Shows
Girl Rock 10/3/2023 PUNKTOBER!!!
Hot Topic // Le Tigre
Hitch-hike // Kleenex
Nasty Man// Doll Skin
Too Many Creeps // Bush Tetras
You Can’t Change Me // Fea
Typical Girls // The Slits
And Breeding // Priests
Late Stage Solution // Diode
Muerte en Paraiso // Mujeres Podridas
Back to Reaction // Surfbort
Pretend We’re Dead // L7
Kung Fu on the Internet // Lung Leg
Les Be in Love // Surfbort
Outta My Mind // Doll Skin
Greedy Goblin // Judy and the Jerks
Girl Germs // Bratmobile
Kiss Me Girl // Hands Off Gretel
Dead to Me // Scowl
Cat Call // The Side Eyes
Losing Weight // Cloud Rat
Fear // Selective Aggression
I Believe You// White Lung
continental drift 10/2/23 – ghana
Welcome to Continental Drift, everyone! This week, we’ll be traveling to Ghana! You can find the playlist here and listen to the episode here.
The Republic of Ghana is a West African country bordered by Burkina Faso to the north, Côte D’ivoire to the west, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South. Its capital is Accra, and with a population of around 34 million, Ghana is the 48th most populous country in the world and the second most populous African country, behind only Nigeria. The official language of Ghana is English, but Ghana is vastly multiethnic and contains various national languages recognized by the Ghanaian government such as Twi, Ewe, Fante, and numerous others.
Ghanaian traditional music differs based on which part of the country you’re in; in the north, traditional music acts very similar to other African countries in the same sort of geographic region; you get lots of melodic music played on a variety of instruments, and like other African countries, northern Ghana has a history of the performance of griots, who were kind of like a caste of bards who would alternately serve as advisors, storytellers, musicians, and oral recordkeepers. Very cool stuff!
In the south, where there would be more urbanization due to being near a water source, you get music that’s more closely related to social functions, which means inevitably a good portion of it will be dancing music. Tonight’s first song is music for an adowa dance, and adowa is performed at all sorts of cultural events from weddings to funerals, with specific movements meant to communicate different emotional states. Other dances, like kete, exist as well, fulfilling different roles within the social atmosphere.
Traditional Music Segment:
Adowa: Mpre // Yiadom Boakye and Manhyia Tete Nwomkoro
Kete: Kyenkyehene // Kete Children’s Group and Mr. PK Attah
In addition to traditional music, Ghanaian music of more recent origin also exists. Perhaps the best-known Ghanaian music genre is called highlife; it involves an underlying guitar melody played over a rhythmic percussion part that sounds very similar to the Cuban clave percussion pattern. Highlife particularly got really big after World War 2, and many groups began to emulate it, not just in Ghana, but also in Nigeria and London.
E.T. Mensah (not to be confused with the politician of the same name), regarded as the King of Highlife.
Highlife Segment
Son of Africa // Kwamalah Quaye Sextetto Africana
205 // E.T. Mensah
Highlife // Yiadom Boakye and Manhyia Tete Nwomkoro
OK so in a sort of reversal of this last segment, we’re now going to feature a genre which isn’t native to Ghana, but which gained some level of prominence in it; specifically, we’re talking about Afrobeat, which is like this sort of mix of a bunch of different genres (including highlife!) but mainly influenced by funk and soul. It was developed in the ‘60s in Nigeria, but it definitely sort of diffused to other areas in Africa, Ghana included.
Afrobeat Segment
Afe Ato Yen Bio // De Frank and His Professionals
Obiara Wondo // The Cutlass Band
In the ‘60s, when rock and roll made its way to Ghana, young musicians in Accra were like “hey I actually kinda like this” and developed kpanlogo (named after the type of drums used in the music), a new type of dance influenced by rock and roll, but still very much musically rooted in traditional instruments and performance styles. It was a bit of a mixing of the old and the new, sort of. And this would’ve been very soon after Ghana got its independence from Great Britain in the late ‘50s, so in a sense it can also serve as a sort of transitional marker for Ghanaian musical history and political history.
