Sublime dance music from Central Africa; reggae from Jamaica, South Africa and Senegal; Balkan beats (interrupted by some technical difficulties); brand-new boogaloo: como no?
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
Usianimi Binadamu (Don't Trust People) | Western Jazz Band (Tanzania) | Songs Of Happiness, Poison & Ululation: Dar Es Salaam Dancing Club 1973-1975 | Sterns | 1974 Double Double | Nyboma (RD Congo) | Double Double | Celluloid | 1982 Nipigie Simu (Call Me) | Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga (RD Congo) | Maisha Ni Matamu (Life Is Sweet) | Virunga | 2011
(some technical difficulties in this set) Opa Cupa | Saban Bajramovic (Serbia) | Gypsy King Of Serbia | ARC | 2002 Godzila | Jony Iliev & Band (Bulgaria) | Ma Maren Ma | Asphalt Tango | 2002 Mama Luchita | Nicomedes Santa Cruz (Peru) | Black Rhythms Of Peru | Secret Stash | 2011 Ruperta | Evan Ayllon (Peru) | Black Rhythms Of Peru | Secret Stash | 2011
James Bond Theme | Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) & Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011 Ubicu Te | Magnifico (Slovenia) | Grande Finale | Turbolenza | 2008 My Companjera | Gogol Bordello (USA) | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Ring Of Fire | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011 Mix It Up | The Kingstonians (Jamaica) | Trojan 'Tighten Up' Box Set | Trojan | 1968 The Way It Is | Lucky Dube (South Africa) | The Way It Is | Gallo | 1999
Black Seeds | Perfect (Jamaica) | Born Dead With Life | Irievibrations | 2008 Marcus Garvey | Burning Spear (Jamaica) | Marcus Garvey | Island | 1975 Bamba | Youssou Ndour (Senegal) | Dakar-Kingston | Emarcy | 2011
Let My People Bugalu (Clay Holley & Jeff Dynamite remix) | Spanglish Fly (USA) | 101 Things To Do In Bongolia | Electric Cowbell | 2011 At The Party | Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers (USA) | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011 Let's Ball | Joey Pastrana & His Orchestra (USA) | Let's Ball | Cotique | 1971
My Man Speedy! | Joe Cuba Sextet (USA) | My Man Speedy! | Tico | 1967 Evil Ways | Pete & Louie (USA) | El Barrio: Sounds From The Spanish Harlem Streets | Fania | 1970 Bad Breath | Bobby Valentin (USA) | Bad Breath | Fania | 1967
Sugar Daddy | Yerba Buena (USA) | Island Life | Razor & Tie | 2005