Global A Go-Go presents:

Super complex sounds

Alhaji Kwame Frimpong is one of African music’s all-time greats, a Ghanaian bandleader whose work is equal parts vintage palm-wine highlife and modern Afrofunk-Afrobeat.  His second album Ahyewa Special was out of print forever, changing hands for as much as $1,000.

Paris’ Hot Casa Records has licensed it from Frimpong’s family and reissued it, so now we can all enjoy the glory and the family can earn some royalties.  I’ll play you a side-long jam from Ahyewa Special this week on Global A Go-Go.

Also this week (Monday June 15, 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): a sampler of Tucson AZ’s Orkesta Mendoza; African tradi-mod (traditional meets electronic) music; Malian garage rock; when American and Asian folk traditions collide; and ndombolo straight outta Cartagena.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/105936

All the podcasts: radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go

Show Archive

Playlist:

Time: June 15 - 11:00:00 am
• 

  Oliver Lake, “Separation”

  from Matador Of 1st & 1st

  Passin Thru - 1996

  USA

Time: June 15 - 11:01:00 am
• 

  Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a GO-GO”

  from Global a Go-Go

  BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

  England UK

Time: June 15 - 11:06:00 am
• 

  Orkesta Mendoza, “Little Space”

  from Curandero

  Glitterbeat Records - 2020

  USA-Mexico

Time: June 15 - 11:09:12 am
• 

  Orkesta Mendoza, “Tusk”

  from La Caminadora

  Orkesta Mendoza Musica/Cosmica Label Services - 2018

  USA-Mexico

Time: June 15 - 11:13:30 am
• 

  Orkesta Mendoza, “Shadows of the Mind”

  from ¡Vamos a Guarachar!

  Glitterbeat Records - 2016

  USA-Mexico

Time: June 15 - 11:17:07 am
• 

  Orkesta Mendoza, “Paleta”

  from Curandero

  Cosmica - 2020

  USA-Mexico

Time: June 15 - 11:23:00 am
• 

  Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture, “Barké”

  from Youkounkoun - EP

  PRAH Recordings - 2020

  Guinee Conakry-England UK

Time: June 15 - 11:27:32 am
• 

  Foster Manganyi, “Ndzi Teke Riendzo — I'm Taking a Journey”

  from Ndzi Teke Riendzo

  Honest Jon's Records - 2010

  South Africa

Time: June 15 - 11:33:54 am

• DJ Bamanan, “Gnoukobala”

  from Balani Show Super Hits: Electronic Street Parties From Mali

  Sahel Sounds - 2014

  Mali

Time: June 15 - 11:44:00 am

• Idrissa Soumaoro Et L'Eclipse De L'Ija, “Nissodia (Joie De L'Optimisme)”

  from Le Tioko-Tioko

  Eterna - 1978

  Mali

Time: June 15 - 11:51:40 am

• Orchestra Gold, “Lemuru”

  from Lemuru - single

  self-released - 2020

  Mali-USA

Time: June 15 - 11:57:28 am
• 

  Amadou & Mariam, “Batoma”

  from Welcome To Mali

  Nonesuch - 2009

  Mali

Time: June 15 - 12:05:00 pm

• Shadow Ballads, “I Fell In Love When You Parted”

  from Live on WRIR April 13, 2016

  unreleased - 2016

  Indonesia-USA

Time: June 15 - 12:09:27 pm
• 

  Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn, “The Roving Cowboy / Avarguli”

  from Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2020

  China-USA

Time: June 15 - 12:17:33 pm

• Hanggai, “Xiger Xiger”

  from He Who Travels Far

  Four Quarters - 2011

  China

Time: June 15 - 12:26:00 pm
• 

  K. Frimpong & Super Complex Sounds, “Ahyewa Special”

  from Ahyewa

  Hot Casa Records - 2020

  Ghana

Time: June 15 - 12:45:00 pm

• Lucien Bokilo, “Welcome To Colombia”

  from Welcome To Colombia - single

  Palenque - 2020

  RD Congo

Time: June 15 - 12:50:10 pm
• 

  Black Bazar, “Face B”

  from Black Bazar

  Lusafrica - 2012

  RD Congo

Time: June 15 - 12:56:00 pm

• Kevin Florez & The Busy Twist, “Champetizate”

  from Champetizate - single

  Palenque / Farra Rap - 2020

  Colombia-England UK

Bill Lupoletti    Global A Go-Go    June 15th, 2020

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