After two weeks of oldies, the focus this time is on the new: a brand new second album by Richmond's Afro-Zen Allstars; Afrobeat coming out of South America; deep highlife grooves from Ghana; some Arab-Andalusian jazz; the unique music of Japan's Oki; the latest Balkan brass beats
Produced at Natural Log Studio. Broadcast on 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
Waaju | England UK | Listening Glasses | Live | Olindo | 2021 Afro-Zen Allstars | RVA USA | Binta Madiallo | The Buzz And The Bells | AZA Music | 2021
Bixiga 70 | Brazil | Grito De Paz | Bixiga 70 | Glitterbeat | 2011 Tabó Afrobeat | Uruguay | Mandril | Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement Vol. 2 | NYP | 2020 Lisandro Meza Y Su Conjunto | Colombia | Shacalao | Shacalao / Tracata - Single | Limeza | 1975
Black Masters Band | Ghana | Wonnin A Bisa | Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House | Analog Africa | 1978 Atakora Manu | Ghana | Ohia Ma Adwendwen | Ominitiminim / Afro Highlife | BBE | 1980
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