Kassava Roots: Recent Episodes
Kassava Roots
Exploring the stories of the sounds of Africa and it's diaspora; roots, connections, pathways, families.
Mick Dagger and Peligro go through their favourite songs from 2020.
Recorded on December 22! Apologies for taking forever to edit and post this!
To mark International Women’s Day, we interviewed recording artist Chel (@itschel), Reggae/Dub selekta Madda Irie (@madda_irie), and young advocate Aisha Setipa (@aishasetipa). They brought in some tracks by the women who inspire them, and so did we.
Peligro, Parice (Pascal and Maurice), the Trap Lord, Stephanie AND Mick Dagger present their favourite love songs for Valentine’s Day!!
"They will walk in two worlds, and their culture will be a gift to their country."
Recorded on 26 January to honour the traditional custodians of the land we live and record on. We share some great work by FIrst Nations artists, and a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and voices.
This is far from hopeless and bleak.
There is a vision and a plan for a better future, and we're all invited to walk beside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this movement.
Peligro was on the airwaves on Diaspora Sounds in December playing new afropop, amapiano and dancehall.
Mick Dagger played on Diaspora Sounds in December, and played us some of his favourite new dancehall and reggae. Diaspora Sounds is on 2xxfm.com.au, or 98.3FM in Canberra, from 9:30pm - 10:30pm on Friday nights!
KR’s Mick Dagger was live with our friends at Diaspora Sounds on 2XX FM in Canberra a couple of weeks ago. He played us an hour of smooth Amapiano: a fresh new sound from South Africa. To read more about Amapiano, check out the blog at www.kassavaroots.com/podcasts/amapiano
Diaspora Sounds is on every Friday night from 9:30 to 10:30pm AEDT/AEST. You can stream it live at www.2xxfm.com.au, or listen on demand for a few weeks after each show, Diaspora Sounds play the freshest afrobeats each week, to get you ready for your weekend!
When a friend asked KR's Roland what music he listens to when he's trying to focus, he didn’t hesitate to say Amapiano. It might seem strange, because it's also great for a party.
This mix was made to demonstrate the driving, motivating aspect of Amapiano.
The sound is so full and balanced that your ears long for nothing else. We find it really harnesses our focus - at once calming and exciting.
Exploring the stories of the sounds of Africa and it's diaspora; roots, connections, pathways, families.
Mick Dagger and Roland chat about Burna Boy's new album. We had plenty to say about it!
We listen to some of the tracks we talk about as we go. This one's chat heavy, but there was lots to discuss. Let us know what you thought of the record at kassavaroots@gmail.com
Mick Dagger and Roland are chatting about Popcaan's new album, Fixtape, on Kassava Roots Reviews.
This episode is a bit different to what you've heard from KR so far. We let the conversation guide the episode, and play music in between so you can hear what we're talking about. In this episode, we put this album in context by talking about Popcaan's back story, before having a look at the album itself.
To celebrate NHC this weekend, we look at some of Caribbean and African influenced music coming out of the UK over the last year
Here's DYP aka Mick Dagger's club mix of Kuduro and Kuduro-influenced tracks from Angola, South Africa and Portugal, from our special on Kuduro.
Send us a message at @kassavaroots on instagram or kassavaroots@gmail.com to find out more about any of the tracks. We'd love to hear from you.
Check out the documentary on our artist profile to find out more about Kuduro!
A special deep dive into Kuduro this episode.
The format is a bit different to the last. It has a 25 minute 'documentary' type section that explores the exciting story of Kuduro, a style of music and dance from Angola.
Then, DYP aka Mick Dagger gives us a ripping 45-minute club mix of beats from Angola, Portugal and South Africa. It baaaaangs.
If you have a moment, check out the short videos in the comments below to get an idea of what Kuduro dance is like - you won't be disappointed.
https://www.nowness.com/story/i-love-kuduro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CkXhtw7UNk
For the day of the francophonie, we're going through some of our favourite styles from French-speaking Africa, and the French-speaking Caribbean. Zouk, makossa, soukous, couper-decaler, afro-trap... some of our favourite styles!