New throat singing from Mongolia by Batsükh Dorj; rocksteady from the mid 60s and the current Jamaican sounds of Samory I and Stephen Marley; kora music on guitar by Derek Gripper, who will be performing in Richmond this week; after 44 years finally the first studio album by Senegal's Dieuf Dieul de Thiès; more Ghanaian burger highlife
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Sunday from 1 to 3 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.
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Batsükh Dorj | Mongolia | Kongurei | Ögbelerim (Music For My Ancestors) | Buda Musique | 2023 Hani Union | China | Greek Text | Lost In China: Off The Beaten Track From Beijing To Xinjiang | Riverboat | 2017 Anda Union | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China | Jangar | Live On WRIR 2019-04-03 | | 2019
The Jamaicans | Jamaica | Ba Ba Boom | Ba Ba Boom - Single | Treasure Isle | 1967 Leon Dinero | USA | If You Ask Me To | If You Ask Me To: Victor Axelrod Productions For Daptone Records | Daptone | 2023-2019 The Frightnrs | USA | Trouble In Here | Nothing More To Say | Daptone | 2016 Alton Ellis & The Flames | Jamaica | Cry Tough | Cry Tough - Single | Treasure Isle | 1967 Derrick Morgan & The Aces | Jamaica | Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) | Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) - Single | Beverley's | 1967 Delroy Wilson | Jamaica | Dancing Mood | Dancing Mood - Single | All Stars | 1966
Stephen Marley | Jamaica-USA | Cast The First Stone (feat Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley) | Old Soul | Tuff Gong International / UMe / Ghetto Youths International | 2023 Perfect | Jamaica | 30 Pieces | Born Dead With Life | Irievibrations | 2008 Samory I | Jamaica | Blood In The Streets | Strength | Overstand Entertainment / Easy Star | 2023 Tiken Jah Fakoly | Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica | One Step Forward (feat Max Romeo) | Racines | Wrasse | 2015
Toumani Diabaté | Mali | Jarabi | Kaira | Hannibal | 1988 Derek Gripper | South Africa | Jarabi | One Night On Earth: Music From The Strings Of Mali | New Cape | 2012 Derek Gripper | South Africa | '56 | One Night On Earth: Music From The Strings Of Mali | New Cape | 2012
Etoile De Dakar | Senegal | M'Baye Gueye | Khaley Etoile | Stern's Africa | 1981 Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès | Senegal | Ndiguële | Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès | Buda Musique | 2024
Eric Agyemang & His Kokroko Band | Ghana | Gyae Su | Nananom | BBE | 2023-1987 A.K. Yeboah & K.K.'s No. 2 Band | Ghana | Nde Den Ya | Nde Den Ya | BBE | 2023-1985 Nana Aboagye Da-Costa | Ghana-Netherlands | Sikyi Medley: Nsamafo Mmegya Nsa, Ohemaa, Odomaa, Ohia Ese Oden Efie Nefie | Borga Revolution, Volume 2: Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983-1996 | Kalita | 2023-1991
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