Kizaa Zaa
Kizaa Zaa = Fucking Crazy!
Taking you on Awesome Auditory Adventures to Africa with Kelly Smisk and Robin Folkö every Tuesday at 19:03!
Kizaa Zaa has a new air time and for those of you in the Uppsala area, you can listen to us every Tuesday at 19:03 LIVE on 98.9 FM! Everyone else, check it out on WebbRadion live, or up to 30 days after!Check us out on Twitter or like Kizza Zaa on Facebook!
We put up links to playlists from the shows as well as music videos, news about music, Africa, nearby concerts, and more!
What the future with Kizaa Zaa holds:
May 9: NOTE: Episode airs on Wednesday. LIVE from Blåsenhus in Uppsala, a speedy history of the music of Congo!
May 15: Super Duper 2 hour collaboration between Kizaa Zaa and Urban, which airs the hour after us. We will talk about soul & hip-hop songs that have sampled African songs.
May 22: Last episode of KZ for the semester. We'll plan something fantastic to leave you wanting more for next semester!
What the past held:
Jan 31: Hip Hop/African mashup albums
Feb 14: Awesome Tapes from Africa interview
Feb 21: Tanzania, traditional and Bongo Flava
Feb 28: Collaborations between African and non-African musicians
March 14: Mali Blues
March 20: Highlife of Ghana and Nigeria
March 27: Women of Africa
April 3: Remixes of songs from Africa
April 10: Easter break, we played a mix tape called Music From Saharan Cellphones
April 17: Musicians from Africa playing festivals near or in Sweden
April 24: LIVE from Forsfestivalen, South African House/Kwaito/Shangaan Electro
May 1: Valborg... a re-run of the collaborations episode
Who are we and why do we play African music?
Kelly Smisk is an Uppsala Masters student who has been practically obsessed with the music of Africafor the past 7 years or so, a passion she inherited from her musician Father who had a giant collection of
African music. What does she like best? The music of Mali never fails to impress and in January 2010 Kelly
and her Dad went to Le Festival au Desert in Timbuktu to shake their asses to lots of amazing bands.
West Africa in general has some of the most impressive music, be it pop, funk, jazz, afrobeat, blues, whatever! More countries who's music will blow you away: Congo, Angola, Ethiopia.
Robin Folkö is a political science student from Västerås. He discovered the world of African music when he was asked to DJ at his Aunt's Swedish-Nigerian wedding in 2008. Ever since then, the rhythms of Afrobeat, Highlife and Juju have followed him everywhere he goes. He joined Kizaa Zaa in the spring of 2012.
Come hang out with us every Tuesday at 19:03!
