KAYA RADIO PERTH: Recent Episodes
Kaya Radio Perth
African diaspora art,culture and music show, Western Australia. Catch us every Saturday at 5pm on Noongar 100.5FM.
Chisenga drop by to talk about his upcoming EP and upcoming shows at the Perth Fringe festival.
Tracklist
Irreversible entanglements - Our land back
Greentea Peng - Nah it ain't the same
CARRTOONS ft.Rae Khalil - Lighta
BINA. & Subculture - Dopamine
Oxmo Puccini & Souffrance - Rats des villes
Adrian Sherwood - Starship Bahia
Aretha Franklin - Arose is still a rose
Koi Child - Black Panda
Kabza de Small & Mthunz ft Young Stunna , DJ Maphorisa, Sizwe Alakine - Imithandazo
We chat to Kaya Radio friend and Larrkardi Radio's Current Affairs Coordinator Jodi Ryder about January 26, a day that honours the establishment of the first permanent European settlement on this continent. For many First Nations people this is the date when the invasion of their country, massacre of their people and the destruction of their lives started.
Tracklist :
Barkaa - Divison
Inkabee & FLEWNT - We dat good
Mali Jo$e & Tasman Keith ft Xmunashe -PRICE UP!
Amira Kheir - Ahel Allel
Altaf Gnawa Group - Baba Mimoun
Devon Russell - Move on up
Karl Hector & The Falcons - Push na ya
Cinnaman - Vérité ft - Oko Ebombo
Unword & Natty Dub - Game of love
Allara & Olenka Toroshenko
The Soil - Uspoken word (intro)
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal ft ShrapKnel - Babylon by bus
Sault Think about it
Anchorsong ft Bookend - The ocean
All my cousins ft Kikelomo - Soirée
Sio ft Jonny Miller - Racist child
Kutiman - Masai in dub
Ayo Busari returns to Kaya Radio to talk about his latest single release and future projects.
Tracklist:
The brother moves on - Umthandazo wamagenge
John Coltrane -a love supreme (Acknowledgement)
Bokang Ramatlapeng - The waters
The Fridge - Now and then
BLK ODYSSY & Cory Henry - Adam & Eve
Ayo Busari - Superstar
Miles Davis - Black Satin
Thabo talks to us about his upcoming show with David Hughes and Tori Griffiths (Desperate Houseguys) at the Perth Fringe Festival , relationships, moving from Zimbabwe to Middlemount and 'bombing', he also shares his tips for aspiring comics.
Tracklist :
Farai - Love disease.
Aesop Rock ft Billy Woods - Living curfew
Roberta Joy Rich is an educator, curator and multi-disciplinary artist who is currently based in Naarm. She talks to us about her audio and visual solo exhibition, "The purple shall govern" which can be seen at PICA (Boorloo) from 3 November to 31 December 2023.
Tracklist: Nobuhle Ashanti ft christian Chandler - Dear Mom
Nobuhle Ashanti ft Deff Eff Sean Sanby, Kitso Seti, Khadijah Heeger - Ancestors (part l & ll)
André 3000 - Ants to you, gods to who?
Sio ft. Dunn - Reverse flight
Kawaka is a Tanzanian born multi-disciplinary artist that is based in Boorloo, he shares some of his favourite music and experiences.
Tracks :
Lula Côrtes & Zé Ramalho
Fela Kuti - Zombie
Bebe Manga - Amio
Lucky Dube - One people
Chosi - Mdali
Asher Gamedze - Turbulence's pulse
Imara talks to Shoshi about the launch of her health and wellness initiative, a grounding practice of African healing through movement, kemetic/hatha yoga and therapeutic sound/music.
Tracklist :
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Live from Tigre Lounge
BaianaSystem ft Curumin & Edgar - Sonar
Mestre Môa do Katendê, BNegão & Edgar - Véia Coló
Orlando Julius Ekemode - From Selma to Soweto
Recorded on Noongar boodja.
We celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop with a track list of some of our favourite emcees, producers and cultural ambassadors
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Lana Freitas is a singer and songwriter from Salvador, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia. She talks to us about her musical influences, Afro-Brazilian culture and moving to Australia.
