Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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

Bookmark the page and see you at 7pm EDT!

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

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



Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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

Listen to the show now in progress

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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.


Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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.


Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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.


Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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.


Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Chants Algériens | 7-10 PM EDT

 


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

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

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