The swinging 60s happened all over the planet, even in Ethiopia, one of the world's most tradition-loving and inward-focused countries. We'll visit the Swinging Addis of the 60s and 70s on this week's edition of Global A Go-Go with five Ethio-oldies from that wonderful era.
Also this week (Monday April 12, 3:00-5:00 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): progressive folk music from Eastern Europe, new desert blues by Les Filles De Illighadad, the Senegambian kora, West Africa's funky Afropop and funana from the island nation of Cabo Verde.
A podcast of this week's program will be available soon at radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go.
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
Iren Lovasz & Laszlo Hortobagyi | Hungary | Pava (Hey Peacock) | Vilagfa | Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum | 1995
Warsaw Village Band | Poland | Waterduction | Uwodzenie : Waterduction | Karrot Kommando | 2020
Lee Fry Music | Italy-Poland | Wianek | Wianek - Single | self-released | 2021
Faris | Italy-Algeria | Alwaq Semman (Hard Times Killing Floor Blues) | Mississippi To Sahara | Le Chant Du Fauves | 2015
Tinariwen | Mali | Tenhert | Imidiwan : Companions | World Village | 2009
Les Filles De Illighadad | Niger | Surbajo | At Pioneer Works | Sahel Sounds | 2021
Dawda Jobarteh | Gambia-Denmark | Transition | Transitional Times | Sterns | 2016
Sourakata Koite | Senegal-France | Ha-Madi | En Hollande | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1984
Kane Mathis | USA | Routes De Jardins | Geminus | Nyaato | 2021
Girma Beyene | Ethiopia | Enken Yelelebesh | Enken Yelelebesh / Ene Negne By Manesh - Single | Amha | 1969
Hirut Bekele | Ethiopia | Ewnetegna Feker | Des Yemiase / Ewnetegna Feker - Single | Kaifa | 1977
Seifu Yohannes | Ethiopia | Ebo Lala | Yehagere Shitta / Ebo Lala - Single | Philips | 1970
Alemayehu Eshete | Ethiopia | Ney-Ney Woleba | Ney-Ney Woleba / Yemaynega Lelet - Single | Philips | 1972
Tilahun Gessese | Ethiopia | Aykedashim Libe | Aykedashim Libe / Yene Mastawesha - Single | Philips | 1974
Collectif Zouglou | Cote D'Ivoire | Liberez Mon Pays | Liberez Mon Pays - Single | self-released | 2003
Zongo Abongo | Ghana | True To Yourself (feat Wanlov The Kubolor) | True To Yourself (feat Wanlov The Kubolor) - Single | Palenque | 2021
Abdul Tee-Jay's Rokoto | Sierra Leone-England UK | Salima Yako | Kanka Kuru | Rogue | 1989
Elida Almeida | Cabo Verde-Portugal | Funana | Gerasonobu | Lusafrica | 2020
Tchota Suari E Chando Gracioso | Cabo Verde | Nha Boi | Pour Me A Grog: The Funana Revolt In 1990s Cabo Verde | Ostinato | 1992
Quirino Do Canto | Cabo Verde-USA-Portugal | Mino Di Mama | Cabo Verde Poema Tropical | self-released | 1985