Pass Radio
New musical territories
Digging in the PASS archives to bring you genre-busting sounds from global Africa.
Tonight we broadcast live from Tagore’s Jazz Bar in Obs, Cape Town from 9.30pm. Tune in for Spha Mdlalose mixing shebeen-styled fire through souful gospel grooves, Sarah Vaughan-like sophistication and Ella-edged beboppers.
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Johnny Cradle
Fusing the intricate head-nodding beats of hip-hop legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and with the other-worldly Xhosa harmonies of his native Eastern Cape, Johnny Cradle is something of an enigma. Describing his sound as roots electronica fitting “right between Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the nerd scoring virtual bleeps on the computer screen,” Cradle is a beat technician with the dexterity of a turntablist, a punk with the bleeding heart of a soul star and a rapper with the vision of a poet. …
From the vaults
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Angels & Demons at Play
Reza Khota
Eastern rhythms collide with jazzy improvisation… Guitarist and composer Reza Khota mines the musical links that criss-cross the Mediterranean and Indian oceans. More on Reza here.
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From the PASS Archive
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Adamu da Silva quartet
Angolan singer song writer and musician Adamu da Silva is a musical nomad, a mistral who has called Congo, DR Congo Gabon, Cameroon and Namibia and South Africa home. Along the way he’s shared stages with African giants Manu Dibango, Salif Keita, Ismael Lo, and has supported Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Tracy Chapmen on tour. His trio captures this wandering spirit fusing Afro-Latin with high-energy Semba, kwasa kwasa, afro-beat, jazz and more into a pan-global sound.
It’s only music…
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