An hour of my favorite new West African, reggae and dancehall releases; smooth Afro-soul; rough gypsy punk
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
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat
Sekouba Barna | Sekouba Bambino (Guinee Conakry) | The Griot's Craft | Sterns Zankay | Baba Salah (Mali) | Dangay (The North) | Studio Mali Tiama | Macire Sylla (Guinee Conakry) | single | Djembe Fare Sadye | Nuru Kane (Senegal) | Exile | Riverboat
If I Were A Carpenter | Christopher Martin (Jamaica) | Strictly The Best 46 | VP There's A Reward | Professor (USA) | Throw Down Your Arms | Discograph Shaolin Temple | Barrington Levy (Jamaica) | Sweet Reggae Music 1979-84 | VP
Pumps And Pride | U-Roy & Tarrus Riley (Jamaica) | Pray Fi De People | Discograph Piece Of The Pie | Junior Kelly (Jamaica) | single | VPAL Jump | RDX (Jamaica) | Strictly The Best 47 | VP
Toffie | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (Ghana) | Simigwa | Academy LPs Black Man's Cry | Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 (Nigeria) feat Ginger Baker (UK) | The Best Of The Black President 2 | Knitting Factory
Psychedelic Woman | Honny & The Bees Band (Ghana) | Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk And Fusion In 70's Ghana | Soundway
A Little Revolution | Firewater (USA) | International Orange! | Bloodshot Pismo Kumu (Rambo Rambo) | Magnifico (Slovenia) | Grande Finale | Turbolenza Train Across Ukraine | Golem (USA) | Citizen Boris | JDub Papirossen En Gan Eden | The Zydepunks (USA) | Finisterre | Nine Mile