Lana Freitas é uma cantora e compositora de Salvador, Bahia. Ela vai fala sobre suas ifluências musicais, cultura Afro Brasileira e mudança para a Austrália.
Track List:
Exuma -The Obeah Man
Lana - Estrear
Sibusile Xaba - Intro
340ml - Kubrik
Msaki - Gibel' inkwenkwezi ft Umle
Chosi -Ntinga
Barbatuques - Andando pela Africa
Lana - Morada
Luedji Luna - Acalanto (Ao vivo)
Bellaké Sissoko & Baba Sissoko - Sigi Gno Gonya
Sizwe Alakine - Impilo ftv Tumisho & Manzo
Brotha Asanti - Play it safe
Monique Bingham & Black Coffee - Deep in the bottom of Africa
Track List:
THA KING - Meshell Ndegeocello ft Thandiswa
Banna ba batsumi ft Nonku Phiri, Malcolm Jiyane, Gontse Makhene, Ariel Zamonsky
Black Joy - Aja Monet
You play with my heart - Masego
Mongo - Fernando Damon ft Robin Fassie
4th Chamber - GZA ft RZA, Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest
Avalanche - Madlib ft MF DOOM
Omnipuss - Meshell Ndegeocello
Baba Kwesi interlude - Lupe Fiasco
Music from Black Brass - Mararo Wangai and Mahmoud Selemane
Mamani - Letta Mbulu
Achilles - Ambrose Akinmusire
Reflect Reprise - R+R=NOW
Black ice (sky high) Goodie Mob ft Outkast
Iqiniso - Pro Kid
Our People - Seba Kaapstad ft Quelle Chris
Rumba Makossa - Cuarteto Patria and Manu Dibango
La Lézad - Polobi & The Gwo Ka Masters
Inni Mneeh - Mashrou' Leila ( For brother Mohan)
Mpondolo - Musi-O-Tunya & Rikki Ililonga
AKSUM Nights by Kaya Radio 05.08.23
Cobalt is a hard silvery-white magnetic metal that is a byproduct of mined copper and nickel. It is one of the world’s most important natural resources and the DRC is estimated to posses 70% of its global supply. It is said to be 'the new blood diamond’.
This mineral is in hot demand because it is a critical component of batteries used in electric vehicles and electronic devices.Mining cobalt is now linked to grave human rights and environmental abuses including the exposure of miners to unsafe worksites and its reliance on child labour. It is estimated that at-least 25000 children are working in informal cobalt mines in the DRC.
Shoshi and Shubert speak to Mulonda James Ntale, know professionally as Jamamusiic about his lived experience as a child miner in The Democratic Republic of Congo, moving to Australia and channelling his pain to help the next generation.
We are also joined by Jamamusiic's manager Bob.
Track List:
Fernando Damon ft Robin Fassie - M***o
Jamamusiic - Unreleased track
Jammamusiic - Unreleased track
Makambo Mibale ft. les Bantous de la Capitale - Makambo mibale
Aćol Agaar Apollo,better known by the stage name Pookie is a South Sudanese rapper, songwriter, composer and producer who was born in Nairobi, Kenya and migrated to Australia with her family at the age of seven. She talks to Shoshi & Shubert about moving Boorloo, her studies in architecture and sound engineering in Naarm, as well as navigating the creative industry as a Black African woman growing up in Australia.
Track List:
POOKIE - Ima Magician.
POOKIE - Shady (interlude)
jev. - Lonrwrld (Freestyle)
The Roots - Ya'll know who
Erykah Badu - Green Eyes
POOKIE - Beesting
Track list :
Thandi Ntuli - Izibongo
Yellow - Next (Japan)
Msaki - Ulwandle Lutshile
Sun-El Musician - Portia's Chant
Asher Gamedze - Out stepped Zim
Xhanti Nokwali - Ezeyeza
Bokani Dyer - Mogaetsho
The Brother Moves On - Puleng (intro)
Tumi & The Volume - The story behind the pain
Asher Gamedze - Turbulence's Pulse
Somi - House of the rising sun
Black Jesus Experience - E105
Underground Canopy - Feelm
Keenan Ahrens - Perseverance (live)
In the 50's, 60's and 70's, some of the most innovative and exciting jazz in the world came from South Africa - hard bop and free jazz mixed with township urban dance music .It was experimental, sophisticated and fun, it also laid down a solid foundation for most of the artists featured in this episode.
