Acoustic music from southern Africa by the Good Ones, Alick Nkhata and Cowboy Sweethearts; new music from Mahotella Queens, now in their 60th year; a reissue of one of my favorite highlife recordings, the Blue Album of K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas; a new version of the "Westbound Train" riddim by Skip Marley; Finland's Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha go Anatolian rock; and the sizzling desert blues of Group Inerane, recorded live
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
The Good Ones | Rwanda | Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat | 2025 Stella Chiweshe | Zimbabwe | Kasahwa | Kasahwa: Early Singles | Glitterbeat | 2018-1974 Alick Nkhata's Quartet | Zambia | Elena | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi | 2025-1950s Cowboy Sweethearts | South Africa | Sambamba Lomfana | Zulu Guitar Music: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | Matsuli Music | 2025-1956
Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Awuthule Kancane | Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 | Umsakazo | 2023 Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Jomba Jomba | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025 Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Thoko, Ujola Nobani? | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ghana | Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (The Blue Album) | Soundway | 2025-1976 Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | Ghana | Ene Nyame Nam A, Mensuro | Sweeter Than Honey: Calypso "Mahuno" and High Lifes Celebration | Pan African | 1980 Alex Konadu | Ghana | W'awu Do Ho No | Asaase Asa | Brobisco | 1977
Al Green | USA | Love and Happiness | I'm Still In Love With You | Hi | 1972 Dennis Brown | Jamaica | Westbound Train | Westbound Train - Single | Observers | 1973 Skip Marley | Jamaica-USA | In Our Sight | In Our Sight - Single | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam | 2025 Faraón Bantú Sound System feat. Quantic | Colombia-England UK | Westbound Train | Profecias Del Emperador Bantu | Chusma | 2011
Barış Manço & Moğollar | Turkey | Binboğanın Kızı | Binboğanın Kızı / Ay Osman - Single | Sayan | 1971 Gaye Su Akyol | Turkey | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | Glitterbeat | 2018 Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha | Finland | Lapis Philosophorum | Lapis Philosophorum - Single | Playground Music | 2025
Group Inerane | Niger | Tamiditine Aicha | Marhajan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies | 2025 Tamikrest | Mali | Manhouy Inerizhan | Kidal | Glitterbeat | 2017 Tinariwen | Mali | Oualahila Ar Tesninam | Amassakoul | Independent | 2003 Imarhan | Algeria | Tahabort | Ihad Saman EP | City Slang | 2023
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