Conscious dancehall; new North African sounds by Moh Alileche and Natik Awayez; some rock en Espanol; Mdou Moctar's new album and more desert blues; two pairs of Fela covers from South America; coupe decale straight outta Abidjan
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
Yasus Afari | Jamaica | Black Heart Man | Satta | Brickwall | 1997 Macka B | England UK | My Father's People | My Father's People - Single | Before Zero | 2021 Linton Kwesi Johnson | England UK | Wat About Di Working Claas? | Making History | Island | 1984
Natik Awayez | Iraq-Yemen-Egypt | Manbarani | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies | 2021 Moh Alileche | Algeria-USA | Humanity Is Falling Apart | Humanity Is Falling Apart | Flag Of Freedom Productions | 2021 Alsarah & The Nubatones | Sudan-Yemen-Armenia-France-Togo-USA | Soukura | Silt | Wonderwheel | 2014 The Scorpios | Sudan-England UK | Mashena | Mashena - Single | self-released | 2019