British and Irish folk-rock; the music of Oumou Sangare, probably Africa's most influential female musician today; qawwali meets jazz and rock; some stunning new Afrobeat from Switzerland
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
Sandy Denny | England UK | You Never Wanted Me | Alex Campbell & Friends | Saga | 1967 June Tabor & Oysterband | England UK | Bonny Bunch Of Roses | Ragged Kingdom | Topic | 2011
The Pogues | England UK | The Body Of An American | Poguetry In Motion | Stiff | 1986 Carbon Leaf | RVA USA | Bloody Good Bar Fight Song | Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle | Constant Ivy | 2013 Flogging Molly | USA-Ireland | The Hand Of John L. Sullivan | Life Is Good | Vanguard | 2017
Oumou Sangare | Mali | Ah Ndiya | Moussolou | Elektra | 1989 Oumou Sangare | Mali | Fantan Ni Mone | Worotan | World Circuit | 1996
Oumou Sangare | Mali | Wele Wele Wintou | Seya | Nonesuch | 2009 Oumou Sangare | Mali | Kamelamba | Mogoya | No Format | 2017
Cornershop | England UK | Sleep On The Left Side | When I Was Born For The 7th Time | Luaka Bop | 1997 Kailash Kher & Kailasa | India | Dilruba | Yatra (Nomadic Souls) | Cumbancha | 2009
Rafiki Jazz | England UK-Pakistan-Israel-Egypt-Senegal-Brazil | Jhooli Laal Qalander | Har Dam Sahara | Riverboat | 2017 Rocqawali | Pakistan-Iran-Denmark | Fareeda | Sufi Spirit | Riverboat | 2017