Two imaginative takes on the Ethiopian tradition; big band cumbia from the 1950s to now; rap with Cuban sabor; the unique sound of Berlin's Philophon Records; some West African favorites, and more of the real boogaloo: no weapons cosplay, just 1967 Latin soul
Produced at Natural Log Studio. Broadcast on 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
Cresencio Salcedo | Colombia | Me Quedo Con El Viejo | The Original Sound Of Cumbia | Soundway | 195x Minyo Crusaders & Frente Cumbiero | Japan-Colombia | Cumbia Del Monte Fuji | From Tokyo To Bogota | Mais Um Discos | 2020 Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Colombia | Virgines Del Sol | Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Vampisoul | 1975 Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra | Colombia-Canada | En Mi Corazon | Azul | Curura Musique | 2012
Free Hole Negro | Cuba-Spain-Italy | Como Arde | Superfinos Negros | DRO Atlantic S.A. | 2005 Madera Limpia | Cuba | Boca Floja | La Corona | Out Here | 2008 La Dame Blanche | Cuba-France | Cogelo Con Calma | Cogelo Con Calma - single | Nacional | 2020 Bimbo G | Cuba | Chiqui Boom | Ahora Me Toca A Mi!!! | Envidia | 2005
Guy One | Ghana | N'yella Be Bobere? | #1 | Philophon | 2018 Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | USA | Rhapsody In Berlin | We Be All Africans | Strut | 2016 Jimi Tenor | Finland | Sugar And Spice | Sugar And Spice - single | Philophon | 2020 Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls | Ethiopia-Germany | Feqer Feqer New | Feqer Feqer New / Portrait Of Alemayehu (Daytime) - single | Philophon | 2019
Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui De Dakar) | Senegal | Mouhamadou Bamba | Mouhamadou Bamba | Sterns | 1981 Bamba Wassoulou Groove | Mali | Konokassile | Dankele | Lusafrica | 2020 Super Boiro Band | Guinee Conakry | So I Si Sa | Discotheque 74 | Syliphone | 1974
The Lebron Brothers Orchestra | USA | Summertime Blues | Psychedelic Goes Latin | Cotique | 1967 Ralph Robles | USA | Taking Over | Taking Over: Conquistando | Fania | 1968 Pete Rodriguez | USA | I Like It Like That | I Like It Like That: A Mi Me Gusta Asi | Alegre | 1967 Manny Corchado And His Orchestra featuring Tito Jimenez | USA | Pow Wow | Aprovecha El Tiempo: Swing While You Can | Decca | 1966