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Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
Jan. 25, 2017, 9:45 p.m.
Songs about the 44th president of the USA, now that he's in private life: Obama in reggae, dancehall, Afropop, mariachi, cumbia, Latin-klezmer (!), Afrobeat and soca; plus plenty of the usual Global A Go-Go thang
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 (England UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Tiken Jah Fakoly (Cote D'Ivoire) feat Max Romeo (Jamaica) | One Step Forward | Racines | Wrasse | 2015
Viajah Morgan (Jamaica) | Neutral Man | single | self-released | 2008
Linton Kwesi Johnson (England UK) | Making History | Making History | Island | 1983

Papa Michigan (Jamaica) | Barack Obama | single | Rashanco Music | 2008
Chaka Demus & Pliers (Jamaica) | Murder She Wrote | single | Taxi | 1992

Afro-Zen Allstars (RVA USA) | Netsanet | Greatest Hits | self-released | 2017
Girma Beyene (Ethiopia) & Akale Wube (France) | Ene Negn Bay Manesh | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique | 2017

Awa Poulo feat Afel Bocoum (Mali) | Dimo Yaou Tata | Poulo Warali | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 2017
Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013
Fojeba (Cameroon-Canada) | Fired Up! Ready To Go! | single | self-released | 2008

Ani Cordero (Puerto Rico USA) | Alma Vieja | Querido Mundo | self-released | 2017
Amparanoia (Spain) | You Know What I Mean | La Vida Te Da | Wrasse | 2005
Mariachi El Bronx (USA) | Revolution Girls | II | ATO | 2011
Amigos De Obama (USA) | Viva Obama Mariachi | single | Nueva Vista Media | 2008

Andres Landero (Colombia) | Cuando Lo Negro Sea Bello | Yo Amaneci | Vampisoul | 1979
Los Obamaleros (USA) | Cumbia De Obama | single | Art Hurts | 2008
Systema Solar (Colombia) | Pa Sembrar | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional | 2017
Hip Hop Hoodios (USA) | Shalom Obama | Carne Masada | Jazzheads | 2008

Hard Proof (USA) | War Gin | Stinger | Modern Outsider | 2017
Cody ChesnuTT (USA) | Afrobama: The Unified Party Anthem | single | self-released | 2008

Scrunter (Trinidad & Tobago) | She Want Me To Sing In She Party | single | Hibiscus | 1987
Mighty Sparrow (Trinidad & Tobago) | Barack De Magnificent | Barack De Magnificent | BLS | 2008

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