A tour across the Caribbean; three chestnuts from Colombia's Fruko Y Sus Tesos; new desert blues (Sahara and Timbuktu variants) from Mali; Zimbabwe's old and new generations
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
Club Musical Oriente Cubano | Cuba | A Orillas Del Cauto | Cana, Tabaco Y Ron | Amiata | 2002 Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros | Panama | Negro Heart | Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 | Soul Jazz | 1968 Boulpik | Haiti | Karol | Konpa Lakay | Lusafrica | 2014
Ramon Cordero | Dominican Republic | Que Grande Es El Amor | The Bachata Legends | iASO | 2011 Aurelio | Honduras | Narigolu | Darandi | Real World | 2017
Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Botando Corriente | Tesura | Vampisoul | 1970 Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Mi Verdadero Son | A La Memoria Del Muerto | Vampisoul | 1972 Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | El Preso | Fruko El Grande | Discos Fuentes | 1975
Orquesta El Macabeo | Puerto Rico USA | La Maldicion Colonial | La Maldicion Del Timbal | Peace & Rhythm | 2017 Pupy Y Los Que Son Son | Cuba | Nadie Puede Contra Esto | Tranquilo Que Yo Controlo | Egrem | 2008
Mamadou Kelly | Mali | Mahin Nime | Politiki | Clermont Music | 2017 Vieux Farka Toure | Mali | Samba Si Kairi | Samba | Six Degrees | 2017
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe-USA | Ndangariro | Exile | Sheer Sound | 2010 Mokoomba | Zimbabwe | Kumukanda | Luyando | Out|Here | 2017 Penny Penny | South Africa | Shaka Bundu | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1994
Ibibio Sound Machine | England UK-Nigeria | The Chant (Iquo Isang) | Uyai | Merge | 2017 Joni Haastrup | Nigeria | Wake Up Your Mind | Wake Up Your Mind | Tummy Touch-Soundway | 1978