Unique rhythms from the Islamic funk belt; Tinariwen recorded in a desert camp-out; Southeast Asian rock of the 60s and 70s; reggae and dancehall, most of it released or distributed by VP Records, which is celebrating its 40th birthday; new and old Anatolian rock
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
Sorie Kondi | Sierra Leone | Sorie Thogolobea | Thogolobea | Dutty Arts | 2013 Chris De Wise Shepherd | Ghana | Nera Wo'o Soke | single | Localophon | 2019 Kaleta & Super Yamba Band | Benin-USA | Jibiti | Medaho | Ubiquity | 2019
Tinariwen | Mali-Mauritania | Takount (feat Noura Mint Seymali) | Amadjar | Anti- | 2019 Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | El Mougelmen | Azawan II | self-released | 2013 Shueta | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Wadna | Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad | Nubenegra | 2002 Tamikrest | Algeria | Aratan N Tinariwen | Adagh | Glitterhouse | 2010
Thanh Mai | Vietnam | Toc Mai Soi Van Soi Dai | Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 | Sublime Frequencies | 197x Koes Bersaudara | Indonesia | To The So-Called 'The Guilties' | To The So-Called 'The Guilties' | Sublime Frequencies | 1967 Suang Santi | Thailand | Baa Baa Buam Buam | Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side Of The Luk Thung Underground | Finders Keepers | 197x Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | Chnam Oun Dop-Pram Muy | Cambodian Psych-Out | Defective | 197x Adnan Othman | Malaysia | Hidupku Tambah Gembira | Bershukor: A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend | Sublime Frequencies | 1970
Glen Brown & Lloyd Parks | Jamaica | I'm Your Puppet | Boat To Progress!: The Original Pantomine Vocal Collection 1970-1974 | Greensleeves | 1974 John Holt | Jamaica | Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) | Holt | Jaguar | 1971 Freddie McGregor | Jamaica | Change My Mind | Strictly The Best, Vol. 60 | VP | 2019 Keith & Tex | Jamaica | Don't Look Back | Greatest Hits 1966-1970 | Rebel Sound | 1968 Donovan Carless | Jamaica | Be Thankful For What You Got | single | Giant | 1974
Barrington Levy | Jamaica | Shaolin Temple | Bounty Hunter | Jah Life | 1979 Yellowman | Jamaica | Zungguzungguzungguzeng | Down In Jamaica: 40 Years Of VP Records | VP | 1983 Ned Sublette & Lawrence Weiner | USA-Jamaica | Rome Was Built For A Day | Monsters From The Deep | Excellent | 1997 Bunji Garlin | Trinidad & Tobago-USA | Differentology (Busta Rhymes remix) | single | VP | 2014
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek | Turkey-Germany-France-England UK-Italy | Dom Dom Kursunu | Kar Yagar | Bongo Joe / Catapulte | 2019 Mazhar Ve Fuat | Turkey | Adimiz Miskindir Bizim | Turkuz Turku Cagiririz! | Shadoks Music | 1973 Altin Gun | Turkey-Netherlands | Vay Dunya | Gece | ATO | 2019