Sawubona futhi abangane!

Our four-hour excursion into THE MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA from 1968-1994 continues as Don Play moves on to the funkier stuff. Yes, there is plenty of Harari to go around!!!

Lucky for you, Don has done the heavy lifting here. Listen and observe how outside influences interact and infiltrate the bubble of institutionalized apartheid, and how South African music evolves into a more unified format that galvanizes separate “homelands” and brings together a nation. This is the soundtrack to a country on the rise. Change is inevitable.

Tracklist for November 5, 2014

01 :: The Syndicate – Pezulu [Soul Brother]
02 :: The Syndicate – Keep On Bumping [Soul Brother]
03 :: Letta Mbulu – Mahlalela (Lazy Bones) [Chisa Records, Inc.]
04 :: Gil-Scott Heron & Brian Jackson – Johannesburg (Long Version) [Arista]
05 :: Rodriguez – This Is Not A Song, It’s An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues [Light In The Attic]
06 :: Dick Khoza – African Jive (Moto) [Matsuli Music / As-Shams]
07 :: The Movers – Phata Phata No.1 [City Special]
08 :: Batsumi – Mamshanyana [Matsuli Music]
09 :: The Movers – Get Down [Black Disco]
10 :: Harari – Musikana [The Sun / As-Shams]
11 :: Harari – Marabi [Gallo]
12 :: Harari – Give [Gallo]
13 :: Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose It Baby (Stretch Mix) [Jive Records]
14 :: Brenda & The Big Dudes – Mirror Mirror [Family]
15 :: Chicco – Stepfather [Roy B. Records]
16 :: Hot Soul Singers – Going Crazy [Third World Music]
17 :: Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night) [Motown]
18 :: Brenda & The Big Dudes – Weekend Special (Drivetime Mix) [Capitol Records]
19 :: Yvonne Chaka Chaka – Stimela [Roy B. Records]
20 :: Jekete – Jekete [Star Music]
21 :: Chimora – Shigomase [Dephon]
22 :: Dalom Kids – Yo-Up [Gallo]
23 :: Kamazu – Fire [Roy B. Records]
24 :: Penny Penny – Shaka Bundu [Awesome Tapes From Africa]