Female singers from the Red Sea region; low-tech electronica, made in Africa; the roots of Afro-Latin music: seven genres, each one degree removed from the motherland; Afro-funk, DC style
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
Asia Madani & Africairo | Sudan-Egypt-Eritrea | Foulfouldy | Asia Madani & Africairo | self-released | 2016 Fatimah Al Zaelaeyah | Yemen | Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa | Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen | Dust-To-Digital | 197x
Alsarah & The Nubatones Sudan-Yemen-Armenia-Egypt-Togo-France Habibi Taal Silt Wonderwheel 2014 Hibo Nuura | Somalia | Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 2002 Hirut Beqele | Ethiopia | Almokerkum Neber | Ethiopiques 3: Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975 | Buda Musique | 1972
Afous D'Afous | Algeria | Nak Amahah | Tenere | Sahelsounds | 2017 Leila Gobi | Mali | Tibo Gadeina | 2017 | Clermont Music | 2017 Sali Sidibe | Mali | Djen Magni | The Wassoulou Sound: Women Of Mali | Sterns Africa | 1991
Los Chicharrons | Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark-Mali | Timbuktu | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch | 2010 Baaba Maal | Senegal | Fulani Rock | The Traveller | Palm-Marathon Artists | 2016
Andres Landero | Colombia | La Pava Congona | single | Discos Fuentes | 1975 Nicomedes Santa Cruz | Peru | Mama Luchita | Socabon | Virrey | 1974 The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Gudumei | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013 Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El Clavo | Venezuela | Oh Santa Rosa | Loe Loa: Rural Recordings Under The Mango Tree | Odelia | 2017
Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo | Brazil | Cade O Anel? | Siria | Continental | 1976 Carlinhos Brown | Brazil | Bog La Bag | Alfagamabetizado | EMI Odeon | 1996 Batata Y Su Rumba Palenquera | Colombia | Ataole | Radio Bakongo | Network | 2003
Chicago Afrobeat Project feat Tony Allen | USA-Nigeria | Sunday Song | What Goes Up | self-released | 2017 The Funk Ark feat Mustafa Akbar | DC USA | Funky Southern | High Noon | ESL Music | 2012 Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band feat Head-Roc | DC USA | DC Vote | Bone Reader | self-released | 2017
Hot, Cold Sweat | DC USA | Meet Me At The Go-Go | single | D.E.T.T. | 1982