Progressive folk music from Eastern Europe; new desert blues by Les Filles De Illighadad; the Senegambian kora; Ethio-oldies from Swinging Addis; West Africa's funky Afropop; funana from the island nation of Cabo Verde
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Monday 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.
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
Iren Lovasz & Laszlo Hortobagyi | Hungary | Pava (Hey Peacock) | Vilagfa | Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum | 1995 Warsaw Village Band | Poland | Waterduction | Uwodzenie : Waterduction | Karrot Kommando | 2020 Lee Fry Music | Italy-Poland | Wianek | Wianek - Single | self-released | 2021
Faris | Italy-Algeria | Alwaq Semman (Hard Times Killing Floor Blues) | Mississippi To Sahara | Le Chant Du Fauves | 2015 Tinariwen | Mali | Tenhert | Imidiwan : Companions | World Village | 2009 Les Filles De Illighadad | Niger | Surbajo | At Pioneer Works | Sahel Sounds | 2021
Dawda Jobarteh | Gambia-Denmark | Transition | Transitional Times | Sterns | 2016 Sourakata Koite | Senegal-France | Ha-Madi | En Hollande | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1984 Kane Mathis | USA | Routes De Jardins | Geminus | Nyaato | 2021