Mali's veterans still in action; Cuban oddities; hair-raising Balkan sounds; the boss brass of Brazil's north; psychedelic Senegambia and a new band inspired by it; the long lost seventh Los Saicos single and more garage rock en Espanol
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
Boubacar Traore | Mali | Kar Kar Madison | Kar Kar | Contre-Jour | 1998 Amadou & Mariam | Mali | Do Be Mangan | Le Couple Aveugle Du Mali, Vol. 5 | Maikano | 1993 Afel Bocoum | Mali | Penda Djiga | Linde | World Circuit | 2020
Hugo Blanco Y Su Arpa Viajera | Venezuela | Guajira Con Arpa | Color De Tropico | El Palmas | 1966 Ajo Y Su Organo Oriental | Cuba | Los Carnavales De Oriente | Ajo Y So Organo Oriental | Guama | 1982 Cuarteto Los Zafiros | Cuba | La Caminadora | Los Zafiros | Areito | 1964 Conjunto Flores Valdes | Cuba | Azucar Mami | Ritmo Y Alegria | M.F.R. | 1955 Orchestra Harlow | USA-Cuba | Gracia Divina (feat Celia Cruz) | Hommy: A Latin Opera | Fania | 1973
Taraf De Haidouks | Romania-North Macedonia-Turkey-Bulgaria | A La Turk (feat Kocani Orkestar) | Band Of Gypsies | Crammed | 2001 Greshka | Australia | To Prune A Triffid | Inebriation | 4000 | 2020 Yuri Yunakov, Ivo Papasov, Salif Ali & Neshko Neshev | Bulgaria | Kurdzhaliiska Ruchenica | Together Again | Traditional Crossroads | 2005
Camarao | Brazil | Sereia Do Mar | A Bandinha Do Camarao Volume 2 | Camden | 1970 Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo | Brazil | Cade O Anel? | Siria | Continental | 1976 Nation Beat | USA | Feira De Mangaio | The Royal Chase | NBM | 2020 Dona Onete | Brazil | Faceira | Banzeiro | Mais Um | 2017 Os Muiraquitans | Brazil | A Misturada | No Carimbo | Marajo | 1976
Etoile De Dakar | Senegal | Tolou Badou N'Diaye | Etoile De Dakar | self-released | 1980 Dandana | The Netherlands-The Gambia-Senegal | WDYK (Yo Lor Chi Ham) | Free The System | Rebel Up | 2020 Guelewar Band Of Banjul | The Gambia | Warteef Jigeen | Warteef Jigeen | Disafrique | 1981
Los Saicos 69 | Peru | El Mercenario | El Mercenario / Un Poquito De Pena - single | Munster | 1969 Los Shakes | Mexico | Amame Mas | Amame Mas - single | Orfeon | 1968 Jeriko | Peru | Hey Joe | Salaham / Hey Joe - single | Sono Radio | 1971 The Flipper's | Colombia | Last Night | Discotheque | Codiscos | 1966 Los Monjes | Mexico | Pobre Nina | Mi Mami Dijo / Pobre Nina - single | CBS | 1965 Los Salvajes | Spain | La Neurastenia | La Neurastenia EP | Regal | 1966 Los Shain's | Peru | El Sabor De La Miel | El Ritmo De Los Shain's | Odeon Del Peru | 1965