From The Heart

DJ Catfish & Sam

Tuesday 8PM-10PM

From the Heart highlights music from the continent of Africa. Tune in for the palm wine guitar, soweto and highlife and stick around for the contemporary sounds of afrobeats and expiremental electronic music from the region.

  • September 26, 2023

    • Vata Mombasa "Pemba Pemba (Ma Fille Préférée)" [En Colère]
    • Mike Nyoni and Born Free "Mukaziwa Chingoni" [My Own Thing]
    • Rikki Ililonga "Sheebeen Queen" [Christophe Lemaire And Now-Again Present: Where Are You From?]
    • Ricky Banda "Yangu E Mwebaleya" [Niwanji Walwa Amwishyo]
    • Lijadu Sisters "Bayi L'ense" [Afro Psych (Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 - 1977)]
    • C.K. Mann & His Carousel 7 "Yeaba" [Yeaba]
    • Pasteur Lappe "Sanaga Calypso" [Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 (Analog Africa No. 23)]
    • Denis Mpunga & Paul K. "Criola" [Criola]
    • Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National "Okwukwe Na Nchekwube" [Okwukwe Na Nchekwube]
    • John Ondolo "Haukutoka Mbinguni" [Hypnotic Guitar of John Ondolo]
    • Nakibembe Embaire Group ". Omukazi Iwe Ongeyengula Nguli Zna Ntyo Bwenkola" [Nakibembe Embaire Group ]
    • Solomon Ilori "Igbesi Aiye - Remastered" [African High Life]
    • Shebele's Band "Tsegenedaye" [Alemayehu Eshete]
    • Sefu Yohannes "Mela Mela" [Hasabe]
    • Unknown Artist "Bernadette II" [Music from The Heart of Africa: Burundi]
    • Tilahun Gessesse "Tezalegn Yetentu" [Sima!]
    • Various Artists "Wondemiye" [Ethiopian Wedding Songs]
    • Hama " Imidiwan N' Assouf" [Imidiwan N'assouf]
    • Bombino "Alwane" [Sahel]
    • Abba Gargando "Etran, Association Des Jeunes" [Laila Je T'aime]
    • Takamba "Hali Diallo" [Takamba]
    • Otim Alpha "Bilaber Cwerocwinya" [Gulu City Anthems]
    • Disco Vumbi "Jo-ducuroma roma" [Wilobo Man]
    • Bembeya Jazz National "Alalaké" [Guinée an XI - Le rendez-vous annuel des grands]
    • Makgona Tsohle Band "Ngikhala Ngiya Baleka, No. 2" [From Marabi to Disco]

  • August 15, 2023

    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Senegal

    • Kalambya Boys "Kivelenge" [Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & '80s)]
    • Mori River Jazz Band "Jane Atieno" [Mori River Jazz Band]
    • The Mombasa Vikings "Mama Matotoya" [Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & '80s)]
    • Mori River Jazz Band "Jo Kimko Odoyo" [Mori River Jazz Band]
    • New Gatanga Sound "Thoni Na Caki" [Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & '80s)]
    • Kali Kali Boys "Mchezo Wa Panya" [The Boys From Nairobi: Benga & Rumba from 1980s Kenya]
    • Kyanganga Boys Band "Ivinda Ya Tene" [The Boys From Nairobi: Benga & Rumba from 1980s Kenya]
    • Kirurumo Boys "Mwendwa Wama" [The Boys From Nairobi: Benga & Rumba from 1980s Kenya]
    • Volta Jazz "BB Peyrissac" [Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta]
    • Les Imbattables Léopards "Ne Toumdé" [Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta]
    • Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star "Tjiranama" [Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta]
    • Amadou Balaké "Renouveau" [Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa No. 10)]
    • Orchestre CVD "Rog Mik Africa" [Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa No. 10)]
    • Afro Soul System "Tink Tank" [Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa No. 10)]
    • Abdoulaye Cissé "Kodjougou" [Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa No. 10)]
    • Sandwidi Pierre "Tond Yabramba" [Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa No. 10)]
    • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band "Juguya" [Juguya]
    • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band "Djanfa" [Juguya]
    • Aby Ngana Diop "Liital" [Liital]
    • Aby Ngana Diop "Dieuleul-Dieuleul" [Aby Ngana Diop Remixes]
    • Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force "Lamb Ji" [Yermande]
    • Dieuf-Dieul De Thies "Aling na djimbe" [Aw Sa Yone, Vol. 1 (Recorded by Moussa Diallo in 1980)]

