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Program Information
Global A Go-Go
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
Sept. 1, 2025, midnight
Acoustic music from southern Africa by the Good Ones, Alick Nkhata and Cowboy Sweethearts; new music from Mahotella Queens, now in their 60th year; a reissue of one of my favorite highlife recordings, the Blue Album of K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas; a new version of the "Westbound Train" riddim by Skip Marley; Finland's Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha go Anatolian rock; and the sizzling desert blues of Group Inerane, recorded live
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Sunday from 1 to 3 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

The Good Ones | Rwanda | Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat | 2025
Stella Chiweshe | Zimbabwe | Kasahwa | Kasahwa: Early Singles | Glitterbeat | 2018-1974
Alick Nkhata's Quartet | Zambia | Elena | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi | 2025-1950s
Cowboy Sweethearts | South Africa | Sambamba Lomfana | Zulu Guitar Music: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | Matsuli Music | 2025-1956

Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Awuthule Kancane | Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 | Umsakazo | 2023
Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Jomba Jomba | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025
Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Thoko, Ujola Nobani? | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ghana | Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (The Blue Album) | Soundway | 2025-1976
Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | Ghana | Ene Nyame Nam A, Mensuro | Sweeter Than Honey: Calypso "Mahuno" and High Lifes Celebration | Pan African | 1980
Alex Konadu | Ghana | W'awu Do Ho No | Asaase Asa | Brobisco | 1977

Al Green | USA | Love and Happiness | I'm Still In Love With You | Hi | 1972
Dennis Brown | Jamaica | Westbound Train | Westbound Train - Single | Observers | 1973
Skip Marley | Jamaica-USA | In Our Sight | In Our Sight - Single | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam | 2025
Faraón Bantú Sound System feat. Quantic | Colombia-England UK | Westbound Train | Profecias Del Emperador Bantu | Chusma | 2011

Barış Manço & Moğollar | Turkey | Binboğanın Kızı | Binboğanın Kızı / Ay Osman - Single | Sayan | 1971
Gaye Su Akyol | Turkey | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | Glitterbeat | 2018
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha | Finland | Lapis Philosophorum | Lapis Philosophorum - Single | Playground Music | 2025

Group Inerane | Niger | Tamiditine Aicha | Marhajan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies | 2025
Tamikrest | Mali | Manhouy Inerizhan | Kidal | Glitterbeat | 2017
Tinariwen | Mali | Oualahila Ar Tesninam | Amassakoul | Independent | 2003
Imarhan | Algeria | Tahabort | Ihad Saman EP | City Slang | 2023

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