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Melodic reggae at its finest; Samba Mapangala sings about the upcoming election (in Kenya); chicha from Peru and champeta from Colombia; Chicha Libre interviewed
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
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat
Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) | John Holt (Jamaica) | single | Jackpot
Wonderful World, Beautiful People | Jimmy Cliff (Jamaica) | single | A&M
Sooner Or Later | Soothsayers (UK) | Human Nature | Red Earth
World Upside Down | Jimmy Cliff (Jamaica) | Rebirth | Universal
Prisoner | Lucky Dube (South Africa) | Prisoner | Gallo
Chagua Chagua (Vote In Peace) | Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga (RD Congo-USA) | single | Virunga
Zaiko Wa Wa | Zaiko Langa Langa (RD Congo) | Zaire-Ghana | RetroAfric
Tupatupa | Msondo Ngoma Music Band (Tanzania) | The Best Of Msondo Ngoma | Ujamaa
La Danza Del Milionario | Chicha Libre (France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA) | Canibalismo | Barbes
Selva, Selva | Juaneco Y Su Combo (Peru) | Cumbia Beat, Volume 2 | Vampisoul
Chicha Morada | Martin Lopez Y Sus Estrellas (Peru) | Cocinando | Masstropicas
Operacion Dinamo | Matorralman (Mexico) | Guateque Estelar | Nacional
El Fulo | The King Elio Boom (Colombia) | Champeta Criolla Vol. 2: The Real Motherf*ckers Of Afrocolombian Music | Palenque
Simula Timula | Juan Carlos Coronel & Joe Arroyo (Colombia) | 100 Exitos Crossover Para El Gran Baile | Discos Fuentes
Tifit Hayed | Wganda Kenya (Colombia) | Colombia! The Golden Age Of Discos Fuentes | Soundway
Chicha Libre interview
Chinito Bailarin | Los Orientales De Paramonga (Peru) | single | Dinsa | 1970
El Sonidito | Hechizeros Band (Mexico) | El Sonidito | Fonovisa | 2008
Cumbia Cusinela | El Venado Azul (Mexico) | Viejo Pero No Espoleado | Discos Power | 2009
