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Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
Dec. 12, 2018, 7:28 p.m.
Global A Go-Go celebrates Jamhuri Day, one of Kenya's three independence days, with two hours of music from the Republic of Kenya: mostly musiki wa dansi (benga, Swahili rumba, kamba); soukous and other crossovers from the Congo, Tanzania and Uganda; and a little bit of folk, soul and funk
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

Suzzana Owiyo | Kenya | Janyau | Yamo Kudho | Blu Zebra | 2004
Abany Ba Nasery | Kenya | Abakambi | Nursery Boys Go Ahead! | GlobeStyle | 1992

Extra Golden | Kenya-USA | Brothers Gone Away | Hera Ma Nono | Thrill Jockey | 2007
Sam Oketch & Kendu Band Original | Kenya | Jack Okweso | Jack Okweso / Sura Lando - single | Matata | 197x

Gabriel Omolo & His Apollo Komesha | Kenya | Wed Today Divorce Tomorrow | Kenya Dance Mania | Earthworks | 197x
Ngunni Lovers Lovers | Kenya | Beth Kathini | Cheza Ngoma / Beth Kathini - single | Dream Beach | 2011

Maroon Commandos | Kenya | Amua Nikuache Kazi | The Nairobi Beat: Kenyan Pop Music Today | Rounder | 1983
D.O. Misiani & Orchestra D.O. 7 Shirati Jazz | Kenya | Wang Ni To Iringo | Wang Ni To Iringo - single | A.I. | 1979

Orchestra Makassy | R.D. Congo-Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya | Mosese | Agwaya | Virgin | 1982
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga | R.D. Congo-Uganda-Kenya-USA | Maisha Ni Matamu | Maisha Ni Matamu | Virunga | 2011

Moreno & L'Orchestre First Mojo-One | RD Congo-Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya | Dunia Ni Duara, Parts 1 & 2 | Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics | Sterns | 1982

Owacha Willy | Kenya-Uganda | Safari Ya Mbali | Rozinna | Equator Heritage Sounds | 2006
Issa Juma & Super Wanyika Stars | Tanzania-Kenya | Maria | World Defeats The Grandfathers: Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-1986 | Sterns | 1986

Slim Ali & The Hodi Boys | Kenya | You Can Do It | 70s Pop | ARC | 1977
Steele Beauttah | Kenya | Africa | African Stomp / Africa - single | Black Blood | 1976

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