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Four artists who'll be appearing at this weekend's 14th annual Richmond Folk Festival: Sona Jobarteh from The Gambia, the world's foremost female kora player; the Puerto Rican salsa band Orquesta El Macabeo, who played live on Global A Go-Go three years ago; the kings of Jamaican nyabinghi drumming, Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus; and Tribu Baharu, bringing the madness of Colombian champeta to Richmond
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
Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba | Senegal-USA | Alla L'a Ke | Routes | Twelve | Eight | 2018 Sona Jobarteh | The Gambia-England UK | Gambia | single | African Guild | 2015
Fatoumata Diawara | Mali | Nterini | Fenfo: Something To Say | Shanachie | 2018 Rokia Traore | Mali | Sikey | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013
Orquesta El Macabeo | Puerto Rico USA | Alacran | Live On WRIR 2015-09-02 | wrir.org/listen | 2015 Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Perdido | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul | 2014
Eddie Palmieri | USA | Bilongo | Superimposition | Tico | 1970 Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo | Colombia | La Rumba Se Acabo | Salsa Con Monte | Vampisoul | 1973
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus | Jamaica | Run Come Rally | Dadawah: Peace & Love | Trojan | 1975 Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus | Jamaica | Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps) | Nyahbinghi | Trojan | 1974 The Folkes Brothers | Jamaica | Oh Carolina | single | Buster Wild Bells | 1960
The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Gudemei | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013 Chella Torres & Desere Diego | Honduras-Belize | Merua | Umalai: The Garifuna Women's Project | Cumbancha | 2008 Doctor Nativo | Guatemala | Zion | Guatemaya | Stonetree | 2018
Tribu Baharu | Colombia | Made In Tribu Baharu | single | Electric Cowbell | 2017 Juan Carlos Coronel & Joe Arroyo | Colombia | Simula Timula | 100 Exitos Crossover Para El Gran Baile | Discos Fuentes | 2004 The King Elio Boom | Colombia | El Fulo | Champeta Criolla Vol. 2: Visionary Black Music From Underground Colombiafrica: The Real Motherfuckers Of Afrocolombian Music !! | Palenque | 2001 Grupo Abharca | Colombia | Schallcarri | Africa Llama | Caliente | 1978
Superfonicos | USA | Sigue Pa'Lante | Suelta | Discos Fonicos | 2018