Richmond Cryptoids presents:
Top Songs of 2024
Goad’s personal favorite of songs released this year. Heavy on the synth pop as expected.
Goad Gatsby Richmond Cryptoids December 30th, 2024
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Time Again Radio Show presents:
New Year’s Eve Show!!
We’re finally at the end of 2024 and oh my what a year it’s been! Here are a handful of greats to enjoy, some of the year end theme and some not! I hope you enjoy this loving mix and have a safe, happy New Year! Here’s to 2025 and beyond, see ya then!
Zak Vincent Time Again Radio Show December 30th, 2024
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Tags: #wrir #rvaradio #timeagainradioshow #78rpm #fieldrecordings #blues #oldtime
French Kiss / Flying Start presents:
Flying Start Dec. 30, 2024
Flying Start Dec. 30, 2024
Shea Butter French Kiss / Flying Start December 30th, 2024
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Banji Kaicho presents:
209: 剃刀乙女
Happy end of the year! It’s time for my favorite tradition of all—dedicating the final radio show of 2024 to Japanese Folk & Singer-Songwriter women. May their beautiful music bring comfort and warmth to your heart. Pray for a 万事快調 2025 🙏
Photo: 山崎ハコ –「心だけ愛して」販売促進チラシ(1979年)その１(st.rim.or.jp)
Freddie J Banji Kaicho December 30th, 2024
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Just Cause Radio: Year End Show presents:
Just Cause Radio: Year End Show
With DJ EP (Enigmatic Paradox) & RKO
James Albritton December 30th, 2024
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The Motherland Influence presents:
The Motherland Influence Dec. 29, 2024
I’ll be playing some of my favorites from 2024
As usual 2 hours is not enough.
Graybeard The Motherland Influence December 29th, 2024
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Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:
Ambiance Congo: December 29, 2024 3:00-5:00 PM
Zaiko Langa-Langa in the ’70s and today. Not my photos.
ZAIKO LANGA-LANGA 55 YEARS!
Founded in December 1969 and still active today, Zaiko Langa-Langa is now the longest standing Congolese band.
Starting as the Congolese equivalent of a “garage band” alternative to OK Jazz, Afrisa InternationaL, Les Bantous and all of the other big name ’70s rumba combos, their lineups have included many artists who themselves became stars and household staples: Papa Wemba, Evoloko Joker, Dindo Yogo, Nyoka Longo, Mavuela Somo, Beniko Popolipo and many more.
Zaiko dropped the horn section and changed the rhythms and presentation of popular music. In the 1970s, their shows and recordings were directed at a more youthful audience. They dressed accordingly and added the strong atalaku animations that are still so fundamental to modern music. We can still hear their influence in the music of the families Wenge Musica, Viva la Mjusica and Quartier Latin and Extra Musica.
Today we’ll follow their recorded career from the early ’70s into the 21st century, starting with a song from their latest studio album of 2019. There is no possible way to play every one of my favorite Zaiko tracks in two hours – or even six hours – so we have a pared-down and curated selection that I hope that you’ll enjoy.
WELCOME!
David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music December 29th, 2024
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Tags: African music, Congolese music
Global A Go-Go presents:
Top 10 compilations, reissues & historic recordings of 2024
This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday December 29, 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), I’m wrapping up a 3-week-long look at the top releases of 2024 by playing tracks from my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of the year.
I admit to spending a lot of time keeping up with what’s new in the world of world music. At the same time, there’s so much older music that I’m still unaware of and that I’d like to know more about. How to work on both simultaneously? That’s precisely where compilations, reissues and historic recordings come in. I make sure to pay special attention to this category every year — it’s one of the primary ways I backfill my own musical knowledge.
Without further ado, here are my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of 2024:
Global A Go-Go’s Top Ten Compilations, Reissues & Historic Recordings of 2024
1. Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound Of Camara 1987-2016 (Mali-Côte D’Ivoire-Guinée Conakry-Mauritania-Senegal-Gambia-France) | Hot Mule
2. África Negra (São Tomé & Príncipe) | Antologia Vol. 2 | Bongo Joe
3. Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor In Ndola (Uganda-Kenya-Zambia-RD Congo-South Africa-Cameroon-Nigeria) | Strut
4. The Albarika Story (Benin) | Acid Jazz
5. Abdallah Oumbadougou (Niger) | Amghar: The Godfather Of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 | Petaluma
6. Amadou & Mariam (Mali-France) | La Vie Est Belle | Because Music
7. Zanzibara 11 – Congo In Dar: Dance No Sweat; Orchestre Maquis Du Zaire & Orchestre Safari Sound / 1982-1986 (Tanzania-RD Congo) | Buda Musique
8. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey (Benin) | Le Sato 2 | Acid Jazz
9. Karantamba (Gambia) | Galgi | Teranga Beat
10. Elisio Gomes & Joaquim Varela (Cabo Verde-Portugal) | Chuma Lopes | Arabusta
Honorable Mention
Edmundo Arias (Colombia) | Guepa Je! | Radio Martiko
Black Truth Rhythm Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | Ifetayo | Soundway
Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River, Kinshasa-Brazzaville 1969-1982 (RD Congo-R Congo) | Analog Africa
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco (Cuba-Dominican Republic-USA) | Celia & Johnny | Fania
Festival Donso N’goni, Volume 1 (Mali-Côte D’Ivoire-Guinée Conakry-Burkina Faso-Senegal) | Remote
Ghetto Brothers (Puerto Rico USA) | Power-Fuerza | Vampisoul
Tete Mbambisa (South Africa) | African Day | As-Shams / The Sun
Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story Of 1970s Funky Lagos (Nigeria) | Strut
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party (Pakistan) | Chain Of Light | Real World
Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Mexico-Colombia-Ecuador-Argentina-Peru) | Analog Africa
Global A Go-Go’s top 20 compilations, reissues and historic recordings of 2024 are available as a Tidal playlist: bit.ly/3ZXGOXO
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/119360
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Global A Go-Go Global A Go-Go December 29th, 2024
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Bebop and Beyond with Mr. Jazz presents:
PLAYLIST FOR BEBOP AND BEYOND WITH MR. JAZZ FOR 12/29/2024
MRJAZZ Bebop and Beyond with Mr. Jazz December 29th, 2024
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The Sunday Morning Jazz Show presents:
PLAYLIST FOR THE SUNDAY MORNING JAZZ SHOW WITH MR. JAZZ FOR 12/29/2024
MRJAZZ The Sunday Morning Jazz Show December 29th, 2024
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