21st Century sounds from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

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Zambia | Zanzibar | Zimbabwe

Three thrill-packed hours of field recordings, fuzzed-out garage & psychedelic rock, mbira, taraab, and more

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Golden Era: Australia

Aboriginal hip hop, Aussie postpunk, Avalanches rarities & remixes, indigenous country & blues, and electronica, experimental, prog, psych, and fuzz from down under.

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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

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Arab Spring

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

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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.

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