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December 2014 Concert Calendar
Have an event you'd like me to include, or a suggestion for the concert calendar? Just drop me a line at globalagogoradio [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave me a message right here.Click "Read more" to...
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Charts October 5, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 TONY ALLEN | Film Of Life | Jazz Village2 KHUN NARIN | Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band | Innovative Leisure3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Folk Music Of The Sahel, Volume 1: Niger |...
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Program October 10, 2014
The Guca Trumpet Festival (pictured above), held every August in Serbia, is the Woodstock or the Galax of Balkan brass: huge crowds and traffic jams, motivated (possibly intoxicated) revelers getting...
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Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych From Peru's Radical Decade
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych From Peru’s Radical DecadeLABEL: Tiger’s MilkThe second release from Tiger’s Milk, a London micro-label run by Peruvian restauranteur...
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Antonio Castrignano | Fomenta: Ilenu De Taranta
ARTIST: Antonio CastrignanoTITLE: Fomenta: Ilenu De TarantaLABEL: Ponderosa Music & ArtAntonio Castrignano is a native of Lecce in the Salentine Peninsula, the heel of Italy’s boot and the home of...
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Charts October 12, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Afrolove Kizomba Special | Lusafrica2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych From Peru's Radical Decade | Tiger's Milk3 THE BUDOS BAND |...
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Djessou Mory Kante | River Strings: Maninka Guitar
ARTIST: Djessou Mory KanteTITLE: River Strings: Maninka GuitarLABEL: SternsThe Maninka music of Mali and Guinee is dominated by singers; among instruments the kora has traditionally reigned supreme,...
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Abelardo Barroso With Orquesta Sensacion | Cha Cha Cha
ARTIST: Abelardo Barroso With Orquesta SensacionTITLE: Cha Cha ChaLABEL: World CircuitCha cha cha was the musical sensation of Cuba during the revolutionary era, from the mid-50s until 1959. Rolando...
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Bang Data | Mucho Poco
ARTIST: Bang DataTITLE: Mucho PocoLABEL: Futuro Sonico / Rockolito MusicBang Data is an Oakland-based urban-Latin combo led by singer-rapper Deuce Eclipse and drummer-producer Juan Manuel Caipo. Their...
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Program October 17, 2014
WRIR's Fall '14 Fund Drive gets underway today at 5:00 PM on Global A Go-Go. The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra, the only band I know that grows and builds its own musical instruments, will...
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Program October 31, 2014
Here at Global A Go-Go we can't let Halloween pass without a bite at the apple -- no razor blades please.So this week you'll hear a supernatural Child ballad from Scotland, some Caribbean songs about...
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Charts November 2, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BUDOS BAND | Burnt Offering | Daptone2 ABELARDO BARROSO WITH ORQUESTA SENSACION | Cha Cha Cha | World Circuit3 BANG DATA | Mucho Poco | Futuro Sonico-Rockolito Music4...
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January 2015 Concert Calendar
January's Global A Go-Go picks:The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, America's number one salsa repertory ensemble, visits the University of Richmond;s Alice Jepson Theatre on Thursday January 22, as part of...
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Program November 7, 2014
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble (pictured above) is a band that got started in Chicago, is now based in Barcelona, and is the only Afrobeat band I know that has a bassoon player. You'll hear a track from their...
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Glitterbeat: Dubs & Versions I
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Glitterbeat: Dubs & Versions ILABEL: GlitterbeatGlitterbeat Records, WOMEX’s 2014 Label Award winner, is primarily focused on North and West African music, especially...
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Alma Afrobeat Ensemble | Life No Get Dublicate
ARTIST: Alma Afrobeat EnsembleTITLE: Life No Get DublicateLABEL: Slow Walk MusicThis is the second studio album by this Barcelona-based, highly international (members hail from four different...
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25 Years Of Mr Bongo
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: 25 Years Of Mr BongoLABEL: Mr BongoMr Bongo got started as a London record shop in 1989, focusing on indie hip hop, Brazilian and Latin music. They soon started their own...
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Charts November 9, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | 25 Years Of Mr Bongo | Mr Bongo2 ALMA AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE | Life No Get Dublicate | Slow Walk Music3 TONY ALLEN | Film Of Life | Jazz Village4 KHUN NARIN |...
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Program November 14, 2014
That arrow above is pointing to the frog's external hearing structure or tympanum. My guest co-host this week is Jacobi (J.R.) Harris, who hosts one of WRIR's newest music programs, Tympanum Effect,...
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Charts November 16, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych From Peru's Radical Decade | Tiger's Milk2 SLAVIC SOUL PARTY | Five Albums | self-released3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | 25 Years...
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