21 Oct 2022

Music reviewer Grant Smithies

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am on 21 October 2022
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From Melancholy, dream-like ballads to post-punk surf instrumentals, Israeli singer/ guitarist Charlie Megira covered a lot of musical ground before his suicide in 2016.

We hear two key tracks from him today, alongside an 80s classic from Auckland soul/ ska pioneers The Newmatics and some bracing Kenyan funk from Jimmy Mawi.