Songhoy Blues and the music of Mali's Songhai people; The Bongo Hop's Afro-Latin groove; new samba-funk from João Selva; George Lowe of Afro-Zen Allstars visits the studio to talk about how, after more than 30 years as as a huge fan of Ethiopian Golden Age music and 10 years of leading one of the top Ethio-jazz bands anywhere, he finally briefly became big in Ethiopia
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
Ali Farka Touré | Mali | Mahini Me | The Source | World Circuit | 1992 Songhoy Blues | Mali | Gara | Gara - Single | Studio Mali / Transgressive | 2024 Afel Bocoum | Mali | Penda Djiga | Linde | World Circuit | 2020
Guy One | Ghana-Germany | Everything You Do, You Do For Yourself | #1 | Philophon | 2018 Hamad Kalkaba Et Le Grand Orchestre De La Garde Republicaine Du Cameroun | Cameroon | Tchakoulaté | Fouh Sei Allah / Tchakoulaté - Single | Sonafric | 1974 The Bongo Hop | France-Colombia-Cameroon | Ah! Kumana (feat. Jean Tchoumi) | La Pata Coja | Underdog | 2024
Tim Maia | Brazil | O Caminho Do Bem | Racional Vol. 2 | Seroma | 1975 João Selva | Brazil-France | Banho De Mar | Banho De Mar - Single | Underdog | 2024 Jorge Ben | Brazil | Xica Da Silva | Africa Brasil | Philips | 1976 Márcio Local | Brazil | Suingue Dominou | Says Don Day Do Dree Don Don | Luaka Bop | 2009