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Javeriana Esterio on PASS Radio
This afternoon PASS connects with afro-colombia between 17h00 and 18h30. Bogota’s own Javeriana Estereo sends us a feed off their live stream,connecting the continent to the South American diaspora.
This special feature explores the sound of modern-day Colombia and how it has been influenced by the music of Africa.
(We trust you can dig the music even if you don’t comprende no spanish). later.
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Passing on Malombo
KWANELE SOSIBO on PASS in the Mail & Guardian Online Sep 25 2010 06:47 As Philip Tabane and his group, Malombo, prepare for takeoff at the annual Pan African Space Station Live in Cape Town next week, Kwanele Sosibo wonders whether the genre’s new guard will venture off in the right direction The sound of Malombo, which has deep roots in Dr Philip Tabane’s Venda culture, has throngs of devotees spanning several generations. Now, a quiet yet concerted resurgence is …
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The Kingdom in the Witches Back Garden
Rhyme & (T)Reason is a Heritage Day acknowledgment that uses the arts to engage with archival material related to the 1956 Treason Trial with specific reference to the Drill Hall site. This is an event hosted by Keleketla in downtown Johannesburg. The use of the audio visual arts and conversation/discussion around themes of Heritage will engage the audience in situ as well as tap into the ‘stream of consciousness’ for the radio audience. Keleketla will connect live with PASS Radio …
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WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT PRESENT. OUR ENGINEER IS LOOKING INTO IT. WE HOPE TO BE BROADCASTING AGAIN SOON. PASS
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Beads for Biko
We got these beads from Sis Malika Ndlovu. We give praises and thanks. ***Black Bead*** Biko was detained and interrogated four times between August 1975 and September 1977 under Apartheid era anti-terrorism legislation. On 21 August 1977 Biko was detained by the Eastern Cape security police and held in Port Elizabeth. >From the Walmer police cells he was taken for interrogation at the security police headquarters. On 7 September “Biko sustained a head injury during interrogation, after which he acted …
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PASS WEEKEND
Officially, weekends don’t start until Friday night but a PASS weekend starts any old time and this time around, the weekend is Nahw. The Writers Stokvel continues where they left off, this week studying “Human Nature/Mother Nature.” He-Jin Kim this weeks host swears that this installment is devoted to all nature, “Whether we talk of orchid frogs or schadenfreude, the Stokkie folk are out to explore this theme whichever way the audience has in itself to contribute.” The Stokvel session …
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Our favorite people
Georgia Anne Muldrow
With a vocal style long abandoned by her contemporaries for cloying Cola pop; Georgia Anne Muldrow summons her lyrical base from a sincerity last heard ringing somewhere around the kitchen sink, the stoep (veranda) and sometimes church. It seems Ms Muldrow demands the same perfectionism in the delivery of her in studio content, designing as she has, her own album covers and with the above video evoking a 70’s television nostalgic grainynes evident in her lyrical excursions. Of her latest …
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Relive the Pas(s)t
I go, we go. The music keeps playing. On the way we keep a log-book, an audio record of impressions, sensations, memories, and new encounters. Missed the ambidextrous verbal exchanges of the Writer’s Stokvel? Simphiwe Dana’s in studio conVERSEation with Jennifer Bryant? Andy William’s vertiginous energy and enormous musical erudition? DalaFlat Music’s musical arch-aeology? DJ Ntone playing with electricity? Kolade’s consciousness-raising word-sound lessons? Replay PASS with the latest PASSCASTS.
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PASSports!!!
The wait for Passes is over. Computicket is now open for you to grab your PASS pass. On the Computicket site search for Pan African Space Station, this will lead you to our events dates and venues, select the show you want to see and purchase your ticket. Playing one night only Theo Parrish at the Albert Hall, Woodstock on the 29th September and Studio Kabako plays at City Hall on the 28th September.
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