Two songs from an American band, Calexico, whose 13th album may be their best ever; cumbia electronica both slow and fast; the Afro-coffeehouse sound of Jason Tamba; two sets of 70s-80s African classics, one from Benin and one from central Africa
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
Amparo Sánchez | Spain | Corazón De La Realidad | Tucson-Habana | Wrasse | 2010 Orkesta Mendoza | USA-Mexico | Nada Te Debo | Vamos A Guarachar! | Glitterbeat | 2016 Depedro | Spain | What Goes On | Nubes De Papel | Nat Geo Music | 2010 Calexico | USA | Cumbia Peninsula | El Mirador | Anti- | 2022
Grupo Kual | Mexico | La Kumbia En La Playa | Un Saludo! Mexican Soundsystem Cumbia In LA | Dutty Artz / Songs From Home | 2008 Junior Y Su Equipo | Ecuador | La Borrachita | Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983 | Analog Africa | 1979 Chicha Libre | France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA | Popcorn Andino | Sonido Amazonico! | Barbes | 2008 Planeta Polar | Lithuania | Puro Carnaval | Puro Carnaval | Some Other Planet | 2022
Calexico | USA | Cumbia Del Polvo | El Mirador | Anti- | 2022 Bomba Estéreo | Colombia | Fuego (live edited version) | Live In Dublin | Nacional | 2009 Nkumba System | France-Colombia-Cameroon | Cacerolazo | Bailalo Duro! | Prado | 2020
Jason Tamba | RD Congo-South Africa-USA | Nkomba Mi | Don't Give Up | Playing For Change | 2022 The Good Ones | Rwanda | Columbia River Flowers | Rwanda … You See Ghosts, I See Sky | Six Degrees | 2022 Habib Koité & Bamada | Mali | Wassiyé | Ma Ya | Contre-Jour | 1998 So Kalmery | RD Congo-France | Hey! Mama Liza | Brakka System | World Village | 2008
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey | Benin | Angelina II | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey | His Master's Voice | 1972 Orchestre Les Volcans Du Benin | Benin | Oya Ka Jojo | Vol. 1 | Albarika Store | 1980 Gnonnas Pedro Et Ses Dadjes | Benin | Dadje Von O Von Non | The Band Of Africa Vol. 3 | African Songs Ltd. | 1977