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Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
Aug. 8, 2020, 12:02 p.m.
Female singers from Cabo Verde; sounds from the Horn of Africa featuring music of Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti; two multicultural takes on Afrobeat; an hour of modern highlife from Ghana with new music by Santrofi, a new reissue of K. Frimpong and classics from Ebo Taylor and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
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

Voz Di Sanicolau | Cabo Verde-Netherlands | Mare Lili | Fundo De Mare Palinha | Analog Africa | 1976
Cesaria Evora | Cabo Verde | Mae Carinhosa | Mae Carinhosa | Lusafrica | 2013
Elida Almeida | Cabo Verde | Lebam Ku Bo | Ora Doci Ora Margos | Lusafrica | 2015
Bande-Gamboa | Cabo Verde | Festa Na Praia | Horizonte: Revamping Rare Gems From Cabo Verde and Guine-Bissau | Heavenly Sweetness / Pura Vida Sounds | 2020

Sharero Band feat Faadumo Qaasim | Somalia | Qays Iyo Layla | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 1977
Manalemosh Dibo | Ethiopia | Ej Wodelay | Assabelew | AFR | 1996
Bole 2 Harlem | Ethiopia-USA | Bole 2 Harlem | Volume 1 | Sounds Of The Mushroom | 2006
Groupe RTD | Djibouti | Kuusha Caarey | The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti | Ostinato | 2020

Keleketla! | South Africa- England UK-Nigeria-USA-West Papua Indonesia | International Love Affair | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time | 2020
Dead Prez, Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal & Positive Force | USA-Brazil-Nigeria | Shuffering + Shmiling | Red Hot + Riot | MCA | 2002

Freedom Family | Ghana | Yensuro (No Fears) | Ayentsoo | Academy LPs | 1974
Santrofi | Ghana | Kwabena Amoah | Alewa | Out Here | 2020
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Ghana | Akoko Ba | Simigwa | Academy LPs | 1975

Vis-à-Vis | Ghana | Obi Agye Me Dofo | Obi Agye Me Dofo | Secret Stash | 1977
K. Frimpong | Ghana | Acheampomaa | K. Frimpong Backed By Vis-à-Vis | Hot Casa | 1978

Santrofi | Ghana | Cocoase | Alewa | Out Here | 2020
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu | Ghana | Uhuru Special | Hitsville Re-Visited | Mr Bongo | 1982

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