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Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
June 1, 2016, 10:16 p.m.
Tradi-mods from Sierra Leone, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; what is Balkan reggae?; the modern sound of Ethio-jazz; getting the Global A Go-Go pico cranked up with cumbiatronica
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.
Artist (Country) | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake (USA) | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Kondi Band (Sierra Leone-USA) | Yeanoh (Powe'handa Binga-dbe) | Belle Wahallah | Strut | 2016
Bola (Ghana) | Tivona Vonbubo | Volume 7 | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 2012
Konono No. 1 (RD Congo) | Niele Kalusimbiko | Konono No. 1 Meets Batida | Crammed | 2016

Manu Chao (France-Spain) | Clandestino | Clandestino | Virgin France | 1998
Karikatura (USA) | Miesto | Speak Now | Ropeadope | 2016
Gogol Bordello (Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus) | Raise The Knowledge | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010

Mahala Rai Banda (Romania) | Balkan Reggae | Ghetto Blasters | Asphalt Tango | 2009
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Bunica Bate Toba | Onwards To Mars! | Asphalt Tango | 2016

Gabriella Ghermandi (Ethiopia-Italy) | Be Kibir | Ethiopia: Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II | ARC | 2016
Qwanqwa (Ethiopia-USA) | Gelani | Volume 2 | FPE | 2015

Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia) | Gambella | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village | 2013
Hirut Bekele (Ethiopia) | Almokerkum Neber | Ethiopiques 3: Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975 | Buda Musique | 1972

Bang Data (USA) | Bailazo | Mucho Poco | Futuro Sonico / Rockolito Music | 2014
Up, Bustle & Out (UK) | Cumbion Mountain | Mexican Sessions | Collision | 2007
Systema Solar (Colombia) | Bienvenidos | Systema Solar | Nacional | 2016
Palenke Soultribe feat Macondo & Mr. Vallenato (Colombia-USA) | Blanco Y Negro | Mar | Soultribe | 2013

Raul Y Mexia (USA) | Las Escondidas | Arriba Y Lejos | Nacional | 2013
DJ Erick Rincon Y 3ball MTY (Mexico) | Intentalo (Me Prende) | single | VivaMusic United | 2011

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