An almost-all-new-music edition of Global A Go-Go, featuring Balkan brass meets guitar twang from Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia, Kwashibu Area Band's quiet storm of highlife, Femi Kuti's latest Afrobeat opus, desert blues singer-songwriter Mohamed Alassane Karzo, Madalitso Band's Malawian banjo music, the psychedelic Afro-Colombian sounds of Pambelé and many more
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
Ry Cooder | USA | I Got Mine | Chicken Skin Music | Reprise | 1976 Hazmat Modine | USA-Benin | Child of a Blind Man (feat Gangbé Brass Band) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011 Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia | Canada-Romania | Jolene | The Devil Rides Again | Asphalt Tango | 2025 Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia | Canada-Romania | The Devil Rides Again | The Devil Rides Again | Asphalt Tango | 2025
The Anchors | South Africa | Heart Breaker | Black Soul | Matsuli | 2025-1972 Kwashibu Area Band | Ghana-Germany | Mpaebo Mu Asomdwee | Love Warrior's Anthem | Soundway | 2025 Florence Adooni | Ghana | Fo Yelle | A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) | Philophon | 2025 The Cavemen | Nigeria | Dancing Shoes | Dancing Shoes - Single | self-released | 2025
La BOA & Tony Allen | Colombia-Nigeria | La Máquina de Tony | La BOA Meets Tony Allen | Comet | 2025 Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Ghana | Akoko Ba | Simigwa | Strut | 2025-1975 Femi Kuti | Nigeria | Journey Through Life | Journey Through Life | Partisan | 2025
Mohamed Alassane Karzo | Niger | Mafelawen | Mafelawen / C'est la Vie - Single | Sahel Sounds | 2025-2012 Mdou Moctar Niger Oh France (Injustice Version) Tears of Injustice Matador 2025 Les Abranis | Algeria-France | Mmliyi Kan | Album No. 1: Id Ed Was | Wewantsounds | 2025-1983 Etran De L’Aïr | Niger | Agadez | Agadez - Single | Sahel Sounds | 2025
Jacob Mafuleni & Vee Mukarati | Zimbabwe-Switzerland | Zvichapera | Zvichapera - Single | Nyami Nyami | 2025 Thomas Mapfumo & the Acid Band | Zimbabwe | Chiiko Chinotinetsa | Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 2025-1978 Awa Khiwe | Zimbabwe-Germany | NgeMbombela | African Women Arise | Outhere | 2025 Madalitso Band | Malawi | Mwdala | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe | 2025
F.A.V., Tino Amor & Barzo | Costa Rica | Mi Barrio | Mi Barrio - Single | Lácteo Cósmico | 2025 Pambelé | Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy | Mujer Perfecta | Dámelo | self-released | 2025 Son Bayoú | USA | Flor Campestre | Flor Campestre / Playa Embrujadas - Single | Names You Can Trust | 2025 Empanadas Ilegales | Canada | Chancletazo | Chancletazo - Single | We Are Time | 2025