Global A Go-Go presents:
Uhuru special
It’s an all-African edition of Global A Go-Go this week (Monday August 10, 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). In the first hour, I’ll play female singers from Cabo Verde; sounds from the Horn of Africa featuring music of Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti; and two multicultural takes on Afrobeat.
The second hour will be entirely dedicated to modern highlife — the amazing sounds of Ghana since 1970, based on Akan traditional music played on Western instruments and incorporating a full slate of outside influences from foxtrot, calypso and big band jazz to rock and funk. You’ll hear from seminal figures like Ebo Taylor and Alhaji K. Frimpong, new music by Santrofi (pictured above) who are revitalizing highlife for the current generation, and more.
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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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Voz Di Sanicolau, “Mare Lili”
from Fundo de Maré Palinha - EP
Analog Africa - 1976
Cabo Verde-Netherlands
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Bandé-Gamboa, “Festa na Praia”
from Horizonte - Revamping Old Classics from Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau
Pura Vida Sounds - 2020
Cabo Verde
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Sharero Band feat Faadumo Qaasim, “Qays iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet) [feat. Faadumo Qaasim]”
from Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa
Ostinato Records LLC - 1977
Somalia
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Bole 2 Harlem, “Bole 2 Harlem”
SOUNDS of the MUSHROOM - 2006
Ethiopia-USA
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Groupe RTD, “Kuusha Caarey (The Pearl Necklace)”
from The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Ostinato Records LLC - 2020
Djibouti
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Keleketla!, “International Love Affair (feat. Afla Sackey, Antibalas, Dele Sosimi, Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne, Gally Ngoveni, Nono Nkoane, Sibusile Xaba, Tamar Osborn, Thabang Tabane, Tony Allen & Tubatsi Moloi)”
from Keleketla!
Ahead Of Our Time - 2020
South Africa- England UK-Nigeria-USA-West Papua Indonesia
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Dead Prez, Jorge Ben, Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal & Positive Force, “Shuffering & Shmiling”
from Red Hot + Riot
Red Hot + Riot / MCA - 2002
USA-Brazil-Nigeria
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Vis A Vis, “Obi Agye Me Dofo”
from Ghana Special - Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
Soundway Records - 1977
Ghana
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Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu, “Uhuru Special”
from Hitsville Re-Visited - EP
Mr Bongo - 1982
Ghana
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go August 10th, 2020
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