East African dance classics; Senegambian psychedelia; neo-traditional music from West Africa; soul and funk, Caribbean style
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
Mali Ya Munga | Mose Fan Fan (RD Congo) | Bayekeleye | LAA | 2004 Magdalena | Vijana Jazz Band (Tanzania) | The Koka Koka Sex Battalion | Sterns | 1975 Jamoko Wange Tek (A Rich Man Is Arrogant) | D.O. 7 Shirati Jazz (Kenya) | The Nairobi Beat: Kenyan Pop Music Today | Rounder | 1986
Keten Ati Leen | Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) | A Night At Club Baobab | Oriki Music | 1975 Cilss | Guelewar (The Gambia) | Halleli N'Dakarou | Teranga Beat | 1982
Dinding Do | Dawda Jobarteh (The Gambia) | Northern Light Gambian Night | Sterns | 2011 Griot Ba | Ba Cissoko (Guinea Conakry) | Electric Griot Land | Totolo | 2006
Zen (radio mix) | Rokia Traore (Mali) | single | Nonesuch | 2008 unknown | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Live At Richmond Folk Festival 2011-10-16 | | 2011
Exciters Theme | The Exciters (Panama) | Panama! Latin, Calypso And Funk On The Isthmus 1965-75 | Soundway | 1969 Ifetayo | Black Truth Rhythm Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | Ifetayo | Soundway | 1976 It's A Feeling | The Rolling Tones (St. Maarten) | Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979 | Strut | 197x Shaft | 20th Century Steel Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | Warm Heart Cold Steel | Mr Bongo | 1979
Things Are Going To Work Out Right | The Web (Belize-USA) | Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up | Numero Group | 197x