95bFM: Travelling Tunes

Rosetta chats to Dr. Kirsten Zemke about music you may find on Quincy Jones' luxury cruiser, affectionately dubbed 'black yacht rock'. Smooth, polished, jazz-influenced R&B and soul by Black artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Layered harmonies, electric keys, and sophisticated production.

Featuring:

Lou Rawls - You’ll Never Find

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

Smokey Robinson - Cruisin’

For Travelling Tunes this week, Dr Kirsten Zemke yarns with Johnny about Brazilian psychedelia. A cultural and musical movement that sprouted in the late 1960s, which combined traditional Brazilian rhythms like samba and bossa nova with psychedelic rock, pop, and Avant-garde. The lyrics featured irony, surreal poetry, and social commentary. Featuring:

Gal Costa - Cinema Olympia (1969)

Secos & Molhados - Assim Assado (1973)

Zé Ramalho and Lula Côrtes - Pedra Templo Animal (Água) (1975)

For Travelling Tunes this week, Dr Kirsten Zemke chats to Rosetta about the rising artistic movement of 'Pasifika Futurism', centering pasifika peoples and ideologies amongst contemporary electronic music in a post-colonial, sci-fi lens of the past, present and beyond.

For Travelling Tunes this week, Dr Kirsten Zemke chats to Rosetta about Chinese protest songs throughout the decades and how artists skirt around strict censorship. Whakarongo tonu mai!

For Travelling Tunes this week, Dr Kirsten Zemke chats to Rosetta about jazz vocal harmony groups! Whakarongo tonu mai!