Marabi jive and jazz from South Africa; the wonderful new album from Colombia's Sidestepper; brass bands of the world; Afrobeat with a psychedelic twist
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
Ngiboniseleni | Dark City Sisters (South Africa) | Music & Rhythm Of Africa: Hits Of 1959 | HMV | 1959 KwaBulawayo (aka Zulu Lunchbox) | Ndikho Xaba & The African Echoes (South Africa-USA) | The Rough Guide To South African Jazz (Second Edition) | World Music Network | 197x The Homecoming Song | Dollar Brand (South Africa) | African Marketplace | Elektra | 1979 Mra (Christopher Columbus) | Hugh Masekela (South Africa) | Is Alive And Well At The Whiskey | Uni | 1967 Baloyi | Dudu Pukwana & Spear (South Africa) | In The Townships | Caroline | 1974
Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang (Dre En Cumbia) | Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo (UK-Colombia) | single | Tru Thoughts | 2011 Come See Us Play | Sidestepper (UK-Colombia) | Supernatural Love | Real World | 2016 Sintiendo | Bomba Estereo (Colombia) | Elegancia Tropical | Soundway | 2013
Corre Caballo | Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta (USA) | Dos Santos | Alebrije | 2015 La Camita | Traffic Sound (Peru) | The Rough Guide To A World Of Psychedelia | World Music Network | 1971 Mastica, Chupa Y Jala | Ghetto Brothers (USA) | Power-Fuerza | Salsa International | 1971
Alturas | Chico Trujillo feat Banda Wiracocha (Chile) | Reina De Todas Las Fiestas | Barbes | 2015 Culiacan | Banda De Los Muertos (USA) | Banda De Los Muertos | Barbes | 2015 Bella Ciao | Rude Mechanical Orchestra (USA) | Rude Mechanical Orchestra | self-released | 2007 James Bond Theme | Boban & Marko Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) vs. Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011
Yoruba | Gangbe Brass Band (Benin) feat Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Go Slow To Lagos | Buda Musique | 2015 Halla Bol | Red Baraat (USA) | Shruggy Ji | Sinj | 2013
Order Of Nothingness | Jimi Tenor (Finland) | single | Philophon | 2016 Dimensions | Golden Dawn Arkestra (USA) | Golden Dawn Arkestra | self-released | 2014 When One Road Close | Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 (Nigeria) | N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) | Moving Target | 1985
Hwehwe Mu Na Yo Wo Mpena | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ofo Bros | 1977