This mixtape, packed with tasty tunes from around the world, will titillate your palate and ears with music about veggies, fish and stews, as well as fruit, dessert and cake. There’s even a song with a recipe for a Brazilian shrimp stew
Title: Ampersand Mixtape 7: Menu for your ears
Host: Charles Leonard
Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva
Production: ReframeWith the support of: The French Institute of South Africa
Playlist:
- Yusef Lateef – Eastern Market
- Macka B – Wha me eat
- Condry Ziqubu – Yellow Mealie Meal
- Booker T & The MGs – Green Onions
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
- Shelly Manne and His Friends – Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas
- Michael Franks – Eggplant
- Nat King Cole Trio – Solid Potato Salad
- The JBs – Pass the Peas
- Stromae – Moules frites
- King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew
- Sleaford Mods – Fish Cakes
- Lee “Scratch” Perry – Roast Fish and Cornbread
- Calexico – Flores y Tamales
- Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
- Gal Costa – Vatapá
- Kelis – Friday Fish Fry
- Louis Jordan – Saturday Night Fish Fry
- Harry Styles – Music for a sushi restaurant
- Joe Tex – Sure Is Good
- Cherry Faced Lurchers – Toasted Take-Aways
- J Dilla – Last Donut of the Night
- Metronomy – Salted Caramel Ice-cream
- Johnny Nash – Guava Jelly
- Georgia Gibbs – If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d ‘ve Baked a Cake
- Flaming Lips – She don’t use jelly
- Afroman – Lemon Pound Cake
- Omar Khorshid – Popcorn
- Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop
- Brigitte Fontaine – Le Nougat
- Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches
- Nilsson – Coconut
- Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man