'AURUS is a modern mirage. The incarnation of our contradictions.'
Shoshi and Lisa chat to Reunion Island-based artist AURUS also known as Bastien Picot about his traditional Creole musical influences, language, expression and his experiences in Australia.
Tracklist:
Bastien Picot - Stardust
AURUS - Still Alive
Tracklist:
Jas Kayser - Feel it
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious game
Seun Kuti & Black Thought ft Vic Mensa - Bad Man Lighter 2.0
B.Cool-Aid, Pink Siifu & Ahwlee ft Devin Morrison, Pher & Moruf - Wassup
Liv.e - Wild Animals
Melanie Charles - Without Us
Chrissi - Back in the day
Morena Leraba - Ho Sama-Sama
Anbessa ft Manu Dibango - Akalè Wubè
Meshell Ndegeocello ft Thandiswa - Vuma
Nakhane Hold me down
Desire Marea - Banzi
Arona Mane, Shantan Wantan Ichiban & Dancing Water - Doin' it different
SUPEREGO ft Sakidasumi - Lies
Jinku ft Swahili Papi, Wendy Kay & DEZ -Tena Na Tena
ZuluMecca - Culture
Sampa The Great ft Joey Bada$$ - Mask On
KAMAUU - Switch Up
Miles Davis- Feio
Cardinal Rex Lawson -Sawale
We chat to Lagos-based artist Milan about his collaboration with Brisbane's Izaya Biggs.
Tracklist:
Allara - Ngatha Nhawa - I Nanyirr
Mbuso Khoza - Zulu Eliphezulu
Outernational Meltdown - Giya Kasiamore
Nina Simone - Funkier than a mosquito's tweeter
Milan - Body
Izaya Biggs - The Marathon
Brandee Younger - Dust ft Meshell Ndegeocello
Moor Mother - Evening
Yasiin Bey - Life in marvellous times
Keleketla - Shepherd song remix
Luisito Quintero ft Francis Mbappe - Gbagada,Gbagada, Gbogodo.
Africa Express ft Phuzekhemisi - Welcome
Moussa Traoré
A nostalgic musical journey curated by Shoshi & Shubert.
Track List :
Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
Yothu Yindi - Gapu
Toure Kunda - Fiança
Hugh Masekela - Stimela
KRS-One - MC's act like they don't know
Outernational Meltdown - Hungry on arrival
Jr.Gong - 10 000 Chariots
Sniper - La France, itinéraire d'une polémique
Lauren Hill - Final hour
Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious (1998)
Vodou, also spelled Voodoo, Voudou, Vodun, or the French Vaudou is a worldview encompassing philosophy, medicine, justice and religion. Its fundamental principle is that everything is spirit.Humans are spirits who inhabit the visible world. The unseen world is populated by Iwa (spirits), mystè (mysteries), anvizib (the invisibles), Zanj (angels) and the spirit of ancestors. All these spirits are believed to exist in a mythic land called Ginen, a cosmic 'Africa.'
This episode is inspired by the idea Vodou.
Tracklist :
The Soil - Baninzi
Kokoroko - Home
The Last Poets - Music
Albert Ayler - I didn't know what time it was
So Anne - Sali Nago
OBIJAUN & Dylantheinfamous - Jungle Fruit
Rah ft. Zoë Modiga - Desire Marea
Bill Woods - Wharves
WITCH - Kangalaitoito
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
Kwani Experience - Mo Bophelong
Moses Taiwa Molelekwa - Down Rockey Street
Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters - La Lézad
7 Son @ To - Peyi Dèwò
Etta James - If you want me to stay
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We are joined by Botswana-born Boorloo based DJ Sepsi who talks to Shoshi about her childhood memories, musical influences, religion and Sepsi vibes.
