Macho City Yacht Rock Edition Playlist 8/11/10

This week, Len Bias came on the show. We've packed in a lot of gigs together while he's visiting the States. This weekend we're spinning at The Sweet Exorcist Friday The 13th Party, with Andujar, at Hope & Olive on Hope Street, in downtown Greenfield, MA. Sunday, we present Yacht Rock: A Night of Really Smooth Music at Elevens on Pleasant Street, in downtown Northampton, MA. We devoted this week's Macho City to celebrating the raw power of really smooth music.














Here's the playlist for Macho City on 8/11/2010.

ELO - Prologue
William Stuckey - Disco Fly
Hall & Oates - Adult Education
Quiet Village - Broken Promises
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Doobie Brothers - Wheels Of Fortune
Return To Forever - Sorceress






Len Bias takes over

Takanaka - Sail On Fire
Chris Rey - On The Beach (Todd Terje edit)
Takanaka - Illusion
William Pitt - City Lights
Michael Shrieve - Transfer Station Blue
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Double - Woman of the World (Todd Terje edit)
Andreas Vollenwieder - Belladonna (Todd Terje edit)

I get back on the decks

Loggins & Messina - Angry Eyes
Steely Dan - FM
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That
Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
James Ingram - Ya Mo B There
Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom
Lenny White - My Turn To Love You (dub)
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
Toto - Georgie Porgy
Steve Miller Band - Macho City

Macho City airs every Wednesday 5:30-8PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.

Queer Energy playlist 8/10/10

I filled in for Queer Energy on WMUA, playing classic gay dance music. Queer Energy is hosted by Suzan Seymour of Pride Promotions based in Northampton, MA http://nohopridepromos.com. Suzan regularly hosts LGBT events around the Pioneer Valley, throws big dance parties. Her show airs every Tuesday from 5:30-8PM EST.

Here's the playlist for Queer Energy on 8/10/10

Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
Jimmy Bo Horne - Spank
Horse Meat Disco - Don't Go In The Bushes
Love Machine - Sex-O-Sonic
Skatt Bros - Walk The Night
Chicago - I'm A Man
Patrick Cowley - Menergy
Paul Parker - Right On Target
Sylvester - Do You Wann Funk
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Macho - I'm A Man
Musique - In The Bush
Machine - There But for The Grace Of God Go I
Revanche - 1979 It's Dancing Time
Sylvester - I Need Someone To Love Tonight

Soul Makossa Playlist 7/29/10

Here's the playlist for Soul Makossa on 7/29/2010.

Lafayete Afro Rock Band - Soul Makossa
Howard Wales - Rendezvous With The Sun
Claude Larson - Mosquito
Andreas Vollenweider - Caverna Magica
Andreas Vollenweider - Mandragora
Andreas Vollenweider - Lunar Pond
Andreas Vollenweider - Schajah Saretosh
Andreas Vollenweider - Sena Stanjena?
Massada - Impulse Of Rhythm
Massada - There's No Time To Return
Irakere - Ilya
Tony Allen - Alutere
William Onyeabor - Body and Soul
Tony Allen - Afro Disco Beat
Brigth Engelberts - Get Together
Geraldo Pino - Let Them Talk
Dennis Ferrer - Dem People Go
Fela Kuti - Lady
Tunde Williams - Mr. Big Mouth
Akoya Afrobeat - Fela Dey
Kongas - Anikini-O

Soul Makossa airs every Thursday 12-2:30PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.

Macho City Playlist 7/28/10

My brother just brought me a bunch of Japanese records, so I had to throw a few of them into tonight's mix. Here's the playlist for Macho City on 7/28/2010.

ELO - Prologue
William Stuckey - Disco Fly
Jimmy Castor - Bertha Butt Boogie
Mariko Tone - The Heat Of The City
(someone Japanese, I can't read it) - Show Me
Anri - Good Bye Boogie Dance
Toshiki Kadomatsu - Tokyo Tower
Sabu - We're Gonna Rock
Colonel Abrams - Trapped (dub)
Kimiko Kasai - The Right Place
Nick Straker - You Know I Like It (instrumental)
Ago - You Make Me Do It
Electric Mind - Pick Me Up (Can We Go)
Fantasy - You're Too Late
Gee Gee & Gym Band - Majickaboola
Bandolero - Paris Latino
DD Sound - Burning Love
Boney M - Sunny
Rocking Horse - Love Do Me Right (Rub n Tug edit)
Gi Gi Flag - Nymphomaniac (instrumental)
Chateau Flight - Superflight (Maurice Fulton remix)
Pacific Blue - Argentina Forever
Lee Ritenour - Countdown (Beat Broker edit)
Dennis Parker - Like An Eagle
Jimi Hendrix - If 6 was 9
Ganymed - Hyperspace
Vivien Vee - Alright
Alexander Robotnik - Problemes D'Amour
Charlie - Spacer Woman
Steve Miller Band - Macho City

Macho City airs every Wednesday 5:30-8PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.

