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Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
March 11, 2011, 7:48 p.m.
Undersung Heroes of African Music -- Ernesto Djedje; calypso, soca and steel band from Trinidad; covers of "Gloria" in Khmer and "Iron Man" in Thai; Thomas Mapfumo, his colleagues and admirers
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Friday from 5 to 7 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.
Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Zibote | Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network | 1977
Zadie Bobo | Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | Ivory Coast Soul: Afrofunk In Abidjan From 1972 To 1982 | Hot Casa | 1977
Bilwana | Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | African Pearls: Cote D'Ivoire, West African Crossroads | Syllart | 1981
Behido | Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | Free Africa, Disc 3 | Le Son Du Maquis | 1977

After The Bachanal | Lord Beginner (Trinidad & Tobago) | West Indian Rhythm, Disc 6 | Bear Family | 1939
Kitch, You So Sweet | Lord Kitchener (Trinidad & Tobago) | Trojan Calypso Box Set | Trojan | 1963
Castro Eating A Banana | Mighty Sparrow (Trinidad & Tobago) | The Outcast | National | 1964

Carnival Long Ago | Roaring Lion (Trinidad & Tobago) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 1976
Yes Darling | David Rudder (Trinidad & Tobago) | This Is Soca | Sire | 1987
Ease Back | Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | single | Melting Pot | 197x

United Provinces Of India | Cornershop feat Bubbley Kaur (UK) | Cornershop & The Double 'O' Groove Of | Ample Play | 2011
Sleep On The Left Side | Cornershop (UK) | When I Was Born For The 7th Time | Luaka Bop | 1997
Dama Dam Mast Qalander | Muhammed Ashra feat Ahmed Rushdi (Pakistan) | The Sound Of Wonder! | B-Music | 1976

Yuvajon Kouge Jet (Broken Heart Man) | Yol Aularong (Cambodia) | Cambodian Rocks | Parallel World | 197x
Cement Slippers | Dengue Fever (USA-Cambodia) | single | Concord | 2011
Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng (Iron Man) | Sroeng Santi (Thailand) | Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side Of The Luk Thung Underground | B-Music | 197x

Nzwananai | Rattlemouth (RVA USA) | 5 | self-released | 2011
Jo Jo | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Afropop Presents Thomas Mapfumo Live | Afropop | 1991
Zunde | Spirit Talk Mbira (Zimbabwe-UK) | Dendere Ngoma | Ingoma | 2010

Mahara | Comrade Fatso & Chabvondoka feat Nyengeterai & Godobori (Zimbabwe) | House Of Hunger | self-released | 2008

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