The 30-minute playlist features music from Kenya (Trio Mio & Bensoul), Liberia (Teddy Ride), Ethiopia (Rahel Getu), Senegal (Jeeba), Zambia (Natasha Chansa) and Zimbabwe (Tuku). At the bottom of the hour Drop the Needle puts VOA Afrique’s Ginny Niwa to the test. Word on the tweets with Lady DJ brings the latest American entertainment news from X (formerly Twitter). Heather chats with VOA Africa’s Jackson Mvunganyi about top African acts coming to the US this spring and with VOA Africa’s Muqbil Yaborow from Abidjan about AFCON’s biggest music anthem “Coup de Marteau”, and she features live music by Cyrille Brotto (France) and Ablaye Cissoko (Senegal).