  • August 01, 2023

    • Azna de L'Ader "Zabaya" [Zabaya]
    • Luka Productions "Forêt" [Falaw]
    • Lipitone "Bougouni Sou" [La Musique Des Maquis - Bon Coin]
    • Yalla Miku "Tortije" [Yalla Miku]
    • N'Gou Bagayoko "Kulu" [Kulu]
    • Namian Sidibé "Nadjan Ka Fala" [Namian Sidibé]
    • Hassan Boussou "Katib Allah" [Gnawa Home Songs]
    • Night Spirit Masters "Baba L'Rouami" [Gnawa Music of Marrakesh]
    • Wau Wau Collectif "Le Paix du Senegal (Instrumental)" [Mariage]
    • Ahl Nana "Adji Kar Teri Miri" [L'Orchestre National Mauritanien]
    • Bola "Burilbunbol Suma" [Volume 7]
    • Nahawa Doumbia "Nianimanjougou" [La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1]
    • Mahmoud Guinia "Mimoun Marhaba" [Marhaba]
    • African Head Charge "Never Regret A Day" [A Trip To Bolgatanga]
    • Fcl "Zom Koom" [This Is Zologo Beat]
    • Yalla Miku "Premier du matin" [Yalla Miku]
    • Nimasaana "Mam Bange Ndaana" [This Is Zologo Beat]
    • Alsarah "Farasha فراشة" [Farasha فراشة]
    • Wau Wau Collectif "Baye Kate" [Mariage]
    • Yao Bobby "Diamonds" [Diamonds]
    • Art Melody "Krasha" [Zound Zandé]
    • Rey Sapienz "Na Zala Zala" [Na Zala Zala]
    • Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers "Somanti" [Somanti]
    • Mamaki Boys "Kagani Kagani" [Kagani Kagani]
    • DJ Nigga Fox "5 Violinos" [Cartas Na Manga]
    • Nakibembe Embaire Group "133" [Nakibembe Embaire Group]

  • July 18, 2023

    Raï, Kora, and Assorted Delights

    • Hocine Chaoui "Khalini rouh" [Tselouni]
    • Boutaiba S'Ghir "La S'Mahliki" [Boutaiba S'Ghir]
    • Boutaiba S'Ghir "Ya Chaki" [Boutaiba S'Ghir]
    • Cheb Mohamed S'Ghir "Oualeftek" [Mali Tedjrib]
    • Cheb Mohamed S'Ghir "Daouha Aalia" [Chibani Djri El Bentek]
    • Fella Ababsa "Fik Ya Aachek Ezine" [Fik Ya Achek Ezzine]
    • Hamid Al Shaeri "Weyn Ayamak Weyn" [The SLAM! Years: 1983 - 1988 (Habibi Funk 018)]
    • Slimane Azem "Thamourthiou Azizen" [Le maître de la chanson kabyle]
    • Cheb Zahouani "Malade Mental" [Samra]
    • Cheb Khaled "S'hab El Baroud" [S'hab El Baroud]
    • Tata Bambo Kouyaté " Diadie Diawara" [Djely Mousso]
    • Alhaji Bai Konte "Alla L'aa Ke" [Kora Melodies From The Republic Of The Gambia, West Africa]
    • Mandingo Griot Society "Mamamaneh" [Mandingo Griot Society]
    • Le Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou "Dina waliji" [Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou]
    • Fanta Damba "Malamine" [Fanta Damba]
    • Les Filles de Illighadad "Achabiba" [Les Filles de Illighadad]
    • Unknown Artist "Boloba" [Yan Mari Yo | Folkloric Griots Of Guinea]
    • Madina N'Diaye "Moussow" [Bimogow]
    • Ba Cissoko "Djelia" [Djeli]
    • Ballaké Sissoko "Demba Kunda" [Djourou]

  • July 04, 2023

    • Tabu Ley Rochereau "Hafi Deo" [Mangase / Hafi Deo]
    • Kondi Band "Belle Wahallah" [Belle Wahallah]
    • Bibi Tanga & The Selenites "Be Africa" [Dunya]
    • Orlando Julius "Disco Hi-Life - 2009 Edit" [Disco Hi-Life]
    • Pagadeja "Okpe See" [Afro-Beat Airways]
    • Waaberi Band "Oktoobar Waatee? Waa Taayadii (What's October? It's Ours)" [Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa]
    • Iftin Band "Deriskaagi waa kugu Jahowareeray (Your Neighbor is Confused About You)" [Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions]
    • Gacaltooyo Band "Ninkaan Ogayn (He Who Does Not Know)" [Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa]
    • Dur-Dur Band "Jaajumoow Jees" [Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks (Analog Africa No. 27)]
    • Mlimani Park Orchestra "Nawashukuru Wazazi Wangu" [Zanzibara 5: Hot In Dar (The Sound of Tanzania 1978-1983)]
    • Mbaraka Mwinshehe "Choyo Uache" [Shida]
    • Mlimani Park Orchestra "Taxi Driver" [Zanzibara 5: Hot In Dar (The Sound of Tanzania 1978-1983)]
    • Zuhura & Party "Ya Zamani" [Singe Tema]
    • Zein Musical Party "Nisaidie Mpenzi" [Zanzibara 10: First Modern, Taarab Vibes From Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990]
    • Malika & Party "Si Bure Mambo" [Zanzibara 10: First Modern, Taarab Vibes From Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990]
    • Comorian "Mama (Once, We Had a Queen)" [We Are an Island, but We're Not Alone]
    • New Tutenkhamen "Ane Nungo" [I Wish You Were Mine]
    • Gilberte "Serre Serre Pas" [Ote Maloya]
    • Michou "Maloya Ton Tisane" [Ote Maloya]
    • Lélou "Capito" [Capito / Léti Pommé]
    • Claudio "Bhai Aboo" [Soul Sok Séga]
    • Roger Georges "Mama" [Alefa Madagascar]

