Hey cool kids. This sunday (tomorrow, the 5th of Decembre) your favorite djs are spinnin at Casa Del Popolo. Come out come out wherever you are. Bring your favorite record and we'll play something from it. Bring a mix tape (a real, bonified cassette) and we can exchange. Do it! Starting at ten o'clock...
and in case you were confused, your favorite djs are us, sassafrass and sasparilla. Just in case you weren't sure.
As you may have noticed dear listeners, we at the PAH and Eat My Country have recently discovered the wellspring of CBC radio 3. Ten years behind, you say? Yeah well, better late than never. So we're playing newer, canadianer stuff. Pretty exciting. We'll keep doing it, so don't you worry. I just thought I'd mention it...
Check it out, check it out- BOOM! We got coming up the dramatic conclusion of our special on Fela Kuti. In case you don't know who he is, you should DEFINITELY check out our upcoming show, because then you will. A bit of background: Fela Kuti was a Nigerian musician, activist and all around cool guy who, along with the somewhat unsung sidekick Tony Allen, basically invented afro-beat, pretty much the best dern music around. We're playing a three part special on Mr. Kuti (we played the first segment last week) produced by Afrobeatradio's Wuyi Jacobs titled 'Fela Kuti: High Priest of Afrobeat- A Felabration Radio Special. Y'all better check it out!
Just getting into African music? In a way, so am I. I started DJing on CJLO a little more than two years ago and at the time I had a taste for West African music (almost all I knew about was music from Mali), but I really knew almost nothing about African music. Over the last two years I have learned a bit from doing this show, and me and DJ Sassafrass have taken on the holy mission of introducing African music to as many people as we can, a task which has not been easy! If you are interested, this is a little blog to get you started.
The African mainland includes 48 countries. Off the mainland there are 13 countries, many of which consist of several islands, that can be considered part of Africa, including Madagascar. In The African Diaspora (North, Central, and South America)...
What were up to: Well! We are currently working on making African mixtapes. Sweet no? Right now were working on a mixtape about the ABCs of African music. Every letter gets at theme, as in A is for Afrobeat and Z is for Zimbabwe. Most of the themes are either artists, styles or countries. Other mixtape possibilities include the ABCs of the African Diaspora, a tape that focuses on funk and soul, and a tape about the history of Jamaican music from mento to dancehall.
What else? We love Cumbia! Our last show was about Cumbia music from Columbia and Panama from the 60s/70s. Its an awesome style that tends to occur in two forms: 1) as a small ensemble with accordeon being the predominant instrument, or 2) with a large jazz band, sounding like moody, yet quick paced Latin swing music...
Hey PAH fans! I just put up new audio today, including a show that DJ Sassafrass and I (DJ Sasparilla) did on Dec 2, just a bit before the new year. This show features songs from a top ten list which we compiled at CJLO's suggestion. The list features compilations which came out between 2000 and 2009 and which feature music from Africa or the African Diaspora, mostly from the 70's. This is definitely one of our better shows and I encourage you to check it out (see above). If you don't have any African music in your collection, or your looking to bring some African music into your collection, these albums are great choices! I list the top ten below as well as honourable mentions which are basically just as wicked. I also encourage you to check out the record...
Hey, welcome to the Pan-African Hour page for 2010! On this show we explore all types of music from Africa, as well as types of music that have developed in the Carribean, Central America and South America that reflect African sources. We have a special penchant for African music from the 1960's and the 1970's, a time before synthesizers, the "world music" market, and econcomic declines throughout Africa affected the many styles of the continent. Right now DJ Sassafrass is off in Ukraine eating kubasa and drinking vodka, so I, DJ Sasparilla, will be hosting some shows alone, but mostly with my good friend Leslie Crusher. We try to be informative on the PAH, but we also are pretty ridiculous alot of the time. Look out for a special series I'm putting together called the Essential Guide...
| Artist | Song Title |
| Aboulaye Kone et Bolokan Percussions | Barika |
| Talk Spot | |
| Pee Froiss | Djalgaty |
| AJ Cambell | Take A Ride |
| CUTV | CUTV |
| marvelous darkness | Marvelous Darkness |
| Talk Spot | |
| Tunji Oyelena... | |
