An Orchestra Baobab retrospective: four songs from four decades; new albums by Rafiki Jazz and Omar Souleyman; veteran Ethiopian singers Alemayehu Eshete and Girma Beyene are back; Colombian fandango meets Trinidadian calypso
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
Orchestra Baobab | Senegal | Bul Ma Miin | Specialist In All Styles | World Circuit | 2002 Orchestre Du Bawobab | Senegal | Kelen Ati Leen | Visage Du Senegaal, Vol. 6 | Buur | 1975
Aziz Sahmaoui | Morocco-France | Maktoube | University Of Gnawa | General Pattern SARL | 2011 Rafiki Jazz | England UK-Pakistan-Israel-Egypt-Senegal-Brazil | Tasbih | Har Dam Sahara | Riverboat | 2017
ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir | Iran-USA | Brhaspati | Suryaghati 2 | Six Degrees | 2007 Omar Souleyman | Syria | Aenta Lhabbeytak | To Syria, With Love | Mad Decent | 2017
Girma Beyene & Akale Wube | Ethiopia-France | Tewedjign Endehu | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique | 2017 Mohammed 'Jimmy' Mohammed | Ethiopia | Aykedashem Lebe | Takkabel! | Terp | 2006
La Cumbia Soledena | Colombia | El Garabato | Diablos Del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 | Analog Africa | 1964 Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra | Colombia-Canada | Tres Clarinetes | Azul | Curura Musique | 2012 Ondatropica | Colombia-England UK | Lazalypso | Baile Bucanero | Soundway | 2017
The Mighty Sparrow with C. Diaz & His Orchestra | Trinidad & Tobago | May May | single | RCA | 1960 Lord Kitchener | Trinidad & Tobago | The Road | single | Jump Up | 1963 Charlie's Roots | Trinidad & Tobago | Yes Darling | 10th Anniversary Album | Lypsoland | 1987