Track List :
Ndabo Zulu & Umgidi Ensemble ft. Mbuso Khoza, Linda Sikhakhane, Shane Cooper, Njabulo Shabalala, Siya Charles, Nduduzo Makhatini - Abansundu Nabamhlophe
Bhudaza - Tjontjobina
Mobi Dixon ft Mque - City Rains
Ubuntu Brothers ft S'tukzin da DJ - Purity
Gambino La MG - Bébé
Naza - Vie de César
Izangoma - Ngo Ma
We sat down with emerging Perth Afrobeat DJ SirB to talk about music, parenting and community.
South Sudanese comedian, actor, activist and founder of the South Sudan Comedy Festival, Akau Jambo talks to Jodi and Shoshi about his Australian tour, content creation and the art of telling jokes.
Track List : Nina Simone - Misunderstood
Manana -Umbilical
We chat to up coming stand-up comedian Yetemgeta Mulugeta, known professionally as YETEMGETA about the Perth comedy scene, 'bombing', free drinks and more.
Track list : Black Jesus Experience - E105 (AUS)
Flewnt - Children Of The Files (AUS)
Bootsy Collins - The Jazz Greats (USA)
Izangoma - Ngo Ma (RSA)
Superego - Chrome Face (AUS)
We chat to Cameroon-born, Paris based artist and activist Blick Bassy about Bikutsi 3000, musical influences and identity.
Bikutsi 3000 is part of the Perth Festival and runs from 10-14 February 2023 at The State Theatre in Perth.
Track List:
Blick Bassy - Mpondol
Trio SR9 ft Blick Bassy - One last time
Blick Bassy - Kiki
We share music from the theatre production Black Brass and chat to lead actor Mararo Wangai ( Kenya/Australia) about his song making process with musician Mahamoud Selimane (Mozambique/ Australia)
The OWA crew 6KGB, Costly Konfessions and Jory Youngsta join us in the studio for a chat about new music and their plans for the future.
Track list : Zoë Mediga - Inganekwane
Mararo Wangai and Mahmoud Selimane - Stimela
Vis A Vis - Obi Angye Me Dofo
Costly Konfessions - Family Trees ft Sowdy & Yacku
Jory Younsta - Island cake
Doss & Nino Pa Piu - Chanel
Cymande - Dove
Quadzy - Body
We chat to Kuda Mic and Lisa Watson who represent Boorloo creative group The Outsiders about their latest instalment of 'An evening of African poetry and storytelling' at The Blue Room Theatre from 31/01/23.
Track list: Ziggy Ramo - Black Fella (interlude)
: Bawon Mande - Lakou Badjo
: Dumama + Kechou - Umzi
: Exuma - Exuma, The Obeah Man
We chat to Sierra Leone - born, Western Australian Afro Beat artist Quadzzy about his love for music, family, the Afro Beat scene in Perth and his upcoming EP.
Track List : Hennessy Africa Cypher Freestyle ft Octopizzo, M.anifest and more.
: De La Soul - Royalty Capes
: Quadzzy - Body
: Quatdzzy - Prada
Chisenga Katongo, formerly known as 'Crisis Mr Swagger' is a Perth based Zambian- born multi award winning Hip-Hop artist. He was the first artist to release a Hip-Hop album in Zambia, subsequently becoming one of the top selling artists in that country.He chats to us about his experiences.
Track List:
Priddy Ugly - 30 minutes to Soweto
Touchline - I'll always have me (ft.Veena)
Chisenga - Chateau Petrus
In this episode we take you on a trip to post-colonial Zambia where for roughly ten years the stars aligned perfectly for a number of Zambian artists blending African rhythms, funk, garage and psychedelic rock, allowing them to lead an unparalleled musical movement known as Zamrock.
