Bachata from the Dominican Republic; Latin psychedelia from the 1970's and today; African bands relocated to the USA; the classic Ethiopiques sound, and a new band that's re-creating it
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Friday from 5 to 7 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 website, globalagogo.com.
Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Vocales De Amor | Joan Soriano (Dominican Republic) | El Duque De La Bachata | iASO | 2010 El Salon | Julio Angel (Dominican Republic) | Bachata Roja: Acoustic Bachata From The Cabaret Era | iASO | 1982 Princesa | Frank Reyes (Dominican Republic) | Dosis De Amore | J&N | 2005 Guantanamera | Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) | Casita De Campo | iASO | 2009
Cumbia De Sal | Cumbia En Moog (Colombia) | The Afrosound Of Colombia, Volume 1 | Vampisoul | 1979 Muchachita Del Oriente | Los Mirlos (Peru) | The Roots Of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru | Barbes | 1968-78 Mastica, Chupa Y Jala | Ghetto Brothers (USA) | Power-Fuerza | Salsa International | 1972
Operacion Dinamo | Matorralman (Mexico) | Guateque Estelar | Nacional | 2010 Para No Vivir Desesperado | Mexican Institute Of Sound (Mexico) | Pinata | Nacional | 2007 Centinela | Bostich + Fussible (Mexico) | Bulevar 2000 | Nacional | 2010
Neriba Lanchina | Uppers International (Ghana) | Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves, Ghana & Togo 1972-1978 | Analog Africa | 1972-78 Zomnilanisala | Mohamed Alidu & The Bizung Family (Ghana-USA) | Land Of Fire | Black Eye Watching | 2010 Marudzi Nemarudzi (Different Races) | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Rise Up | Real World | 2006 Brothers Gone Away | Extra Golden (Kenya-USA) | Hera Ma Nono | Thrill Jockey | 2007
Belomi Benna (Say It With A Lemon) | Debo Band (USA) | Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn) | self-released | 2010 Ere Mela Mela (I'm Looking For A Solution) / Metche New (When?) | Mahmoud Ahmed (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 7: Ere Mela Mela | Buda Musique | 1975 Aykedashem Lebe (My Heart Will Not Betray You) | Tlahoun Gessesse (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 17 | Buda Musique | 1974
Betchayen Tegodahu (Alone And Unhappy) | Alemayehu Eshete (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis | Buda Musique | 1971