Kpanlogo Segment
Kpanlogo // Elikeh
Kpanlogo // The Peace Brass Band Drummers
Kpanlogo wasn’t the only adaptation of old styles of dance, though. One of the more recent music genres from Ghana is called Azonto, which is believed to have its roots in an older dance called Apaa, which is centered around hand movements that sort of mime everyday activities. I realize that maybe radio isn’t the best way to explain performance genres that heavily involve a visual component, but y’know what, that’s why we have this blog post, so it’s no skin off my back.
A group of Ghanaian youths performing an Azonto dance
Azonto Segment
You Go Kill Me // Sarkodie and E.L
Twaame Lala // Stay Jay
Move to Da Gyal Dem – Sarkodie Mix // Donae’o, Sarkodie
Honestly I Just Wanted An Excuse to Play This One
Waiting for My Baby // De Frank and His Professionals
mode8 #34: eating the DS cartridges because they didn’t taste bitter back then
I got some requests from Sarah (at WUOG 🤮) and Elise (WREK 🤩) to play some tracks from Barbie, Style Savvy, and the like — and I combined it with some of my personal DS nostalgia. Enjoy!
Apartment Theme // Style Savvy
A Night To Study // McDonald’s eCrew Development Program
Online Zone // Bomberman 2 DS
Map (Day) // Tomodachi Life
Main Theme // Scribblenauts
Happy Seafloor // Mario Party 5
Bus Building Bonanza // Spongebob: Atlantis Squarepantis
Build A Giant Snowman // Club Penguin: Game Day!
Bit of a Pumper // Barbie Fashion Show
Bedroom // Hannah Montana DS
Florida // Barbie Vacation Adventure SNES
Welcome to Wi-Fisland // Contact
Title // WarioWare: Touched!
Pop Fashion Show // Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Tokyo // Barbie: Jet, Set, and Style!
Style Savvy: Trendsetters // Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Intro // Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped!
Credits // The Aly and AJ Adventure
Global Terminal // Pokemon Black and White
girl rock! 9/26/23
This Week, Girl Rock! shows how different our co-hosts’ music tastes are, as we split the music by which co-host added it and let Emerson, Abby, and Alexa explain why they added each song.
Emergency Contact // IAN SWEET
Here Forever // buffchick
Erotomania // Be Your Own Pet
Control // Mannequin P***y
Woke Up (feat. Olivia Olson, Zuzu) // Adventure Time, Olivia Olson, Zuzu
Hunter // Jess Williamson
I Was Blue, Technicolour Too // SOAK
Kill Of The Night // Gin Wigmore
Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues // Larkin Poe
Paris (Ooh La La) // Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Got Your Number // Serena Ryder
Volcano Girls // Veruca Salt
ur so pretty // Wasia Project
Strawberry // Sabrina Song
just me (demo) // Rin
Nothing But Mine // Billie Marten
lovergirl // saturra
Mystery // Jesse Jo Stark
Wings // So!YoON!, Phum Viphurit
Gold Soundz 9.26.23: songs carson will play at his wedding
Thank you for listening to Gold Soundz tonight, where we celebrated carson’s big news by playing all the songs he will play at his wedding! A collection of indie rock/hipster pop love songs that anyone can do their first dance to or fist pump the night away!
Lifetime // Faye Webster
My Love Mine All Mine // Mitski
Only Heart // John Andrews & The Yawns
Sometimes Sharp // Very Good Band
Wedding Bell // Beach House
Maps // Yeah Yeah Yeahs
At Last // Etta James
feels like a home // Spooky Stork
Archie, Marry Me // Alvvays
When I’m With You // Best Coast
Best Part (feat H.E.R.) // Daniel Caesar, H.E.R.
Much Better Off // Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
FAMJAM4000 // Jordan Ward
Indiana // Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek
barking dog // Scout
Baby I’m Yours // Arctic Monkeys
