The first hour is all African and African-inspired, with plenty of new releases: Senegal, Sudan, Afrobeat and Afro-futurism; the second hour has new Latin sounds from around the world, reggae meets disco, and jit and kalindula from Zimbabwe and Zambia
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Sunday from 1 to 3 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
Thione Seck | Senegal | Siiw | Orientation | Stern's Africa | 2005 Omar Pene | Senegal | Won Naa La Ko | Climat | Contre-Jour | 2021 Bil Aka Kora | Burkina Faso | Fulu | Fulu | Shamar Empire | 2019
The Scorpios | Sudan-England UK | Samha : Beautiful | Let's Go | Afro7 | 2021 Alsarah & The Nubatones | Sudan-Yemen-Armenia-France-Togo-USA | Nuba Noutu | Silt | Wonderwheel | 2014 Ali Hassan Kuban | Egypt | Bettitogor Agil | Walk Like A Nubian | Piranha | 1991
Femi Koya | Nigeria-South Africa | Babalawo | Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement Vol. 2 | NYP | 2018 Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 | Nigeria-France | When One Road Close | N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) | Earthworks | 1984 Onipa | England UK-Ghana-Jamaica | Chicken No Dey Fly feat Franz Von | Tapes Of Utopia | Boomerang | 2021
Quantic & Nidia Góngora | England UK-USA-Colombia | Adiós Chacón | Almas Conectadas | Tru Thoughts | 2021 Grupo Pernil | Venezuela-Netherlands-Spain-USA | Danza De La Cabra | Pa Que Gocen / Danza De La Cabra - Single | Names You Can Trust | 2021 Contento | Colombia-Switzerland-Spain | Contra Viento Y Marea | En Lancha Pal Futuro | El Palmas | 2021 Malamanya | USA-Cuba-Panama | La Tormenta | La Tormenta - Single | Names You Can Trust | 2021
Black Uhuru | Jamaica | Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? | Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? - Single | D-Roy | 1979 Grace Jones | Jamaica-USA | My Jamaican Guy | Living My Life | Island | 1982 Desmond Chambers | Jamaica | Haly Gully | Haly Gully / The Morning Show - Single | Kalita | 1987
Robson Banda & The New Black Eagles | Zambia-Zimbabwe | Rambai Makashinga | Soweto | Nyati Nyati | 1986 Bhundu Boys | Zimbabwe | Chekudya Chose | The Bhundu Boys | Rugare | 1983 Brian Chilala & Ngoma Zasu | Zambia | Chitinti | Vangaza! | SWP | 2000s