Vintage and new Nigerian highlife; more Wassoulou rock; Roger Damawuzan feels better than James Brown; deep roots reggae featuring a terrific Pablo Moses reissue; the bacchanal sounds of soca from Trinidad and Barbados; Joe Bataan's Latin soul
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
Celestine Ukwu | Nigeria | Ejina Uwa Nya Isi | No Condition Is Permanent | Mississippi | 2022-1974 Oliver Nayoka | Nigeria | Ego N'Achi Uwa | Oka Mmadu | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque | 2022
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Burkina Faso | Kamelaba | Sonbonbela | Sublime Frequencies | 2022 Orchestra Gold | USA-Mali | Keleya | Keleya - Single | self-released | 2022 BKO | Mali-France | Kekereke | Djine Bora | Bongo Joe | 2022 Ba Cissoko | Guinee Conakry-France | Dandala | Sabolan | Marabi | 2003
Roger Damawuzan | Togo-France | See Your Face | Seda | Hot Casa | 2022 Bokoor Band | Ghana | Onukpa Shwarpo | Bokoor Band | Bokoor | 1978 Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats | Sierra Leone-Ghana | Let Them Talk | Let's Have A Party | EMI | 1974 T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Benin | Gbeti Ma Djro | Afro-Funk | Albarika Store | 2022-1971
Jacob Miller | Jamaica | 80,000 Careless Ethiopians | Jacob "Killer" Miller | Top Ranking | 1977 Pablo Moses | Jamaica | Revolutionary Dream | Revolutionary Dream | Baco | 2022-1975 The Gatherers | Jamaica | Words Of My Mouth | King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive) | Trojan | 2022-1973 Horace Andy & Jah Stitch | Jamaica | Zion Gate / Every Wicked Have To Crawl | Guiding Star / Zion Gate - Single | Carib Gems | 1978
Charlie's Roots | Trinidad & Tobago | Yes Darling | 10th Anniversary Album | Lypsoland | 1987 Shurwayne Winchester & David Rudder | Trinidad & Tobago | Bacchanal Come | Bacchanal Come - Single | SW Limited | 2022 Marvay | Barbados | Know The Face | Soca Gold 2017 | VP | 2017 Biggie Irie | Barbados | Need Ah Riddim | Soca Fest Volume 2 | A&A Productions | 2013
Joe Bataan | USA | Call My Name | Call My Name - Single | Vampisoul | 2022-2004 Pete & Louie | USA | Evil Ways | El Barrio: Sounds From The Spanish Harlem Streets | Fania | 2007-1970 Yerba Buena | Venezuela-Cuba-USA | Bilingual Girl (feat Joe Bataan) | Island Life | Razor & Tie | 2005