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Carbon Leaf | Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle
ARTIST: Carbon LeafTITLE: Ghost Dragon Attacks CastleLABEL: Constant IvyOK, so what’s a Richmond mainstream rock band doing in the world music section? Well, Carbon Leaf is a band that’s never fit...
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Charts April 7, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 KOBO TOWN | Jumbie In The Jukebox | Stonetree/Cumbancha2 BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA | Jama Ko | Out|Here3 GRAVEOLA | Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador (I Need A Food...
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Program April 12, 2013
Spiteri (pictured above) was a band of Venezuelans living in London in the 1970's. For a brief moment, long enough to record one album but not much longer, they were England's answer to Santana....
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Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits | Sarawoga
ARTIST: Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black SpiritsTITLE: SarawogaLABEL: Tuku MusicOliver Mtukudzi is one of African music’s living legends. Mtukudzi’s recordings, along with those of his friendly rival...
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Bombino | Nomad
ARTIST: BombinoTITLE: NomadLABEL: NonesuchOmara Moctar is a young (hence the Italian nickname) Tuareg guitarist, singer and bandleader who hails from Niger. Sublime Frequencies’ Guitars From Agadez...
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Charts April 14, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BARRINGTON LEVY | Sweet Reggae Music 1979-84 | VP2 BOMBINO | Nomad | Nonesuch3 BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA | Jama Ko | Out|Here4 CARBON LEAF | Ghost Dragon Attacks...
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Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1
ARTIST: Dieuf-Dieul De ThiesTITLE: Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1LABEL: Teranga BeatThe late 70s and early 80s was a time of great musical fertility in Senegal and Gambia, with bands like Etoile De Dakar, Orchestra...
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Program April 19, 2013
This week on Global A Go-Go, you'll hear a band whose debut album is merely 31 years late. The 1982 recording session of Senegal's Dieuf-Dieul De Thies (pictured above) never did get released back...
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Charts April 21, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 DIEUF-DIEUL DE THIES | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1 | Teranga Beat2 BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA | Jama Ko | Out|Here3 ORQUESTA EL MACABEO | Salsa Bestial | Vampisoul4 BARRINGTON...
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Program April 26, 2013
On last week's show, you heard some of the newest in Afro-tronica; this week, it's the latest and greatest cumbia-tronica: nueva cumbia from Palenke Soultribe, Raul Y Meixa, Systema Solar (pictured...
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Orchestra Super Mazembe | Mazembe @ 45 RPM Vol. 1
ARTIST: Orchestra Super MazembeTITLE: Mazembe @ 45 RPM Vol. 1LABEL: SternsSuper Mazembe was a popular Congolese export band: they left the Republic in 1970 in search of greener fields, spending time in...
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Charts April 28, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 ORCHESTRA SUPER MAZEMBE | Mazembe @ 45 Rpm Vol.1 | Sterns2 BOMBINO | Nomad | Nonesuch3 KOBO TOWN | Jumbie In The Jukebox | Cumbancha4 CRIOLO | No Na Orelha | Sterns5...
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Program May 3, 2013
This week I'm pleased to debut (certainly on WRIR and perhaps in the USA, who knows?) a new compilation of 60s-70s vintage Roma pop 45s from the former Yugoslavia, dug and released (licensed as well,...
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July 2013 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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Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito’s Yugoslavia 1964-1980LABEL: Vlax / Asphalt TangoInterest in popular music from the Balkans and particularly that made by its...
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Charts May 5, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BARRINGTON LEVY | Sweet Reggae Music 1979-84 | VP2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980 | Vlax3 DIEUF-DIEUL DE THIES | Aw...
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Program May 10, 2013
Previous reissues by the Analog Africa, Soundway and Popular African Music labels, plus an amazing 2011 reunion album, have provided proof positive that Benin's Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou is one...
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou | Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Voodoo...
ARTIST: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De CotonouTITLE: Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Voodoo FunkLABEL: Analog AfricaThis compilation is Analog Africa’s fourth reissue of Poly-Rythmo; their series plus...
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Teo Laura | El Sonido De La Carretera Central
ARTIST: Teo LauraTITLE: El Sonido De La Carretera CentralLABEL: MasstropicasMasstropicas’ excavation of Peruvian chicha continues apace with this fine compilation of bands that all featured the...
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Charts May 12, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran | Sham Palace2 ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU | Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Voodoo Funk | Analog Africa3...
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