Reggae from all over, including the former Soviet Union via Brooklyn; Afrobeat that's not from Nigeria; the rediscovered sounds of Somalia; and a preview of WRIR's Afropop Dance Thang, coming this Saturday to Studio Two Three
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
The Expanders | USA | I Have A Party | Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2 | Easy Star | 2017 Toots & The Maytals | Jamaica | Pomps And Pride | single | Jaguar | 1971 John Holt | Jamaica | Ali Baba | single | Treasure Isle | 1969
M.D. & The Healers | USA-Russia-Ukraine-Lithuania | Backyard | Welcome To Babylon | Rebel Sound | 2017 Karikatura | USA | Miesto | Speak Now | Ropeadope | 2016
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band | DC USA | Tribulation | Bone Reader | self-released | 2017 The Shaolin Afronauts | Australia | Flight Of The Ancients | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle | 2011
Criolo | Brazil | Bogota | No Na Orelha | Sterns | 2012 Da Cruz | Brazil-Switzerland | Sinha Mandou | Eco Do Futuro | Boom Jah / Broken Silence | 2017
Habib Koite & Bamada | Mali | Foro Bana | Ma Ya | Putumayo | 1999 Boubacar Traore | Mali | Yafa Ma | Dounia Tabolo | Lusafrica | 2017
Iftiin Band feat Mahmud Abdallah "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir | Somalia | Xuduud Ma Le Xubigaan | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 197x Nimco Jamaac | Somalia | Buuraha U Dheer | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 198x
Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band | Benin | Dadje Von O Von Non | Legends Of Benin | Analog Africa | 1966 So Kalmery | RD Congo | Hey! Mama Lisa | Brakka System | World Village | 2009 Ernesto Djedje | Cote D'Ivoire | Zibote | Le Roi Du Ziglibithy | Badmos | 1977 Los Camaroes | Cameroon | Resurrection Los | Resurrection Los | Analog Africa | 1979
Magic System | Cote D'Ivoire | Bouger Bouger | Cessa Kie La Verite | Showbiz | 2005