The Music and Madness of Venus Sings Radio: October 24 and November 14

Venus Sings Radio returns to normalcy on Saturday, November 14


KINGSTON, RI - I won't spend a lot of time explaining or complaining about what went happened on October 24. The short story? The studio was being upgraded and we all had to adjust if we wanted some Venus Sings Radio. I was able to go with the flow; were you? Did you tune in despite the technical difficulties and delays up-front? Or did you give up and vow to come back the next time?

For those who decided to wait till next time, the wait is almost over. I'll be up in the new and improved WRIU studio on Saturday, November 14, from 9-11 AM (est). Your job? Tune in via radio on 90.3 FM or pick it up online with live streaming through the link available at www.wriu.org.

So what did October 24 sound like anyway? After what I think was some Grateful Dead (or SOMETHING), I offered the playlist detailed below:

1. Maria de Barros / Riberonzinha / Putumayo Presents World Reggae
2. Sara Tavares / Di Alma (of the Soul) / Xinti
3. Lykki Li / Little Bit / Youth Novels
4. Feist / 1 2 3 4 / The Reminder
5. Miriam Makeba / Click Song / Women of the World
6. Miriam Makeba / Saduva / Miriam Makeba Presents Africa
7. Esperanza Spalding / She Got to You / Esperanza
8. Queen Ifrica / Keep it to Yourself / Montego Bay
9. Estelle / Come Over / Shine
10. Aretha Franklin / I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Aretha Franklin 30 Greatest Hits
11. Nikka Costa / Cry Baby / From Pebble to Pearl
12. Sofi Hellborg / Wouldn’t That Be Fun / Republicafrobeat Vol. 3
13. Rihanna feat. Nee-Yo / Hate that I Love You with K. Klassic / Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad: the Remixes
14. Solange / I Decided Pt. 2 / Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams
15. La Sista / Rule Candela (Club Version) / Majestad Negroide
16. Keri Hilson ft. Trina / Get Your Money Up / In a Perfect World
17. Janelle Monae / Many Moons / Metropolis: The Chase Suite Special Edition
18. Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada / Coconut Rock / Coconut Rock
19. Kelis / Rolling through the Hood /Tasty
20. Beyonce / Upgrade U / B’day
21. Joss Stone / Bad Habit / Introducing Joss Stone
    
22. Althea and Donna / Uptown Ranking
23. Bahamadia / Pep Tak / BB Queen
24. Random Heroes / C'mon & Get It / Freestyle Remixed
25. Estelle / Don’t Talk / The 18th Day

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I hope you tune in on November 14.