Track list:
J Dilla - African Rhythm
Peace - Black Power
Musi-O-Tunya & Ricky Ililonga - Mpondolo
Osibisa - Home Affairs
Poverty - Cosmos Zani
Amanaz - Khala my friend
Five Revolutions - Few Bena Zambia
Mike Nyoni - Mad Man
Keith Mlevhu - The bad will die
Eye Q - I am selfish
Ngozi Family - Hold on
Asiko Rock Group - Solo mon a Ndoan
Joni Haastrup - Greetings
MonoMono - Kenimania
We chat to Seattle-born Melbourne based artist Strictly DT about music, family, collaborations, making art in a pandemic , coping with mental health and his new single.
Track List:
Reason - Banana Mavoko
DJ Premier - The root of all (ft Slick Rick & Lil Wayne)
Strictly DT - Drift Away (ft Cle Morgan)
Strictly DT - Note to Self
Samora Pinderhughes - No Plce (ft Marcus Gilmore)
Open Mike Eagle - Hymnal (ft Sammus )
Robert Glasper - Hi (ft India Arie )
Cruz Patterson - Mr Lazy
Deyah - Genesis
Mali Jo$e - Clouds
Madlib - Heritage Sip
Ballaké Sissoko & Baba Sissoko - Sigi Gno Gonya
A moody playlist compiled in the spirit of free expression, kicked off by the voice of Duke Ellington.
Track list:
Miles Davis - Feio (ft. Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea)
Yussef Dayes & Alfa Mist -Love is the message (ft Mansur Brown, Rocco Palladino)
Thandiswa - Kulala
Amir Sulaiman - Close to the sun (ft. Meshell Ndegeocello)
Miles Davis - Madness
Zedsix - My one and only
Kujenga - Kwa MaThusi
Keenan Ahrends - Perseverance
Pharoah Sanders - Africa
Mansur Brown - Touch
Dedicated to the memory of Pharoah Sanders.
We chat to Boorloo - based siblings Doss & Nino Pa Piu about music, collaborations and future projects.
Track List :
Djilpin Arts - Millay Millay ( butterfly)
Moor Mother - Blame (ft. justmadnice)
Superego - O.B.S (ft. Sampa the Great)
Doss & Nino Pa Piu - Crash Out
Ayuba SOQS - Rumble ( ft. Kuda Mic)
D'Angelo - Chicken Grease
Yugen Blakrok - Mars Attack (ft. Cool Keith)
MAVI - Terms and Conditions
Makaya McCraven - Inner Flight
Black Jesus Experience - Tears of the Ancestors.
Interludes by Larry Crestani
We chat to South African music promoter and historian Mzamo about his projects and the state of South African jazz, we also premier 'A HUSTLAZ AMBITION' by Boorloo Hip Hop duo Doss X Nino PaPiu ( this track will be released later this month and you get to hear it here first!). Track list: Dumama + Kechou - Intanka (RSA) Winston Mankunku - Yakhal'inkomo (RSA) Fem Berling - Yakhal'inkomo (Naarm) Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi - Youyou ft Ndombe Opetum (DRC) The SN Project - Afrikanization (RSA) Josh Johnson - Punk (USA) Doss X Nini Pa Piu - Hustlaz Ambition (Boorloo) Mali Jo$e - INTERVENTIONS ft Mick Jenkins (Boorloo) Jewel Owusu - American Honey (Boorloo)
We chat to Western Edge's Nigerian-born actor, spoken word poet and playwright Amarachi Okorom about her upcoming trip to Nigeria to develop a script for her new project. As a critically acclaimed emerging playwright, Amarachi was shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin award, she was also selected for Melbourne Theatre Company's First stage program, Australian Theatre for Young People's National Studio program and Malthouse Theatre's Besen Writer's Group.
We also chat to Nigerian-Australian emerging artist Danny Lanke about his two part, six track debut EP 'Someone's Daughter' which dropped on 29th July 2022.
