Music 101 for Saturday 12 August 2023

 

Nau mai haere mai, welcome to Music 101 with Charlotte Ryan for 12 August 2023 

 

Skip to songs played on the show today.

 

Check out RNZ's DJ Sticky Fingaz selects 50 Songs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. 

 

1.20  50 Years of Hip Hop with Author and Hip Hop historian Jeff Chang  

Today and for the rest of August we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. It was 50 years ago on the 11th August in 1973 - DJ Kool Herc and his sister put on a party in the Bronx, NYC and the rest is history.

Jeff Chang has written extensively on Culture, politics, the arts and music. His book - 'CANT STOP WONT STOP' - A HISTORY OF THE HIP HOP GENERATION  has become one of the essential readings on the beginnings of hip hop. 
He has interviewed DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, he is also the man to speak to about political and social nature of the time - the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the beginning of hip hop.

Charlotte Ryan spoke to hip hop historian JEFF CHANG from his home in California 

1.35  Music Tributes - Rodriguez, Robbie Robertson & Bernie Griffen

This week has sadly seen the passing of three great pillars of the music realm both locally and internationally. 

On Wednesday night came the news of the death of local legend Bernie Griffen aged 72,  the next day we heard of American singer songwriter Sixto Rodriguez's aka The 'Sugar Man' passing aged 81  and 'The Band's' guitarist and songwriting force Robbie Robertson also died aged 80.

Nick Atkinson will join us live in Studio to pay tribute with us and share his memories of being backstage of the Auckland Rodriguez concert in 2013.

2.00 Rapper Melodownz wins big at the Pacific Music Awards

Bronson Price, known as musician Melodownz, is a New Zealand MC, rapper and poet from Avondale, Auckland. He's the first act signed to the Kiwi arm of legendary hip-hop label Def Jam 

On Wednesday night his week he was the top winner at the 2023 Pacific Music Awards  - Winning Best Pacific Male Artist, Best Pacific Music Video, and Best Pacific Music Album Award for Lone Wolf.

We chat to him about his big year - collaborating with Bootsy Collins, discovering Hip Hop and winning big at the Pacific Media Awards.

2.30 Sampler :  Strawpeople and Sofia Machray 

This week Tony Stamp reviews two local releases, the debut EP from Te Whanganui-a-Tara songwriter Sofia Machray and the return of the local trailblazers Strawpeople.

3:20 Introducing:  Nicholas Joseph 

Nicholas Joseph is the project of Nicholas Walsh, a Kirikiriroa / Hamilton based singer and multi-instrumentalist who cut his teeth as the bass player for post punk trio Vacants, and as front person for the band Deer Park.

Now making music under his own name, Nicholas is set to release his debut album next month through  ‘Sonorous Circle’ Records.

3.30 De La Soul -  LIVE from WOMAD

Celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop - we have had so many requests to play some De La Soul.
De La Soul - a live recording of them playing at WOMAD NZ in 2016.. Without a doubt, for much of the audience, one of the most highly anticipated shows of WOMAD 2016.

Recorded by Darryl Stack for RNZ - We play the Grammy Award winning New York Hip Hop pioneers, De La Soul performing live at WOMAD 2016.

4.00pm Mixtape Bernie Griffin- Replay

Singer-songwriter, self-proclaimed rascal and longtime NZ folk and country music advocate Bernie Griffen joins Melody Thomas for a candid conversation about recovering from addiction, guided by some of the music that has played alongside him.

Bernie's Mixtape songs are: 

The Delmore Brothers -Singing My Troubles Away
Old School Freight Train - Heart Of Glass
The Gun Club - House On Highland Avenue
Rolling Stones Sweet Virginia
Johnny Cash -Five Feet High And Rising
Pixie Williams - Blue Smoke 

Songs played on the show today:

1-2
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Weight Watchers 
Interview: Jeff Chang
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Victoria Kelly and Simon O'Neill - Requiem: II . Requiem - Sam Hunt
Roger Waters - Money (2023 version) 
Rodriguez (Sixto Rodriguez) - Cause
Bernie Griffen & The Grifters - 29 Diamonds [Pike River]

2-3
The Circling Sun - Spirits (Part 2)
Missy Elliott - Work It 
Sisters Underground - In The Neighbourhood
Stereo MC’s - Connected
Interview: Melodownz
Outkast - Spottieottiedopaliscious
The Roots & Cody ChesnuTT - The Seed (2.0) [Radio Version]
The Sampler -  Knucklebones by Strawpeople
The Sampler - Language of Flowers by Sofia Machray  
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World

3-4
King Kapisi -   Reverse Resistance
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
The Sweet inspirations - I'm Blue
Introducing: Nicolas Joseph 
Sheelahroc & Ladi6 - If I Gave U Th' Mic
Live from WOMAD De La Soul 
Fun^Da^Mental (Fundamental) - Mother Africa Feeding Sista India

4-5

The Delmore Brothers -Singing My Troubles Away
Old School Freight Train - Heart Of Glass
The Gun Club - House On Highland Avenue
Rolling Stones Sweet Virginia
Johnny Cash -Five Feet High And Rising
Pixie Williams - Blue Smoke