Contemporary son oriental from Cuba; Shangaan electro featuring the new album by Nozinja; calypso, konpa and highlife; new music from Mali and Niger
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Wednesday from 3 to 5 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
Chan Chan | Los Herederos (Cuba) | Best Of Buena Vista | ARC | 2002 A Buena Vista | Soneros De Verdad (Cuba) | Buena Vista: Barrio De La Habana | Timba | 2000 Macusa | Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba) | Lost And Found | World Circuit | 2015 Dundunbanza | Sierra Maestra (Cuba) | Dundunbanza | World Circuit | 1994
Haai Bo | Arthur (South Africa) | Haai Bo | Gallo | 2002 Sweka | The Very Best (Malawi-Sweden-UK) | Makes A King | Moshi Moshi | 2015
Xihukwani | Nozinja (South Africa) | Lodge | Warp | 2015 Nwampfundla | Tshetsha Boys (South Africa) | Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa | Honest Jon's | 2010 Nwa Baloyi | Nozinja (South Africa) | Lodge | Warp | 2015
John B Calypso | E.T. Mensah & The Tempos (Ghana) | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric | 195x Karol | Boulpik (Haiti) | Konpa Lakay | Lusafrica | 2014 Bury Boula For Me | Jayme Stone (Canada) feat Drew Gonsalves (Trinidad & Tobago-Canada) | Lomax Project | Borealis | 2015
Love In The Cemetery | Lord Kitchener (Trinidad & Tobago) | single | Jump Up | 1962 Goombay Drums | Lord Mouse & The Kalypso Katz (Germany) | Go Calypsonian | Piranha | 2013 Lord Morocco | Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers (Nigeria-UK) | African Party | Freestyle | 1967
Tuit Tuit | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013 Musow Fanga | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Ba Power | Glitterbeat | 2015 Haidara George | Khaira Arby (Mali) | Gossip | Clermont Music | 2015 Tenere | Tal National (Niger) | Zoy Zoy | FatCat | 2015
Lion Is Burning | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011