Two African women making waves by playing instruments that had been reserved solely for men; mizik rasin (roots music) from Haiti; a throat singing version of Motorhead; Japanese minyo turned into Colombian cumbia; new Afrobeat from London and New York
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Monday from 3 to 5 PM. Available as a webstream simulcast at wrir.org. Downloads for rebroadcast on other non-profit radio stations and as podcasts via the A-Infos Radio Project at radio4all.net. And more information about all of those options and more on my blog, globalagogo.com.
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou | Morocco | Bala Yourki | Oulad Lghaba | Ajabu | 2019 Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Pharoah Sanders | Morocco-USA | Mahraba | The Trance Of Seven Colors | Zehra | 1994
Lakou Mizik | Haiti-Sweden-USA | Lakou Dogwe (feat Anders Osborne) | HaitiaNola | Cumbancha | 2019 RAM | Haiti | Kolibri Met Bwa | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released | 2016 Boukan Ginen | Haiti | Travay (Work) | Jou A Rive | Xenophile | 1995
Otava Yo | Russia | Guelder Rose Berries | Do You Love | ARC | 2019 Anda Union | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China | Jangar | Live On WRIR 2019-04-03 | 2019 Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha | Tuva Republic Russia | Orgasmatron | Re-Covers | World Village | 2005
Stella Chiweshe | Zimbabwe | Kasahwa | Kasahwa: Early Singles | Glitterbeat | 1974 Chiwoniso | Zimbabwe-USA | Matsotsi | Rebel Woman | Cumbancha | 2008 Hope Masike | Zimbabwe | Kune Mumwe | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | Riverboat | 2019 Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe | Mhondoro | Gwindingwe Rine Shumba | Water | 1980
Minyo Crusaders | Japan | Kushimoto Bushi | Echoes Of Japan | Mais Um | 2019 Cumbias En Moog | Colombia | Cumbia De Sal | single | Discos Fuentes | 1979 Mexican Institute Of Sound | Mexico | Para No Vivir Desesperado | Pinata | Nacional | 2007 Juan Pina Y Sus Muchachos | Colombia | La Nena | Abran Rueda | Discos Fuentes | 1962