New Latin rock from all over the map; Balkan balladeers and rappers; music I heard while on vacation in Puerto Rico; Afro-tronic dance music (ADM) through the lens of Salif Keita
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Wednesday from 3 to 5 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 | 1997 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Dead Man | XIXA (USA) | Bloodline | Barbes | 2016 1 Hambre | Gepe (Chile) feat Wendy Sulca (Peru) | Estilo Libre | Quemasucabeza | 2015 2 Bada Ben | sanCima (Belgium-Italy) | single | self-released | 2015 3 Inmigrante | Grupo Fantasma (USA) | recorded live on KUTX Austin TX Oct 20 2015 | | 2015 4 Coleccionista | Cocofunka (Costa Rica) | Chucaro | self-released | 2016 5
Djeli Mara | Saban Bajramovic (Serbia) | A Gypsy Legend | World Connection | 2002 Hovavni Romni | Eva Salina (USA) | Lema Lema: Eva Salina Sings Saban Bajramovic | Vogiton | 2016 6 Oj Safete, Sajo, Sarajlijo | Divanhana (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Zukva | ARC | 2016 7
The Streets Where The Kids Have Fun | Shantel (Germany) feat Imam Baildi (Greece) | Viva Diaspora | Essay | 2015 Riot Fire | Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia & Herzegovina) feat Benji Webbe (Wales UK) | Happy Machine | Koolarrow | 2016 8 War Again | Balkan Beat Box (Israel-USA) | Blue Eyed Black Boy | Nat Geo Music | 2010
Bush Doctor | Peter Tosh (Jamaica) | Bush Doctor | Rolling Stone | 1978 El Salon | Julio Angel (Dominican Republic) | Bachata Roja: Acoustic Bachata From The Cabaret Era | iASO | 1982 Yo No Bailo Con Juana | Cortijo Y Kako Y Sus Tambores (Puerto Rico USA) | The Ansonia Years 1969-1971 | Vampisoul | 1970
La Escencia Del Guaguanco | Johnny Pacheco (Dominican Republic-USA) con Pete (El Conde) Rodriguez (Puerto Rico USA) | La Perfecta Combinacion | Fania | 1970 Indestructible | Ray Barretto (USA) | Indestructible | Fania | 1973 Gracia Divina | Orchestra Harlow (USA) feat Celia Cruz (Cuba) | Hommy: A Latin Opera | Fania | 1973
Wamba | Salif Keita (Mali) | Soro | Sterns | 1987 Madan (Martin Solveig Exotic Disco remix) | Salif Keita (Mali) | single | Universal | 2003 9 Enjailles (Madan) | Magic System (Cote D'Ivoire) | Radio Afrika | Parlophone | 2015 Mali Djaka | Luka Productions feat Salazar (Mali) | Mali Kady | Sahelsounds | 2016 10
Il Faut Balayer | Kaysha (RD Congo) feat Edgar Yonkeu (Cameroon) | African Bohemian | Sushiraw Entertainment | 2004