An all-African music program: singer-songwriters from Senegal and Mali, a set of Ethiopian music, classic highlife, 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
Birtukane | Hailu Mergia & The Walias (Ethiopia) | Tche Belew | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1977 Diaspora Square | Dub Colossus (UK-Ethiopia) | Sounds From The Soul Underground | Freestyle | 2012
Ghana Freedom | E.T. Mensah & The Tempos (Ghana) | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric | 1957 Highlife Time | Koola Lobitos (Nigeria) | Koola Lobitos 64-68 / The '69 Los Angeles Sessions | MCA | 1965
Sweet Mother | Prince Nico Mbarga & Rockafil Jazz (Nigeria-Cameroon) | Sweet Mother | Rounder | 1976 No Beer In Heaven | Atongo Zimba (Ghana) | Savannah Breeze | Hippo | 2005
Say What | Chico Mann (USA) | Manifest Tone, Volume 1 | Kindred Spirits | 2007 I Was Blind | The Afrorockerz (France) | The Afrorockerz | Buda Musique | 2014 Accra City People | Sena Dagadu (Ghana-Hungary) | The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Vol. 3 | Freestyle | 2014
Can't Buy Me | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory | 2011