Soul Makossa Playlist 7/22/10

This week on Soul Makossa, I spent most of the first hour promoting for the Zozo Afrobeat show this Saturday, 7/24/10, at Elevens Night Club, in Northampton, MA. Zozo Afrobeat features Kaleta the guitarist from Fela Kuti's Egypt 80 band. The event page for the party is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=116279111746371&ref=ts. Here's the playlist for Soul Makossa on 7/22/2010.





Nairobi - Funky Soul Makossa
Hugh Masakela - Lady (remix) (thanks for Giovanny Zuniga for hooking me up with this one)
Risan - Eastern Palace
Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat - Country Of Guns
Fela Kuti - Egbe Mi O
Shokazoba - Time To Move (live in Northampton, MA 6/11/10)
Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat - Get Up
Femi Kuti - Truth Don Die
Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat - Fimile (Live and Let Live)
Fela! Broadway Cast Recording - Teacher
Seun Kuti - Fire Dance
Zeb - Revolutionary Dreams
The Hygrades - In The Jungle (instrumental)
Grupo Fantasma - Arana Cuna
Orgone - The Last Fool
Manu Dibango - Big Blow
Toure Kunda - Courrier
Geraldo Pino - African Hustle
Michael Leonhart & the Avramina 7 - Madhouse Mumbai
Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Horsie
Boozoo Bajou - Camioux
Sunny Ade - Ja Fun Mi (instrumental)
Shiela Hylton - The Bed's Too Big Without You


Soul Makossa airs every Thursday 12-2:30PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.

Macho City Playlist 7/21/10

This week on Macho City, Giovanny Zuniga came down to spin some tracks. Check out Giovanny's stock for sale at http://www.discogs.com/user/spinthatrecords. Here's the playlist for Macho City on 7/21/2010.

ELO - Prologue
William Stuckey - Disco Fly
Chocolat - King of Clubs
Michael Leonhart and the Avramina 7 - Seahorse and the Storyteller
Kaleta and Zozo Afrobeat - Get Up (in promotion of their upcoming gig 7/24 at Elevens Night Club in Northampton, MA)
Fela Kuti - Black Man's Cry
Kaleta and Zozo Afrobeat - Country of Guns (in promotion of their upcoming gig 7/24 at Elevens Night Club in Northampton, MA)
Grupo Fantasma - Realizando
Patrice Rushen - Number One

Giovanny takes over

Fat - Bistro City
Roberto Roeno y su Apollo Sound - Sing A Simple Song
Hugh Masekela - Lady
Mahogany - Ride On The Rhythm (dub)
Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music
Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk
Terrah - Happened Overnight (instrumental)
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Bohannon - Let's Start II Dance Again
Electrik Funk - On A Journey (I Sing The Funk Electric)
Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid
Debbie Harry - Rush Rush

I jump on for the last few

M+M - Black Stations White Stations
Veronique - Forget Me Nots (french)
Conquest - Body Movement (dub)
Toto - Georgy Porgy (by request)
Steve Miller Band - Macho City








Macho City airs every Wednesday 5:30-8PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.

Soul Makossa Playlist 7/15/10

Here's the playlist for Soul Makossa on 7/8/2010.

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Urszula Sipińska - Fortepian W Rzece
Charanga 76 - Music Trance
Duke - Is It Groovy Now
Brigth Engelberts - Get Together
Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears, & Blood
K. Frimpong & His Noble Kings - Noble Kings (Yako Aba)
Grupo Fantasma - Telarana
Joe Arroyo y la Verdad - La Noche
New York Super Stars - Force De Frappe
Irakere - Anung Anunga
Panama - Long Train Running
Femi Kuti - What Will Tomorrow Bring (Joe Clausel mix)
Salif Kieta - Madan (Martin Solveig remix)
Supermax - African Blood
A Hundred Birds - Batonga
Afro Medusa - Pasilda (Problematic mix)
Maxx Penn & Nook & Cranny - Salsa Picante
Blue Ronda a la Turk - Me and Mr. Sanchez
DJ Michael Flume - Agolele
Sahara All Stars - Take Your Soul
Toubabou - Ambush
Lord Rhaburn Combo - Disco Connection
Salif Keita - Sumun
El Chicano - Viva Tirado Otra Vez
El Chicano - Mas Zacate

Soul Makossa airs every Thursday 12-2:30PM EST on WMUA 91.1FM. You can also listen online at www.wmua.org.