Desert blues channeling Piedmont blues; Afropop meets the second line; new and old Brazilian psychedelia; irreverant Hanukkah songs
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
Ali Farka Toure | Mali | Mahini Me | The Source | Hannibal | 1992 Boubacar Traore | Mali | Dounia Tabolo | Dounia Tabolo | Lusafrica | 2017
Les Filles De Illighadad | Niger | Telillite | Eghass Malan | Sahel Sounds | 2017
Extra Golden | Kenya-USA | Street Parade | Hera Ma Nono | Thrill Jockey | 2007 Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band | DC USA | Rambeau | Bone Reader | self-released | 2017
Guelewar Of Banjul | The Gambia | Ya Mom Samaray | Dieuf Dieul Khadin Rassoul | Sonafric | 1982 Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds | Cameroon | Astadjam Dada Sare | 1974-1975 | Analog Africa | 1974
Luis Carlos Vinhas | Brazil | Ye Mele | O Som Psicodelico De Luis Carlos Vinhas | CBS | 1968 Garotas Suecas | Brazil | A Nuvem | Feras Miticas | Vampisoul | 2014 Gal Costa | Brazil | Tuareg | Gal Costa (Cinema Olympia) | Philips | 1969 Boogarins | Brazil | Lucifernandis | As Plantas Que Curam | Other Music | 2013
Criolina | Brazil | Farinha Do Mesmo Saco | Radiola Em Transe | SeteSois | 2017 Banda Magda | Greece-Argentina-Japan-Colombia-USA | Vem Morena | Tigre | GroundUP / Verve | 2017 Alma Tropicalia | DC USA | Irene | Alma Tropicalia | self-released | 2012
Geoff Berner | Canada | When Chanukah Comes To Town | We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians | Oriente | 2015 Gypsyphonic Disko feat Katey Red | USA | Dreidel Song | single | self-released | 2012 Hip Hop Hoodios | USA | Kike On The Mic | Agua Pa' La Gente | Jazzheads | 2005 Socalled | Canada | (These Are The) Good Old Days | Ghettoblaster | JDub | 2007
Gogol Bordello | USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Scotland UK-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus | Break Into Your Higher Self | Seekers And Finders | Cooking Vinyl | 2017 Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra | Serbia | Unza Unza Time | Unza Unza Time | Barclay | 2000