A Global A Go-Go 4th of July American music special: music by artists born around the world who have chosen to live in the USA
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 of Origin) | 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
Jose Perez Leon | Los Tigres Del Norte (Mexico) | Pacto De Sangre | Fonovisa | 2004 Primavera En La Selva | Chicha Libre (France) | Sonido Amazonico! | Barbes | 2008 Todos Vuelven | Ruben Blades Y Seis Del Solar (Panama) | Buscando America | Elektra/Asylum | 1984 Quimbara | Celia Cruz (Cuba) & Johnny Pacheco (Dominican Republic) | Celia & Johnny | Vaya | 1974
Hende Baba (Let's Go, Father) | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Rise Up | Real World | 2006 African Marketplace | Dollar Brand aka Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa) | African Marketplace | Elektra | 1980
Ale Lave | Tabou Combo (Haiti) | Respect | Secret Stash | 1973 Prima Donna | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca (RD Congo) | Isabela | Mopiato | 2007
Gela | Abyssinia Infinite feat Gigi (Ethiopia) | Zion Roots | Network | 2003 Sunshine Of Your Love | Club d'Elf feat Hassan Hakmoun (Morocco) | Electric Moroccoland | Face Pelt | 2011
Dancing With The Moon | Balkan Beat Box (Israel) | Blue Eyed Black Boy | Nat Geo Music | 2010 Through The Roof 'N' Underground | Gogol Bordello (Ukraine-Russia-Israel) | Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony | Rubric | 2002 God Is Busy, May I Help You? | Kultur Shock (Bosnia-Bulgaria-Japan) | We Came To Take Your Jobs Away | Koolarrow | 2006
A Culture On The Brink Of Extinction | Moh Alileche (Algeria) | North Africa's Destiny? | Flag Of Freedom Productions | 2004 Ngol Jimol | Afrissippi (Senegal) | Fulani Journey | Electric Catfish | 2005 Wanto Doke | Cheick Hamala Diabate (Mali) | Ake Doni Doni | Grigri Discs | 2008
Di Bombs | Ikwunga (Nigeria) | Calabash: Afrobeat Poems, Volume 1 | Rebisi Hut | 2004