Track list:
Xênia França - Ancestral Infinito
Luedji Luna ft. Djonga, Plim & DJ Nyack - Saudação Malungo
Yaadcore & Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Play God
Simphiwe Dana - Sabela
Tumi and The Volume - Basement
Irreversible Entanglements - Fireworks
Danny Lanke - Holywood Dreams
Ginger Trill - Frompotchwithlove
Priddy Ugly - Soil
Earl Sweatshirt - 2010
Isaiah Sharkey - Honey Bone
Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta & Mike Ladd - Dou Coula
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Cha Cha
Josh Johnson - Punk
We chat to Melbourne business owner Jose Gonsalves about business, music, travel and life
Track list:
Homeboy Sandman - Stand Up
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Fight so hard
Miriam Makeba - A Luta continua
Luedji Luna - Saudação Malungo
A candid chat and listening session with Melbourne based musician Larry Crestani.
Track list:
Larry Crestani
Asnakech Worku - Tche Belew
Thandi Ntuli - Inkululeko
Cannonball Aderley - Little boy with the sad eyes
Theo Crocker ft Ego Ella May - Something
Nu Fvnk - Curtains
Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba - Ngoni Fola
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocenrics - Cha Cha
Xhanti Nokwali - Intlokomo
Griots of West Africa, thirteenth century Professional musicians of the Mande Empire (present day Southern Mali & Northeastern Guinea), their ancestry can be traced back to the era of Soundiata Keita who founded the Malian Empire. KAYA RADIO looks at how they continue to inspire and influence communities today. Track list: Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Ruby Ballake Sissoko & Baba Sissoko - Sigi Gno Gonya SPAZA - Mangaliso Sobukwe Saul Williams - Experiment Irreversible Entanglements - Fireworks Kwani Experience - Mo Bophelong (in life) Moor Mother - Rap Jasm MAVI - Terms and Conditions SOLO - Jubilee Noligamo Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - Stay Beautiful Moor Mother ft. Melanie Charles - Woody Shaw Tony Allen & Jeff Mills - The Seed Josh Johnson - Punk Arat Kilo, Mamani Keita & Mike Laad - Dou Coula Mzakhe Mbuli - Ukulimala Kwenqondo Phuzekhemisi - Ake Nibabheke Shabalala Rhythm ft Khanyo Maphumulo - Anti wena wenzani?
Dedicated to the memory of Khaya Mshengu.
This episode looks at West African music in the 60's, 70's and 80's and is inspired by the life and Music of Nigerian Funk legend William Ezechukwu Onyeabor. This era of political turmoil and change in African countries and elsewhere, saw the rise Afros, dashikis, blacksploitation films and new found black pride in America. It also gave us these funky tunes from post colonial Africa.
This episode features music by On our own clock, Nduduzo Makhathini, Wayne Snow, Dumama + Kechou , Digital Sangoma and more.
This episode features music by Somi, Ngaiire, Thandiswa Mazwai, NLite, KMD, Sault, Msaki and more.
This episode features the voice of Mama Africa, King Fela, the music of Nicola Cruz, Cesaria Evora, Ajak Kwai, Auntie Flo and more.
This episode features music by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Tumi the Be, Black Jesus Experience, Cruz Patterson, Monkey Marc, Yugen Blakrok, Havana meets Kingston & Mista Savona, Rae Khalil, Doss & Nino Pa’ Piu, and more.
We explore the connection between spiritual and secular music, from African villages to cotton plantations and onto dance floors, rock concerts ,jazz clubs and pop charts. This episode features music by Aretha Franklin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Nina Simone, Thandiswa Mazwai, Camagwini, The Roots, Blu, Blackstar and more.
We chat to Nigerian born artists Ayo & Ayuba about their new track, living in different countries and adapting to life on Australia.
We chat to Kaya about her podcast, living in WA, online dom work and reggae. This episode features music by Sibusile Xaba, Luedji Luna, Roots Manuva, Bob Marley and more.
This episode features music by Simphiwe Dana, Ukweli & Kasha, Busi Mhlongo, Mishelle Ndegeochello, Kwani Experience, Mamas du Congo and more.
Happy 2022! Our first episode for the year features music by Perth hip hop duo DOSS and Nino Pa’ Piu, Mali Jo$e, Zedsix, dumama + kechou , MF DOOM and more. Dedicated to the memory of Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921 -2020), a Zulu traditional healer, artist and author of books that draw upon African mythology and tradition.
