Global A Go-Go presents:
That Ethiopian guy who took you to Dulles Airport last time? He might be the greatest musicians you’ve never heard.
Hailu Mergia (pictured above) has been working as a taxi driver in Washington DC since 1997. Back in the 70s, he was one of the pioneers of Ethio-jazz. He fled the Derg military dictatorship in 1981 and settled in DC, home to more Ethiopians than any city other than Addis Ababa.
In the last several years, his music has made a comeback; now 71 years old, he’s just put out his first new recording since 1985, and it’s fantastic. On this week’s program you’ll hear a track, plus one from the supergroup he led in the 70s that also featured Mulatu Astatke and Girma Beyene, two more Ethio-jazz veterans who are having late-career renaissances.
Also this week: new Malian releases by Djeneba & Fousco, Fatoumata Diawara and Sidi Toure; the sounds of Brazil’s Northeast; and the music of West Africa’s Islamic funk belt.
Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/96567
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Heleno Dos Oito Baixos, “Comeco De Verao”
from Brazil: Forro - Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers
Rounder - 1989
Brazil
Camarão, “Voce Passa, Eu Achu Graca”
from The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie: 1964-1974
Analog Africa - 2018
Brazil
Coco Raizes De Arcoverde, “Gode Pavao”
from Levanta Poeira (Compiled by Tahira)
Jazz & Milk - 2018
Brazil
Hailu Mergia, “Tizita”
from Lala Belu
Awesome Tapes From Africa - 2018
Ethiopia-USA-Australia-Germany
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go March 14th, 2018
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