Joe Strummer is one of the primary inspirations for this radio program, which is named after one of his songs; so it's only appropriate that Global A Go-Go celebrates what would have been Joe's 70th birthday with two hours about him, his music and the music he loved
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
Woody Guthrie | USA | Pretty Boy Floyd | Dust Bowl Ballads | RCA Victor | 1940 Chumbawamba | England UK | Bankrobber | A Singsong And A Scrap | No Masters | 2005 Bryan Ferry | England UK | Carrickfergus | The Bride Stripped Bare | Atlantic | 1978 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Redemption Song | Streetcore | Hellcat | 2003
Max Romeo | Jamaica | Public Enemy Number One | Public Enemy Number One - Single | Truth | 1971 Big Youth | Jamaica | Cool Breeze | Cool Breeze - Single | Crystal | 1972 The Clash | England UK | (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais | (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - Single | CBS | 1978 Bob Marley & The Wailers | Jamaica | Punky Reggae Party | Jamming / Punky Reggae Party - Single | Island | 1977 The English Beat | England UK | Mirror In The Bathroom | I Just Can't Stop It | Sire | 1980
Eddie Cochran | USA | Nervous Breakdown | Cherished Memories Of Eddie Cochran | London | 1961 Bo Diddley | USA | Bring It To Jerome | Bring It To Jerome - Single | Checker | 1955 The Stooges | USA | 1969 | The Stooges | Elektra | 1969 The Clash | England UK | Clampdown | London Calling | CBS | 1979 The Clash | England UK | Capital Radio Two | The Cost Of Living | CBS | 1979
Nina Simone | USA | To Love Somebody | To Love Somebody | RCA Victor | 1969 Joe Strummer & The Astro-Physicians | England UK | Afro-Cuban Bebop (Alt. Mix) | Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say … Poguemahone!! - The Pogues Box Set | Rhino | 1990 The Pogues | England UK | The Sunnyside Of The Street | Hell's Ditch | Island | 1990 Gogol Bordello | USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Scotland UK-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus | Trans-Continental Hustle | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010 Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra | Ex-Yugoslavia | Unza Unza Time | Unza Unza Time | Barclay | 2000
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Shaktar Donetsk | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001 Cornershop | England UK | 6 A.M. Jullander Shere | Woman's Gotta Have It | Luaka Bop | 1995 Brenda Fassie | South Africa | Vuli Ndlela | Memeza | CCP | 1997 Juslin & Les Thu-Zahina | R.D. Congo | Sanga Mbele Mbele | Sanga Mbele Mbele - Single | Fiesta | 1970
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Get Down Moses | Streetcore | Hellcat | 2003 The Clash | England UK | Know Your Rights | Combat Rock | Epic | 1982 Rachid Taha | Algeria-France | Rock El Casbah | Tekitoi! | Barclay | 2004
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