The music of Qwanqwa and Afro-Zen Allstars, who are appearing tonight at Richmond Music Hall; tributes to Gal Costa, who passed away Wednesday, and to Tabu Ley Rochereau, who was born on this day in 1940; South African sounds featuring new music by Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka; an interview with Kaethe Hostetter and Misale Legesse of Qwanqwa
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Sunday from 1 to 3 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
Qwanqwa | Ethiopia-USA | Gorage | Volume Two | FPE | 2015 Afro-Zen Allstars | RVA USA | Guragigna | The Buzz And The Bells | AZA Music | 2021 Debo Band | USA | Ele | Ere Gobez | FPE | 2016
Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso | Brazil | Baby | Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circensis | Philips | 1968 Tom Zé E Tiago Araripe | Brazil | Conto De Fraldas | Conto De Fraldas - Single | Continental | 1974 Gal Costa | Brazil | Tuareg | Gal (Cinema Olympia) | Philips | 1969
Tabu-Ley Rochereau Et Luambo-Makiadi Franco | RD Congo | Kabasele In Memoriam | L'Evénement! Rochereau Et Franco A Paris | Genidia | 1983 Orchestre L'Afrisa International | RD Congo | Kaful Mayay | Kaful Mayay - Single | African | 1974
Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka | South Africa-Canada-USA | Ilanga Selishonile | Ukubonga (Gratitude) | Justin Time | 2022 Busi Mhlongo | South Africa | Awukhu Umuzi Ongena Kukhuluma Kwawo | Urban Zulu | M.E.L.T. 2000 | 1999 Johnny Clegg | South Africa | Utshani Obulele | One Life | Marabi | 2006