Global A Go-Go presents:
Lusophonics
Sao Tome & Principe is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon; it was uninhabited by humans when the Portuguese landed there in 1470. Today its population is about 200,000, making it the second smallest sovereign state in Africa (Seychelles is the smallest).
Ever since its 1975 independence from Portugal, tiny Sao Tome has punched way above its weight in popular music. For the first time, it’s now the subject of a compilation album bringing together 16 tracks from the early independence years. You’ll hear one on the March 9 edition of Global A Go-Go, along with music from fellow Lusophone African countries Angola and Cabo Verde.
Also this week: soul with a French touch, new releases by two of the longest-running Afrobeat groups in the USA, cumbia and vallenato, Senegal’s psychedelic salsa, and Balkan beats meet dancehall.
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Show Archive
Play show / Add show to playlistPlaylist:
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a GO-GO”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Les Négresses Vertes, “Easy Girls (acoustic clubbing)”
from Acoustic Clubbing
Because Music - 2001
France
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Beto Jamaica, “Rey de Mi Folclor”
from Rey de Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colombiana
OM Producciones Music / Rey Del Vallenato Colombia - 2020
Colombia
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Palenke Soultribe, “Blanco Y Negro (feat. Macondo & Mr. Vallenato)”
from Mar
Soultribe Records - 2013
Colombia-USA
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Orchestra Baobab, “Boulmamine (feat. Orchestra Baobab)”
from Mouhamadou Bamba (feat. Orchestra Baobab)
Sterns Africa - 1981
Senegal
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Africa Show, “Massanga Mama”
from Angola Soundtrack: The Unique Sound of Luanda: 1968-1976 (Analog Africa No. 9)
Analog Africa - 2010
Angola
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Grupo Pilon, “St'a Contente”
from Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde
Ostinato Records LLC - 2019
Cabo Verde-Luxembourg
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Sangazuza, “Sun Malé”
from Léve Léve: São Tomé & Principe Sounds (70s-80s)
Bongo Joe - 1983
Sao Tome & Principe
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Dubioza kolektiv, “Space Song (feat. Earl Sixteen)”
from #fakenews
Menart - 2020
Bosnia & Herzegovina- Jamaica
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[Dunkelbunt], “Balkan Qoulou (feat. Watcha Clan, Cloud Tissa, Mc Killo Killo)”
from Raindrops and Elephants Piranha Re:Interpretations
Piranha - 2009
Austria-France-Kenya-Serbia
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Sam and the Womp, “Bom Bom (Radio Edit)”
from Bom Bom - EP
Big Beat Records/Atlantic - 2012
England UK
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go March 9th, 2020
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