Alternative Radio

The first listen to Alternative Radio hits you with a Fela Kuti groove, then slides into a hip hop beat from the Parisian underground. This station doesn't do categories. It moves from soul to electronic to folk to jazz, often within the same hour. The programmers clearly dig deep - expect Gil Scott-Heron next to some obscure Afrobeat reissue, or a lo-fi French hip hop track you've never heard. It's chaotic. That's the point. The world music influence stands out: Malian kora, Brazilian samba, Indian classical - all get airtime. The rock picks lean indie and psychedelic, not stadium stuff. The…