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Os Brazoes | Os Brazoes
ARTIST: Os BrazoesTITLE: Os BrazoesLABEL: Mr BongoOs Brazoes were a short-lived combo from Brazil’s tropicalia era best known for their temporary role as Gal Costa’s backing band. Their one and only...
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BKO Quintet | Bamako Today
ARTIST: BKO QuintetTITLE: Bamako TodayLABEL: Buda MusiqueAnother month, another outstanding release from Mali – we really are living in a new Malian golden age. BKO Quintet calls their style “Trad...
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Charts February 22, 2015
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BKO QUINTET | Bamako Today | Buda Musique2 BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies3 OS BRAZOES | Os Brazoes | Mr Bongo4 DENGUE FEVER | The...
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Program February 27, 2015
okayafrica.comGlobal A Go-Go closes out its 10-year Friday night run with an all-African program. You'll hear singer-songwriters from Senegal and Mali, the Walias Band (pictured above) as part of a...
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Global A Go-Go's New Time: Wednesdays 3-5 PM, Beginning March 4
You may already have heard that WRIR is implementing the biggest schedule change in our 10 years on the air. Starting on March 2nd, our weeknight music programming will begin two hours earlier, at 3...
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Live At Portrait House, Friday February 27 9:00-10:30 PM
I rarely DJ outside of WRIR's studio, but I will be doing so at a WRIR event this Friday, February 27, right after my last Friday edition of Global A Go-Go (more on that subject in the post below this...
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E.T. Mensah & The Tempos | King Of Highlife Anthology
ARTIST: E.T. Mensah & The TemposTITLE: King Of Highlife AnthologyLABEL: RetroAfricHighlife is a seminal style of West African popular music that got started way back in the late 19th century. The...
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May 2015 Concert Calendar
Photo by Ricardo TrabulsiHave 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...
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Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco And Mbaqanga 1975-1985
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco And Mbaqanga 1975-1985LABEL: StrutThe fourth volume of Strut’s essential Next Stop Soweto series focuses on the decade...
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Charts March 3, 2015
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 E.T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric2 HAILU MERGIA AND THE WALIAS | Tche Belew | Awesome Tapes From Africa3 OS BRAZOES | Os Brazoes | Mr...
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Program March 4, 2015
http://www.discogs.com/artist/210653-HarariWhat were you listening to in 1978? If you were around then, the answer is probably "disco" -- for a couple of years there, you pretty much couldn't avoid...
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Charts March 16, 2015
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco And Mbaqanga 1975-1985 | Strut2 DENGUE FEVER | The Deepest Lake | Tuk Tuk3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The...
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Program March 18, 2015
I'll be joined in the studio this week by Bernadette Stephens Cruse, lead singer of Fado Nosso, Richmond's leading fado band. Fado is the Portuguese blues, a 200-year-old genre that combines folk...
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The Skints | FM
ARTIST: The SkintsTITLE: FMLABEL: Easy StarSome of today’s best reggae music is coming out of London – here’s a good example. The Skints are a young band that started in a kind of ska-punk bag; now on...
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Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca | At Home: Live In Marciac
ARTIST: Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto FonsecaTITLE: At Home: Live In MarciacLABEL: Jazz VillageThis is one of those pairings that seems arbitrary but turns out to be so, so right. Roberto Fonseca is...
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Chicas! Vol.2: Spanish Female Singers 1963-1978
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Chicas! Vol. 2: Spanish Female Singers 1963-1978LABEL: VampisoulHere’s volume 2 of Vampisoul’s look at Spanish female singers of the ye-ye period. On one level, this stuff...
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The Bluebeaters | Everybody Knows
ARTIST: The BluebeatersTITLE: Everybody KnowsLABEL: Record KicksVersions (we call them covers) have long been a staple of Jamaican popular music. The Bluebeaters are an Italian band that specializes in...
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Charts March 23, 2015
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies2 E.T. MENSAH AND THE TEMPOS | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric3 BKO QUINTET | Bamako Today |...
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Program March 25, 2015
I thought it was pretty cool when I had a Brazilian musician on my show a few weeks ago (see http://www.globalagogo.com/2015/02/program-february-20-2015.html for details). This week, I have a whole...
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Charts March 30, 2015
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 FATOUMATA DIAWARA AND ROBERTO FONSECA | At Home: Live In Marciac | Jazz Village2 BLUEBEATERS | Everybody Knows | Record Kicks3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4:...
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