The varied sounds of Cabo Verde; summer weather means it's time for Congolese music; rural music from Brazil, including the new second album by 79 year old Dona Onete; Girma Beyene sings it twice, 48 years apart
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
Cesaria Evora | Cabo Verde | Mae Carinhosa | Mae Carinhosa | Lusafrica | 2013 Chris Vasi | RVA USA | Nha Tchon | Vesuvius | Fortuitous | 2009
Manuel D'Oliveira & Les San Salvador | Angola-RD Congo | Cherie Bondowe | Bankolo Miziki Volume 2 | Ngoyarto | L'Orchestre Afrisa International | RD Congo-USA | Ma Fille | Melanie | Colomotion | 2016
Franco & Sam Mangwana With TPOK Jazz | RD Congo | Cooperation | Cooperation | Edipop | 1982
Afro-Zen Allstars | RVA USA | Aj Aj | Greatest Hits | self-released | 2017 Ondatropica | Colombia-UK | La Naranja Madura | Baile Bucanero | Soundway | 2017
Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo | Brazil | Caboclinha Do Igapo | Siria | Analog Africa | 1975 Dona Onete | Brazil | No Meio Do Pitiu | Banzeiro | Mais Um Discos | 2017 Matuto | USA-Brazil | Dream Of Life | Dream Of Life | Ropeadope | 2009 Jorge De Altinho & Dominguinhos | Brazil | Bom Demais | Brazil Classics 3: Forro Etc., Music Of The Brazilian Northeast | Luaka Bop | 1984
Girma Beyene | Ethiopia | Enken Yelelebesh | Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis | Buda Musique | 1969 Girma Beyene & Akale Wube | Ethiopia-France | Enken Yelelebesh | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique | 2017 Mahmoud Ahmed | Ethiopia | Ashkaro | Tizita Volume 1 | AIT | 2003