Some reggae to get us started; current Afro-tronica from Baaba Maal and Luka Productions; Rokia Troare's new album; mizik rasin from Haiti
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
Is It Because I'm Black? | Tiken Jah Fakoly (Cote D'Ivoire) feat Ken Boothe (Jamaica) | Racines | Barclay | 2015 Hypocritical | The Cliftones (USA) | Enemies Scatter | Rebel Sound | 2016 Who Knows | Protoje feat Chronixx (Jamaica) | Ancient Future | Mr Bongo | 2015 World Is Africa | Black Uhuru (Jamaica) | Sinsemilla | Mango | 1980
Get It Up | The Very Best (France-Sweden-Malawi) feat MIA (Sri Lanka-UK) & Santigold (USA) | Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit Are ⦠| Green Owl | 2008 50/50 | Mandoza & M'du (South Africa) | Godoba | CCP | 2001 Fulani Rock | Baaba Maal (Senegal) | The Traveller | Palm / Marathon Artists | 2016
Classi Ko | Luka Productions (Mali) | Mali Kady | Sahelsounds | 2016 Uya Kwihi Ka Rose | Tshetsha Boys (South Africa) | Shangaan Electric: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa | Honest Jon's | 2010
Ne So | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Ne So | Nonesuch | 2016 Amugenu | Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective (Belize-Guatemala-Honduras-Nicaragua) | Watina | Cumbancha | 2007 Mon Mari | Omar Pene (Senegal) | Myamba | Faces | 2005
Bana Ya Congo | Jupiter Bokondji & Okwess International (RD Congo) | Man Don't Cry | Label Kinoise | 2006 Fesse Fesse | Adama Yalomba (Mali) | Waati Sera | Studio Mali | 2016
Mario, Mario | Tabou Combo (Haiti) | Konbit: Burning Rhythms Of Haiti | A&M | 1987 Ipokrit (Manje Bliye) | RAM (Haiti) | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released | 2016 Zao Pile Te | Lakou Mizik (Haiti) | Wa Di Yo | Cumbancha Discovery | 2016
Pale Pale W / Tande | Boukan Ginen (Haiti) | Jou A Rive | Xenophile | 1991