Global A Go-Go presents:
Crossroads can’t hold me
She has released two albums since 2018 and she’s already being compared to Angelique Kidjo, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, the White Stripes, the Alabama Shakes and Rokia Traore. Sounds like good company to be in. Who is she?
The answer is Moonlight Benjamin, a Haitian singer-songwriter now based in Toulouse, France and working with a four-piece band led by guitarist Mattis Pascaud. I’m a little late in getting to Benjamin’s music, but I’m really into it now. I’ll play a set of her songs this week on Global A Go-Go; maybe that will get you into it as well.
Also this week (Monday August 17, 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): some American renditions of northeast Brazil’s “music for maids and taxi drivers,” Balkan sounds with an emphasis on the singers rather than the brass, a cumbia-tronica dance party, Afropop from Senegal, and music from the far edge of Afrobeat.
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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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Muharem Serbezovski & Ansambl Crni Diamante, “Ramajana”
from Ramajana - single
PGP RTB - 1977
North Macedonia
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Šaban Bajramović , “Ederlezi Avela”
from The Best of Saban Bajramovic
Take It Or Leave It Records - 1969
Serbia
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Héctor Guerra, “La Cumbia del Cuervo (feat. Alberto Pedraza)”
from Gracias por Existir
Kasba Music - 2015
Bolivia-Spain-Mexico
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El Dusty, “Sacudete El Polvo (feat Los Masters Plus)”
from Cumbia City
Aftercluv Dancelab - 2018
USA-Mexico
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Kumbia Boruka, “Se Siente la Kumbia (feat. Naâman)”
from Se Siente la Kumbia (feat. Naâman) - Single
Kumbia Boruka - 2018
Mexico-France-Peru-Chile-Colombia
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The Shaolin Afronauts, “Flight Of The Ancients”
Freestyle - 2011
Australia
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Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go August 17th, 2020
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