We chat to Naseem of Twiga African designs about growing up in Kampala (Uganda), family, ‘the hustle’ ,life in Australia and experiences that would eventually shape his future. This episode features music by Zedsix and Ginger Trill.
This episode features music from Nano Bebebe, Busy Signal, Bokani Dyer, Kokoroko, Urban Village and more. We also chat to Nano about his brand debut single ‘Kill it again’.
We chat to Jamal about sneakers, business and life. This episode also premiers music from Sello Molefi’s upcoming EP titled Morolong.
We speak to FA Vintage Concept co- owner Aymeric Futol, this episode was recorded at their Pier street boutique store. He talks about moving to Perth from France, how they started their business and working with local designers.
We speak to young Nigerian Afrobeat band leader Ade Tunji of Thugs of Lagos about music, their socially conscious music and eagerly anticipated debut single WETIN I SEE. This episode features music by Thugs of Lagos, Shabaka and The Ancestors, Sibusile Xaba, Tony Allen, Les Mamas Du Congo and more.
We speak to Dumi Right of Zimbabwe Legit,hip hop ambassadors that paved the way for African artists in the US. Dumi Right’s single NO TURNING BACK IS OUT NOW!
Mahamudo Selemane is a Perth, WA based musician and world travelled guitarist who has backed local and international acts like Soukouss international, Grace Barbe, Miriam Makeba and Salif Keita. He lets us into his story and shares his music.
Born in Rwanda and now based in Perth WA, Ras Banamungu is a reggae artist and professional musical therapist. He shares his inspirational story with us.This episode features music by Seun Kuti, Sibongile Khumalo, Ras Banamungu, Soukouss International and more.
We look at some of the most sampled music. This episode features music by Tala Marie Andre, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Pete Rock, Yasiin Bey, Nina Simone and more.
Ariel Katzir is a figurative artist from Perth, Western Australia, she talks to us about her art, inspiration and community work.
Sello Molefi is a Melbourne based actor, writer and musician, he has previously travelled with theatre productions such as The Lion King and Madiba The Musical. Sello is also founder of Bokamoso Art Centre in South African where he provides a platform for young creatives to express themselves. He is also the host of Conversations Abroad where he shares the stories of the artists he interacts with.
Mararo Wangai talks about the motivation behind his theatre production Black Brass, shown at the State Theatre WA.
What does reconciliation mean to you? This episode also features music by Asher Gamedze, Cruz Patterson, ToBi, Nonku Phiri and more. We are joined by Noongar radio producer Jodi and youth development and community leader, Imara.
Hailing from Queenstown, Eastern Cape , Yugen stays true to her roots and art form with intricate rhyme schemes, storytelling and griot - like delivery. She talks to us about creativity , music and life in the pandemic era, her influences and the state of hip hop.
We chat to South African born, Geraldton based singer/ songwriter Alexia Parenzee , she talks about hosting Original Music nights , an ongoing music event she founded in order to encourage artists to write and produce original music. Alexia’s new single, Creed and Colour is out on all major streaming platforms.
We chat to Zambian-born Perth Afro pop artist Chondo Tonga about his music, business ventures and his journey from Zambia to Australia. Chondo’s music is out on all music streaming platforms.
In this episode we explore the latest indie music from the African diaspora, we begin in Brazil and make our way to South and East Africa where artists are finding inspiration in their political past and present. We then head to the UK and make our way to west Africa, Australia and the US.
In this episode we chat with former AFL player Héritier Lumumba about growing up in Perth, his AFL career and his fight against institutional racism in the AFL. Héritier’s documentary FAIR GAME is out.
South African born former Khoi Child frontman, DJ and emcee CRUZ PATTERSON talks about his music journey and brand new single ‘BIG TINGS’.
In this week’s episode we interview Zimbabwe-born Perth based emcee KUDAMIC. He Talks about his music, collaborations and his Australian journey.Yes, he brought his contagious positive energy and passion.