Two hours of music from West Africa -- Beninoise singer Gnonnas Pedro; neo-traditional gems; highlife time; the disco connection
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 blog, 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
Dadje Von O Von Non | Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band (Benin) | Legends Of Benin | Analog Africa | 1966 Adigbedoto | Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band International (Benin) | Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization Of Africa | Honest Jon's | 1977 Yiri Yiri Boum | Gnonnas Pedro (Benin) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 1980 Huenouhwo | Africando (various countries) | Baloba! | Sterns | 1998
Astan Kelly | Sorry Bamba & Kanaga Orchestra Of Mopti (Mali) | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey | 197x Armee Guineenne | Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea Conakry) | The Syliphone Years | Sterns | 1969
Taximen | Amadou Balake (Burkina Faso) | Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network | 1978 Ne Te Fache Pas | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011
Ghana-Guinee-Mali | E.T. Mensah & The Tempos Dance Band (Ghana) | The Rough Guide To West African Gold | World Music Network | 1961 Gyae Mensu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash | 1976
Sweet Mother | Prince Nico Mbarga & Rockafil Jazz (Nigeria) | Highlife Time, Volume 2 | Vampisoul | 1976 Salima Yako-Yapo | Abdul Tee-Jay (Sierra Leone) | Rokoto Make Me Dance-Dance | Weekend Beatnick | 1989
Greetings | Johnny Haastrup (Nigeria) | Nigeria Disco Funk Special | Soundway | 1978 Yatchiminou | Jimmy Hyacinthe (Cote D'Ivoire) | Ivory Coast Soul | Hot Casa | 197x Dancing Machine | Tirogo (Nigeria) | Lagos Disco Inferno | Academy | 197x
A Freak Sans Fric | Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Essential Recordings | Manteca | 1979