Global A Go-Go presents:

 

In Sudan, as in many African countries, if you made music in the 1960s with electric guitars and electric keyboards and a drum trap kit (all newly introduced on the continent), you probably called it “jazz.”  You might have been playing rock ‘n’ roll or R&B or Cuban rumba or local styles on the new instruments — didn’t matter, it was all jazz.

Sharhabil Ahmed, still with us at age 84, is the King of Sudanese Jazz, crowned in a 1970s contest and never dethroned.  His sound, a unique mixture of traditional Sudanese music with early 60s rock, surf, funk, Congolese music and East African harmonies, is the soundtrack of the the swinging 60s in Khartoum.  Sharhabil has been anthologized for the first time ever, by Berlin’s Habibi Funk Records, and you’ll hear one of his tracks this week on Global A Go-Go.

Also this week (Monday August 3, 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): throat-singing Hank Williams; trippy cumbia; more IPM (intelligent pop music) from Brazil; two great central African guitar tracks; and John Lee Hooker crashes a Balkan beats dance party.

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Playlist:

    Time: August 3 - 11:00:00 am
  • Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Oliver Lake, “Separation”

    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin Thru - 1996

    USA

  • Time: August 3 - 11:01:00 am
  • Global a Go-Go

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

    from Global a Go-Go

    BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

    England UK

  • Time: August 3 - 11:04:00 am
  • Re-Covers (feat. Albert Kuvezin)

    Yat-Kha, “Ramblin' Man”

    from Re-Covers (feat. Albert Kuvezin)

    world village - 2006

    Tuva Republic Russia

  • Time: August 3 - 11:09:00 am
  • The Wind Horse

    Anda Union, “Boomborai”

    from The Wind Horse

    Hohhot Records - 2011

    Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China

  • Time: August 3 - 11:14:27 am
  • Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

    Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn, “Four Seasons Medley: Four Seasons / Dark Ocean Waltz”

    from Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2020

    China-USA

  • Time: August 3 - 11:22:00 am
  • The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1

    Cumbia en Moog, “Cumbia de Sal”

    from The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1

    Vampisoul - 1979

    Colombia

  • Time: August 3 - 11:25:33 am
  • Puerta del Sur

    Bio Ritmo, “Pájaro Pío Pío”

    from Puerta del Sur

    Vampisoul - 2014

    RVA USA

  • Time: August 3 - 11:29:35 am
  • Reina De Todas las Fiestas

    Chico Trujillo, “Los Nervios Que Te di (feat. Kevin Johansen)”

    from Reina De Todas las Fiestas

    Barbès Records - 2015

    Chile-Argentina-USA

  • Time: August 3 - 11:33:30 am
  • Minyo Cumbiero (From Tokyo to Bogota) - EP

    Frente Cumbiero & Minyo Crusaders, “Un, Dos, Kung Fu”

    from Minyo Cumbiero (From Tokyo to Bogota) - EP

    Mais Um Discos - 2020

    Japan-Colombia

  • Time: August 3 - 11:42:00 am
  • The King of Sudanese Jazz (Habibi Funk 013)

    Sharhabil Ahmed, “Zulum Aldunya”

    from The King of Sudanese Jazz (Habibi Funk 013)

    Habibi Funk Records distributed by Groove Attack - 2020

    Sudan, 1960s

  • Time: August 3 - 11:46:48 am
  • Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Habibi Funk 009)

    The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr, “Kaif Halo”

    from Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Habibi Funk 009)

    HABIBI Funk Records - 2018

    Sudan

  • Time: August 3 - 11:52:34 am
  • Walk Like A Nubian

    Ali Hassan Kuban, “Artasu Nartasu”

    from Walk Like A Nubian

    Piranha - 2001

    Egypt

  • Time: August 3 - 12:02:00 pm
  • World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever - The Existential Soul of Tim Maia

    Tim Maia, “Do Leme ao Pontal”

    from World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever - The Existential Soul of Tim Maia

    LUAKA BOP - 1980

    Brazil

  • Time: August 3 - 12:05:12 pm
  • Andre Abujamra, “Alma Nao Tem Cor - Multi 25 (feat Smarty & Perota Chingo)”

    from Alma Nao Tem Cor - Multi 25 - single

    Tratore - 2020

    Brazil-Burkina Faso-Argentina

  • Time: August 3 - 12:09:03 pm
  • Falange Canibal

    Lenine, “O Homem dos Olhos de Raio X”

    from Falange Canibal

    Ariola - 2002

    Brazil

  • Time: August 3 - 12:13:54 pm
  • Banda Uniao Black, “Everyone's A Winner”

    from Banda Uniao Black

    Vampisoul - 2006

    Brazil

  • Time: August 3 - 12:22:00 pm
  • Maguidala

    Pedro Lima, “Lionensi sá tindadji”

    from Maguidala

    Bongo Joe - 2020

    Sao Tome

  • Time: August 3 - 12:31:45 pm
  • Resurrection Los

    Los Camaroes, “Belon Sala”

    from Resurrection Los

    Analog Africa - 1979

    Cameroon

  • Time: August 3 - 12:39:00 pm
  • Hooker

    John Lee Hooker, “Boom Boom”

    from Hooker

    Vee Jay - 1962

    USA

  • Time: August 3 - 12:42:00 pm
  • Old Bazaar Groove (DJ Branski Mix) - Single

    Džambo Aguševi Orchestra, “Old Bazaar Groove”

    from Old Bazaar Groove (DJ Branski Mix) - Single

    Asphalt Tango Records - 2020

    North Macedonia-Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • Time: August 3 - 12:45:00 pm
  • Happy Machine

    Dubioza Kolektiv, “Boom! (feat. Džambo Agušev)”

    from Happy Machine

    Anzn / Zn Production - 2016

    Bosnia & Herzegovina-North Macedonia

  • Time: August 3 - 12:49:18 pm
  • Export Import

    Magnifico, “Hir Aj Kam Hir Aj Go”

    from Export Import

    Sony / Epic - 2003

    Slovenia

  • Time: August 3 - 12:53:06 pm
  • BalkanBeats - A Night In Berlin

    Shantel, “Disko Partizani (Marcus Darius meets Tricky Cris Remix)”

    from BalkanBeats - A Night In Berlin

    Piranha - 2008

    Germany

  • Time: August 3 - 12:58:11 pm
  • Balkan Beat Box, “Look Them Act”

    from Blue Eyed Black Boy

    Nat Geo Music - 2010

    Israel-USA

    Global A Go-Go    August 3rd, 2020

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