Global A Go-Go presents:

One of the things I’ve missed the most during the COVID-19 pandemic has been live music. There’s a good chance you’re feeling the same way as me.

So my program for what will hopefully be the last WRIR fund drive under pandemic conditions (Monday April 26, 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) is going to focus on some of the most memorable concerts I’ve attended over the last 40 years.

I have some unique stories to tell about shows I’ve been to: The night Fela Kuti got all the taxicabs off the road; unexpected pleasures in Paris, Barcelona and Vienna; driving 2-1/2 hours in a tropical storm to see an outdoor gig; hanging with Ethiopian attorneys in New York; and more.

And I’ll be encouraging you to donate to WRIR before our Spring 2021 fund drive ends on Wednesday April 28 at 11 PM. Like, how about doing it right now? Just click on this link: wrir.org/donating

Oh, about that photograph above. That’s me and some of my WRIR colleagues enjoying live music at the Richmond Folk Festival in 2012. Clockwise from top left, you’re seeing Mike (Mr. Jazz) Gourrier of Bebop And Beyond, yours truly, Alyssa (P. Swann) Salomon of Can’t Stop The Music, Charles (DJ Graybeard) Williams of The Other Black Music and The Motherland Influence and Carl (DJ Carlito) Hamm of If Music Could Talk.

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Playlist:

    Time: April 26 - 11:00:00 am
  • Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Oliver Lake, “Separation”

    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin Thru - 1996

    USA

  • Time: April 26 - 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: April 26 - 11:11:00 am
  • Wátina

    Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective, “Ámuñegü”

    from Wátina

    Cumbancha - 2007

    Belize-Guatemala-Honduras

  • Time: April 26 - 11:16:00 am
  • Amassakoul

    Tinariwen, “Chet Boghassa”

    from Amassakoul

    World Village - 2004

    Mali

  • Time: April 26 - 11:20:12 am
  • Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe

    Thomas Mapfumo, “Nyoka Musango”

    from Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe

    Earthworks - 1983

    Zimbabwe

  • Time: April 26 - 11:34:00 am
  • Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense

    Fela Kuti, “Just Like That (Bonus Track)”

    from Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense

    Knitting Factory Records - 1986

    Nigeria

  • Time: April 26 - 11:53:48 am
  • Green Bus (live)

    Les Négresses Vertes, “L'homme des marais”

    from Green Bus (live)

    Razzia Disques - 1996

    France

  • Time: April 26 - 11:56:53 am
  • Baionarena (Live)

    Manu Chao, “La Primavera”

    from Baionarena (Live)

    Nacional - 2009

    France-Spain

  • Time: April 26 - 12:17:57 pm
  • Debo Band, “Belomi Benna”

    from Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn)

    self-released - 2010

    Ethiopia-USA

  • Time: April 26 - 12:22:31 pm
  • Moa Anbessa

    Getatchew Mekurya & The Ex, “Ethiopia hagere”

    from Moa Anbessa

    Terp - 2006

    Ethiopia-Netherlands

  • Time: April 26 - 12:39:31 pm
  • L'Orient Est Rouge

    Kocani Orkestar, “L'Orient Est Rouge”

    from L'Orient Est Rouge

    Crammed - 1997

    North Macedonia

  • Time: April 26 - 12:45:00 pm
  • Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, “Djindji Rindji Bubamara”

    from Unza Unza Time

    Barclay - 2000

    Ex-Yugoslavia

  • Time: April 26 - 12:58:12 pm
  • Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja (feat. Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)

    Orchestra Baobab, “Autorail (feat. Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)”

    from Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja (feat. Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)

    Stern's - 1981

    Senegal

    Global A Go-Go    April 26th, 2021

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