A mid-summer African music dance party: two hours of music for your listening and dancing pleasure from Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Ghana
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
Oumou Sangare | Mali | Kounkoun | Mogoya | No Format | 2017 Issa Bagayogo | Mali | Namadjidja | Mali Koura | Six Degrees | 2008 Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Burkina Faso | Ntijiguimorola | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies | 2015
Amadou & Mariam | Mali | Coulibaly | Dimanche A Bamako | All Other | 2004 Oumou Sangare | Mali | Ya La | Laban | unknown | 2001
Bebe Manga | Cameroon | Amie | Amie | African | 1980 Sam Fan Thomas | Cameroon | African Typic Collection | Makassi | Kilimanjaro International Productions | 1984
Olinga Gaston | Cameroon | Ngon Engap | Pop Makossa: The Invasive Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa | 1976 Mystic Djim & The Spirits | Cameroon | Yaounde Girls | Pop Makossa: The Invasive Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa | 1983
L'Orchestre Afrisa International | RD Congo-USA | Tu As Dit Que | Melanie | Colomotion | 2016
Franco & Orchestre TPOK Jazz | RD Congo | Lisolo Ya Adamo Na Nzambe | Franco & Orchestre TPOK Jazz | London | 1979 Empire Bakuba | RD Congo | Nazoki | single | African | 1972