Global A Go-Go presents:
I’ve been playing a lot of Colombian music lately. La Perla played live in WRIR’s Studio C on May 4 before their performance at Get Tight Lounge; when they were here I spun another 40 minutes of music by other current Bogotá bands. Then Meridian Brothers, also from Bogotá, played Get Tight on May 13 and you heard their music on Global A Go-Go as well.
But the Colombian musical scene extends way beyond Bogotá. This week on Global A Go-Go you’ll hear four more current Colombian bands from across that big country, including Rancho Aparte from Cali who will be headlining the Richmond Folk Festival this fall.
Also this week (Sunday May 19, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): The unique Ethio-jazz of Qwanqwa; the latest from Dutch-Indonesian hipsters Nusantara Beat; probably the two best American Congolese bands right now: Occidental Brothers Dance Band and Loboko; a great new juju single from Franck Biyong; and burger highlife, the sound of the Ghanaian diaspora.
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global A Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
Noori & His Dorpa Band, “Qwal”
from Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan's Red Sea Coast
Ostinato Records LLC - 2022
Sudan
Nusantara Beat, “Mang Becak”
from Mang Becak - Single
Les Disques Bongo Joe - 2024
Netherlands-Indonesia
Jacobo Vélez & La Mambanegra, “Santa Noche”
from Santa Noche - Single
Tambora Records - 2024
Colombia
Orchestre Afro-Negro, “À La Mode”
from Les Belgicains: Na Tango ya Covadia 1964 - 1970
Covadia - 2024
RD Congo-Belgium, 1960s
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, “Mokili”
from Likambo Te
self-released - 2024
USA-RD Congo-Zambia
Franck Biyong, “Lipanda (feat. Mary May)”
from Lipanda - Single
Tangential Music - 2024
Cameroon-RD Congo-France
The Godfathers, “Ebe Yi Yie Ni”
from Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93
Soundway - 2024
Ghana-Sierra Leone, 1980
A.B. Crentsil, “Ma Me Ndwen Meho”
A.B. Crentsil / Hammer Time - 2022
Ghana-Canada, 1985
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go May 19th, 2024
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