A dedication to my friends and WRIR volunteers Ruthie & James, who are getting married this weekend; women, war and peace in Mali; roots reggae from Jamaica and Cote D'Ivoire; 1970s Afro-funk
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 | 1997 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Pygmy Divorce | Francis Bebey (Cameroon) | Pygmy Love Song | Editions Makossa | 1982 Yah Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa | Fatimah Al Zaelaeyah (Yemen) | Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen | Dust-To-Digital | 2012 Alf Hilat | Aziz Sahmaoui (Morocco-France-Senegal) | University Of Gnawa | General Pattern SARL | 2011
Smoke, No Fire | Leni Stern (Germany-USA) | Smoke, No Fire | self-released | 2012 Tisnant An Chatma | Tamikrest (Mali) | Chatma | Glitterbeat | 2013 Beautiful Africa | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013
My Takamba | Sidi Toure (Mali) | Alafia | Thrill Jockey | 2013 Segu Jajiri | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Jama Ko | Out|Here | 2013
Mr. Chin Slippers | The Mighty Diamonds (Jamaica) | Pass The Knowledge | 17 North Parade | 1986 World Is Africa | Black Uhuru (Jamaica) | Sinsemilla | Mango | 1980 Marcus Garvey | Burning Spear (Jamaica) | Marcus Garvey | Island | 1975
Crime Spirituel | Alphy Blondy (Cote D'Ivoire) | Mystic Power | VP | 2013 Quitte Le Pouvoir | Tiken Jah Fakoly (Cote D'Ivoire) feat Didier Awadi (Senegal) | Coup De Gueule | Barclay | 2004
Like A Chicken | Witch (Zambia) | Introduction | QDK Media | 1973 Yensuro | Freedom Family (Ghana) | Ayentsoo | Academy LPs | 1974 Omelebele | Dr. Victor Olaiya's International All Stars (Nigeria) | Afro Baby: The Evolution Of The Afro-Sound In Nigeria 1970-79 | Soundway | 1971 Loose Up Yourself | Rob (Ghana) | Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 | Analog Africa | 1978
Born To Be Free | Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats (Sierra Leone) | Heavy Heavy Heavy | RetroAfric | 1972