Beginning in 1815, under Shaka Zulu, the Zulus began a campaign of conquest that would subsume so many other groups that today, the Zulu are South Africa's largest ethnic population, numbering at least six-million. Ethnomusicologist Louise Meintjes, author of Sounds of Africa! Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio writes that the Zulu reputation for courage and style has given them "empowering significance as a defiant, self possessed, royal, and artful African people." This program will trace the rise of Zulu musical identity. We'll hear from Umzansi Zulu Dancers; Lahlumlenze, guitar picking maskanda stars Phuzekhemisi, Bhekumuzi, and top seller, Shwi No Mthekala, as well as mbaqanga stars, Isigqi Sesimanje and others. This is a story of musical innovation and virtuosity: how local musicians absorbed American fingerstyle guitar, Afrikaans concertina, the marching bass drum of the British imperialists, the backing vocals of soft soul, and made from these new elements thoroughly "Zulu" sounds. Banning Eyre. (originally aired 2007)

APWW #530

The Zulu Factor

In this program you will the hear the African music roots of famed American blues and rock 'n' roll artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, the Isley Brothers, Robert Johnson, The Kingsmen and many more! Not everyone in this program is as well-known as the above mentioned juggernauts of music. Also included is Celia Cruz, Sexteto Habanero, Arsenio Rodriguez, and Baby Face Leroy. Co-produced by Ned Sublette and Robert Palmer, author of “Deep Blues”, regarded by many as the best book on the blues.

APWW #91

Black History Month: The African Roots of Rock n Roll

episode 73 of summer school radio, broadcast live from @thelotradio studio on January 21, 2025. all vinyl! featuring a special guest set in the second hour of the show from ራሄል (Rachel). 

(Lovie's hour)
Coral and Pearls – Do'a
Skyy, Can You Feel Me (Yam Who's Spiritual Rework) – Raphael Saadiq
Canto de los Flores – Santana
Um, Um, Um – Leon Thomas
Oyinmomo – African Drums
I'm Gonna Sing – Ella Jenkins
Hey There – Sons of the Kingom
You and the Music – Donald Byrd
Oh What a Lonely Feeling – Roy Ayers
The Creator – Norman Connors
Come and Dance – Lijadu Sisters

(Rachel's hour)
Girma Yifrashewa - The Shepherd with the Flute
Kuku Sebsibe - በልቤ ጎዳና (On My Heart’s Road)
Sam T - Mayenkatam
Désiré Mozambe And His Band - Sénégal (Je M'éclate Au Sénégal) (Part 1)
Manu Dibango - Bayam Sell'am
Akendengué - Ilumbu
Osibisa - Music for Gong Gong
Edikanfo - Nka Bom
Matadi - Afro
Les Choc Stars du Zaire - Nakombe Nga
Umoja 707 - 707
Oluko Imo - Praise-Jah
Citi Express - It's Too Late
Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch - Electric Murder
Calypso Rose - Loose Yoh Body
Lemmy Jackson - Tonight
Boukan Ginen - Jou A Rive

summer school radio (73) with ራሄል (Rachel)

• DTW FM #449 •

Hosted by:
Marco Weibel
(@marcoweibel)

✧TRACKLIST✧
☆The Edge - Rowena’s Theme
☆Cadejo - A Place In The Sun
☆Leo’s Sunshipp - Give Me The Sunshine
☆Begin - Day Happens
☆Yvette Michele - Everyday & Everynight
☆Omar - Saturday
☆The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again
☆Sheila Hylton - Lot Of Love
☆Sly Dunbar - Senegal Market Place
☆Weather Report - River People
☆Ge-ology - Freee Man (LateNight Extended Mix)
☆Pamela Joy - Think Fast
☆Fela Kuti - Fela Lives! (Edit)
☆Hanna Haïs – Il Parlait Pas Français (Larry Heard Super-Deluxe Club Vocal)
☆Kerri Chandler - I Remember
☆Voices - Give Me Your Body
☆Dusk - Shadow Boxer
☆Notsgnik - Test
☆Planetary Assault Systems - Black Tea
☆Chaos In The CBD - Love Language (feat. Nathan Haines)
☆Herbie Hancock - Nobu
☆Newphews of Phela - Ozymandias 'Live'
☆Jorge Dalto - I’ve Got You On My Mind

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Darker Than Wax FM #449 w/ Marco Weibel • 1st February 2025

The 8th Path Records with Boston Chery featuring Funky Reggae House Party @ The Lot Radio 02-19-2025

for episode 78 of summer school radio, Lovie welcomes founder of Black Girls Love Vinyl, Alexandria Sade.

