Playlists for Radio Shows in Ethiopia (04/30/01)

SpinCycle (Jim Sowers) with DJ Kin

Below are the lists of music I played on Ethiopian radio during my visit there. There are only two radio stations, so we had a huge audience and incredible response from people calling into the station. Who knows, maybe I have a future as a DJ in Ethiopia!

Friday the 13th of April, 2001 8-9pm (European calendar and time)

(actually 8:30 to 9:15 because our cab broke down)

Show Title: "60 Minutes of Latino"

1. Bene More - Bonita y Sabrosa [Cuba]

2. La Duena del Swing - Los Hermanos Rosario [Dominican Republic]

3. Pa Mayte - Carlos Vives [Colombia]

4. Negra Tomasa - Ache Pa' Ti [Rubenstein/Itule - USA]

5. Airo Moreito - It's time for Carnaval [Brazil]

6. Bomboleo - Bembe Colora? [Cuba]

7. Represent - Orishas [Cuban Hip-Hop from France]

8. Micaela - Sonores Carruseles [Colombia]

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Easter Sunday, 15-April-2001 8-midnight (European calendar and time)

Show Title: "Night Sessions with DJ Kin"

9-9:30pm

1. De Party Now Start - Crazy [Edwin Ayoung, Trinidad & Tobago]

(Note: Easter Sunday for Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia marks the end of a two-month fast during which time they are not permitted to eat meat or meat products -- milk, eggs, cheese, etc.

Thus, the first song in tune with the feeling in Ethiopia as many people were celebrating and eating foods they had been missing.)

2. Somos Cubanos - Los Van Van [Cuba, with dedication to Ethio-Cubanos]

3. Esa Chica (Me Vacila) - Banda Show [Nicaragua, I think]

4. Pump Me Up - krosfyah [Barbados]

9:30 - 11pm Singing contest for people calling in. Tadesse Alemu, an top Ethiopian singer, and I are judges.

11-11:30pm

5. Me Voy a Cali - Oscar D'Leon [Venezuela]

6. Police 'n Thieves - Junior Marvin [Jamaica]

7. Tempted to Touch - Beres Hammond (feat. Cutty Ranks) [Jamaica]

8. Airto Moreiro - (I don't know the name of the tune)[Samba from Brazil]

9. Toco Band - Lord Kitchener [Trinidad & Tobago]