Global A Go-Go presents:
The Garifuna people are direct descendants of the survivors of two shipwrecked Nigerian slave ships that landed on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1675. Those survivors inter-married with native Caribbeans; they were exiled by the British to Roatan Island off the coast of Honduras in 1797 and then disbursed across Central America.
Against all odds, this tiny ethnic group has survived three exiles (from Africa, from St. Vincent and from Roatan). There are about 600,000 identifiable Garifuna in the world today, mostly living in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, with about 100,000 in New York’s Bronx borough.
Aurelio Martinez (pictured above) is the greatest living exponent of Garifuna music, which has had a massive worldwide revival in the last 20 years. You’ll hear a track from Aurelio’s new album Darandi on this week’s program, part of a full set of Garifuna music.
Also this week: Tinariwen’s new album, the pachuco sound of 1950’s Mexican-Americans, and Balkan songs of immigration.
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Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Cinco Lobos, “Los Chucos Suaves”
from Jukebox Mambo: Rumba And Afro-Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960
Jazzman - 1949
USA
Conjunto Casino, “Que Golazo!”
from Macondo Revisitado: The Roots Of Subtropical Music (Uruguay 1975-1979)
Vampisoul - 2017
Uruguay
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective, “Amunegu”
from Watina
Cumbancha - 2007
Belize-Guatemala-Honduras
Silvia Blanco, “Barubana Yagien”
from Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project
Cumbancha - 2008
Guatemala
Slavic Soul Party, “Tourist Point Of View”
from Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
Ropeadope - 2016
USA
Gogol Bordello, “Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)”
American - 2010
USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go February 15th, 2017
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