The music of Wassoulou songbird and kamale ngoni player Kokanko Sata; more virtuosi of the kamale ngoni; a live set by Banda Magda, engineered by Tim Falen; Moorish rock and desert blues
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.
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
Kokanko Sata Doumbia (Mali), recorded live at WRIR on May 2, 2014: Kan Anw To Yongohe Djiguiya Mboloblale Sali Sidibe (Mali) | Ntanan | The Wassoulou Sound: Women Of Mali | Sterns Africa | 1991
Mamadou & Vanessa (Mali-USA) | Yankaran Foli | Faso Mali | self-released | 2012 Leni Stern (Germany) | Smoke, No Fire | Smoke, No Fire | self-released | 2012 Abou Diarra (Mali) | Koya Blues | Koya | Mix Et Metisses | 2016
Vieux Kante (Mali) | Kono | The Young Man's Harp | Sterns Africa | 2005 Issa Bagayogo (Mali) | Kalan Nege | Tassoumakan | Six Degrees | 2004