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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