Modern British folk songs (of a sort); the first new recording in 20 years from Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou; acoustic music of Eastern Europe; Latin dancefloor-packers from the 1970s and today
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
England Half English meets John Barleycorn | Billy Bragg (UK) | The Imagined Village Special Limited Edition EP | Real World | 2007 Making Plans For Nigel | The Bad Shepherds (UK) | By Hook Or By Crook | Monsoon Music | 2010 Cum On Feel The Noize | The Imagined Village (UK) | Empire & Love | ECC | 2010 Tempted | Richard Thompson (UK) | 1000 Years Of Popular Music | Beeswing | 2003 God Save The Queen | The Bad Shepherds (UK) | Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera | Monsoon Music | 2009
Cul De Sac | Hotel X (RVA USA) | December 17, 2009 | unreleased | 2009 Youba | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011
Lion Is Burning | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) feat Franz Ferdinand (UK) | single | Strut | 2011 Shalaode | Wganda Kenya (Colombia) | El Vacile Efectivo De La Champeta Criolla: A New African Music From Colombia | Palenque | 1976
Adje, Jano | BALKANIZE! (RVA USA) | Balkan Eyes | self-released | 2010 Hej, Bystra Voda | Cechomor (Czech Republic) | Co Sa Stalo Nove | Sony BMG Czech | 2005 Son Kolhoznika | Iva Nova (Russia) | Chemodan | Geometriya | 2006
Krasavaska Ruchenitsa | Jayme Stone (Canada) | Room Of Wonders | self-released | 2011 Uskudar | A Hawk And A Hacksaw (USA) | Cervantine | L.M. Dupli-cation | 2011 Moldavian | Luminescent Orchestrii (USA) | Neptune's Daughter | Nine Mile | 2009
Plastico | Willie Colon (USA) & Ruben Blades (Panama) | Siembra | Fania | 1978 Sabroso Bacalao | Adolfo Echevarria (Colombia) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 1976 Bacalao Con Pan | Irakere (Cuba) | Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba | Waxing Deep | 1974 Ma Do Nar | Los Chicharrons (Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark) | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch | 2010
Roforofo Fight | Havana Cultura feat Mayra Caridad Valdes (Cuba) | Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound | Brownswood | 2009