Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 12:32 am NZ time
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Matinee Idle
12:35 to 5pm weekdays, from 26 December to 20 January
Friday 6 February 2009
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with Phil O'Brien and Midge Marsden
Waitangi Day Special - Friday, 06 February 2009
From 12:12pm
Phil O'Brien is joined by special guest Midge Marsden for a Matinee Idle look at NZ music. They also check out Waitangi Day happenings up and down Aotearoa.
Then the Classic Concert...
Steel Pulse - Living Legacy
Steel Pulse formed in the West Indian immigrant ghetto area of Handsworth in Birmingham in 1975 and was known for their allegiance to traditional Jamaican rasta principles - musically, socially and politically.
After initially struggling to find gigs as a Rastafarian group, the late 70s punk movement opened up performance opportunities and a new audience for their 'protest reggae'.
Their 1978 debut LP Handsworth Revolution is regarded as a landmark recording in British reggae and songs from that album such as Prodigal Son and Ku Klux Klan are included in this concert.
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