SW Radio Africa music makers
Updated Wednesday 30 May 2008
Gerry Jackson
DOGS OF WAR

The dogs of war are rampaging through Zimbabwe and South Africa and so there's only one kind of music that's appropriate, and that's protest music. Mavis Staples, Steeleye Span, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Faith No More, Cat Stevens, Julie Felix, Michael Franti, Dr. John.
Dogs of War is a phrase from line 270, scene 1, Act 3 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - but you knew that didn't you.
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Contact Gerry: gerry@swradioafrica.com

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Dogs of War
30 May 2008
This Time it's Personal
18 April 2008
Motown
20 March 2008
The Troubadours
20 February 2008
Deep & Meaningful
18 January 2008
Love songs
04 January 2008
TheGod songs
19 December 2007

Brian Chikwava

Retro Africa explores the archives of African music, taking you back in time to those great sounds of yesteryear that encapsulated eras and generations and went on to set the template for modern African contemporary music.  Listen in as Zimbabwean author and winner of the Caine prize for fiction, Brian Chikwava, takes you down memory lane.

 


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Talking Drum
is produced and presented by Les Mommsen and focuses on African Artists living in the Diaspora .

Modeste Hugues
: (http://www.modeste.co.uk) This guitarist and songwriter talks about the unique music and culture from the Island of Madagascar and his life and travels through Europe. Listen

DoreenThobekhile
(www.myspace.com/doreenthobekile) is a South African v ocalist and s ongwriter who talks about life, music and her career that spans decades and continents. Listen

Adriano Adewale (www.adrianoadewale.co.uk) percussionist and c omposer from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He discuss es Afro Brazilian Culture and the music and its roots on the African continent. Listen
Ezra
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda, once the youngest Radio 2 presenter at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation in the nineties ,  takes you way back in time bringing back the good old days with his wide selection of rich African music. He goes down memory lane musically in chimurenga, miseve, pansula, mbaqanga, jit, rhumba to latest kwaito, house music and many more. He still remains people's favourite despite his relocation to UK where he still continues to entertain diasporians in social gatherings and parties. He is well rembered with his award winning programmes like DZEMHURI/EZEMULI, KWAZISO/UKUBINGELELANA, ENGILIKHETHELE ZONA/DZANDAKUSARUDZIRAI and many more ,  where he collected award after award in the nineties before he left Zimbabwe for UK. He loved his job so much and was devasted when he had to call it quits at ZBC after he was forced to produce and present  propaganda programmes which were in support of the evil Zim-Government. Liten and enjoy.


Contact Ezra: ezra@swradioafrica.com

23 April 2008
20 March 2008
Welcome to the Dance Zone with DJ Peter Johns
Peter Johns has been collecting music and Djing for more years than he probably cares to remember. In 1980 he began a weekend residency at the nightclub Scamps, with his mobile disco business running parallel , and in 1981 he joined ZBC Radio 3 . Through his connections in the UK and US he was exposed to emerging trends in music which enabled him to build on his ever-growing music collection. Incorporating international music with local proved to be a great recipe, boosted his radio shows and led to Monday Mellow Madness, UK Top 40, Hit-Pick etc
In 2002, restructuring and changes in policy left him with no choice but to leave the radio station he had served for a great many years .
Email:djpeterjohns@yahoo.co.uk  Website: http://www.djpeterjohns.com
 
Afritude Problem
New York descends on Zimbabwe on our fresh new show.


Afritude Problem goes for that East-Coast swagger, complete with the signature scratches, multi-syllabic rhymes, complex wordplay, a continuous free-flowing delivery, and intricate metaphors.
East coast hip-hop has undergone a series of musical surgeries, from the lyrical subgenre that gave yield to Rakim and Nas, to the conscious approach made famous by Public Enemy, and later the Mafioso rap blueprint popularized by Kool G Rap, Raekwon and AZ, and now back to the lyrical. The influences have rippled across the globe, touching the shores of the Motherland. What then do our Zimbabwean boys have to say?
Well, this calls for the crème de la crème of our top emcees. Giving us that New York swagger is lyricist, Zubz Tha Last Letter, the duo O.U.O, our favourite angry poet Mau Mau and the new blood, Tek Neek and Karizma among others.
That’s Real Talk New York right there if you ask me!

Contact Henry: henry@swradioafrica.com

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