Alexandria Sade is passionate about archiving music-related objects and cultural rarities, preserving the art of collecting vinyl records, and documenting music storytelling from the Black woman's perspective. A proud Hampton University alum, she founded Black Girls Love Vinyl (BGLV) after her vinyl collecting journey in undergrad. 

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summer school radio with Black Girls Love Vinyl  @ The Lot Radio 02-25-2025

episode 78 of summer school radio, recorded live at the lot radio studio on february 25, 2025. this episode features special guest Alexandria Sade of Black Girls Love Vinyl – we chat about Alexandria's journey into record collecting, her work as the founder of BGLV, and get into some of her all vinyl selections.

tracklist:

(Lovie)
Eternal Light - Master Wilburn Burchette
Moonlight in Vermont - Dorothy Ashby
The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack
Meditations - Lonnie Liston Smith
A Song For You - Donny Hathaway
You Are My Heaven - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Spread Your Wings - Peabo Bryson
You Can't Hide Love - Creative Source
Perfect Angel - Minnie Ripperton
Before the Dawn - Patrice Rushen
Remember to Remember - Rick Holmes
Land of Passion - Hubert Laws

(Alexandria)
Maybe Tomorrow - Grant Green
I Can See The Sun In Late December - Roberta Flack
Cash In - Solange
Glow - Kelis feat. Raphael Saadiq
Supervillain Theme (Instrumental) - Madvillian
All Caps - Madvillain
Great Day - Madvillian
Million While You Young - Nipsey Hussle feat. The-Dream
Elevators (Me & You) [ONP 86 Instrumental] - Outkast
Man Myth Legend - Conductor Williams
Abduction - Conductor Williams
Store Runs (Interlude) - Skyzoo
Sweet Dreamer - Lenny White
Love Theme (Dance) - Devonte Hynes
Land of Honey (Instrumental) - Flying Lotus
Wonder What I'd Do - Mandre
Lovers To Friends - Tomorrow's People

summer school radio (78) with Black Girls Love Vinyl

In this episode we take a rare look at Somalia’s formative, pre-civil war years (1960-90), which saw the birth of soomaalinimo - Somali patriotism. This national mood inspired people to put aside the clan identities so heavily manipulated by the colonial powers and dedicate themselves to the creation of a new, culturally authentic, but also modern, national identity. And this was expressed in gorgeous, lyrical songs with influences from Arab art music, Hindi film songs and rich local traditions. Our principal guide is Lidwien Kapteijns (Professor of History at Wellesley College) whose book Women’s Voices in a Man’s World focuses on popular songs of this hopeful era shaped the changing lives and status of women. We’ll hear beautiful archival recordings and get inside the crucial debates and gender negotiations contained in their lyrics. We’ll also learn why the promise of this all-but-forgotten era have never been realized in Somalia.  Produced by Banning Eyre.

Women’s History Month: Reconstructing Somalia - Women’s Voices

Sounds of Heaven with Ayanna Heaven @ The Lot Radio 04-17-2025

Jaxx TMS b2b Persch.Inc Live at Soho House

J Bonner brings an A1 selection of early reggae musical discs cut at Dynamic Sounds, Studio 1, & Treasure Isle studios in Jamaica by the best producers in the business like Sir Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Harry Mudie, Prince Buster, Alvin Ranglin, Sonia Pottinger, Clancy Eccles & Leslie Kong. So get in the groove and don’t be rude…rent a tile and stick around for a while.

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BCR Radio Episode 044 - J Bonner - Carry The Swing

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

Black History Month: The African Roots of Rock n Roll

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