Well, you have no excuses for not working off that turkey you gobbled up yesterday. This week on Radio M, plenty of dance party music with a holiday From the Stage with Brave Combo.
Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak sits across the console from Tony Sarabia tonight to share his picks of new releases this month. It's New Sounds featuring tunes from Omara Portuando and 1970's Algerian rai artists.
German DJ Uwe Schmidt is considered the godfather of latino electronica; taking latin rhythms from cha cha and merengue to rumba and spicing it up with sampling and electronics.
November is International Drum Month and so tonight on Radio M music with that big beat. We'll hear the conga, tama, doumbek, darbuka and more. Plus, remembering Yma Sumac.
While you gorge on candy tonight, enjoy some Halloween related shounds on Radio M. Tony Sarabia brings you the Wee Scary Beasties, Schoenberg and other creepy and campy sounds tied to All Hallows Eve.
The Dutch avant punk band the Ex has been around since the late 1970s. The band always had an affinity for folk traditions from around the world and about 15 years ago, the began to get into Ethiopian music.
Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak as been coming on the show every third Friday of the month for more than two years now and his selections are as unpredictable as a Chicago spring. This month's New Sounds segment is no exception; a cut from an Inuit artist.