  • June 20, 2023

    Nigeria - Zimbabwe - The Gambia

    • King Sunny Ade "Synchro Feelings - Ilako" [Synchro System]
    • Babatunde Olatunji "Oyin Momo Ado (Oh-Yin-Maw-Maw-Ah-Dough" [Drums Of Passion]
    • Ali Chukwumah & His Peace Makers International "Henrietta" [Ali Chukwumah & His Peace Makers International]
    • Osakpamwan Ohenhen & His Feelings "Aghonghon" [Return of Ohenhen]
    • Eji Oyewole "Me & You" [Me & You]
    • St. Augustine Anwuzia Ishiekpe "Chief E. C. Osammor" [Golden Hits Volume 1]
    • Dumi And The Maraire Marimba Ensemble "Minanzi Ye Zimbabwe" [Chiwoniso: Music of Zimbabwe]
    • Ephat Mujuru "Mutamba" [Master Of Mbira From Zimbabwe]
    • Dumisani Maraire "Tichazomunona" [Tichazomuona]
    • Dumisani Maraire "Zanu Inokuperekedza" [Tichazomuona]
    • Forward Kwenda "Chipindura" [Chawapiwa]
    • Garikayi Tirikoti "Sekuru Jekanyika" [Madzitate Guru]
    • Dorothy Masuka "Khauleza" [London Is the Place for Me 4]
    • Dorothy Masuka "Zoo Lake" [London Is the Place for Me 4]
    • Hallelujah Chicken Run Band "Chaminuka Mukuru" [4-Track Recording Session (Analog Africa No. 1)]
    • Hallelujah Chicken Run Band "Alikulila" [4-Track Recording Session (Analog Africa No. 1)]
    • Zimba "Baleka - Long Version" [Baleka]
    • Emma Ogosi "We Can Work It Out" [Sweet Love]
    • Sani Danja "Baban Riga" [Harafin So: Bollywood Inspired Film Music From Hausa Nigeria]
    • Maryam Olomi "Aure" [Harafin So: Bollywood Inspired Film Music From Hausa Nigeria]
    • Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe And His Nigeria Sound Makers International " Ndi Dum Tufu Dum Cho" [ Ndi Dum Tufu Dum Cho '83]

  • June 06, 2023

    Ghana--Guinea--Ethiopia

    • K. Frimpong And His Cubanos Fiesta "Me Yee Owu Den" [Me Da A Onnda]
    • Ebo Taylor "Maye Omama" [My Love and Music]
    • Itadi "Live In Another World" [Watch Your Life]
    • Obo Addy "Dzainsu" [African American]
    • Fra Fra "Naked (You Enter & Leave This World)" [Funeral Songs]
    • Balla Et Ses Balladins "Bambo" [Objectif perfection]
    • Kade Diawara "Nanibaly" [L'archange du manding]
    • Orchestre de la Paillote "Kadia Blues" [The Syliphone Years]
    • Camayenne Sofa "Könönin" [Discothèque 74]
    • Sory Kandia Kouyaté "Toubaka" [Grand prix du disque 1970]
    • Le Palm-Jazz de Macenta "Leyla" [Les palmes du succès]
    • Bembeya Jazz National "Kana Sarakabo" [Discothèque 76]
    • Pivi et les Balladins "Samba" [Pleins feux sur les artistes du peuple, vol. 2 (Compilation guinéenne)]
    • Syli Authentic "Fabara" [Dans l'arène]
    • Orchestre de Labe "Jrda" [Pleins feux sur les artistes du peuple, vol. 2 (Compilation guinéenne)]
    • Demba Camara "Exhumation folklorique" [Discothèque 70]
    • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru "Homesickness" [Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru]
    • Sosena Gebre Eyesus "Aser Awetar (Instrument Of Ten Strings)" [Sosena Gebre Eyesus]
    • Asnaké Gèbrèyès "Eski Beke Ney" [Ahadu]
    • Sami Berhane "Enqu Teff" [Sami Berhane]
    • Yishak Banjaw "Segno Sra Allebign" [Love Songs Vol. 2]