Sayonara tomodachi

I don’t play a lot of music from Japan on this program. Fortunately for WRIR listeners, you have Banji Kaicho to more than cover for me: two hours of Japanese music of any genre, hosted by Freddie J, right before Global A Go-Go every week, Mondays at 1 PM.

But somehow this week I went down a Japanese cumbia rabbit hole. I was chasing Minyo Crusaders, whose album Live At Le Guess Who? was released earlier this month, and I was wondering about other Japanese bands playing cumbia. Turns out there’s a lot of them! I’ve chosen a few of my favorites to share with you on this episode.

Also this week (Monday July 19, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards on the wrir.org archive player, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): new Brazilian rock, the return of Balkan brass bangers, and an all-African second hour featuring desert blues, juju, highlife and Afro-funk.

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Playlist:

Oliver Lake, “Separation”

from Matador Of 1st & 1st

Passin Thru - 1996

USA

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

from Global a Go-Go

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

England UK

Milton Nascimento, “San Vicente”

from Clube Da Esquina

Hemisphere - 1972

Brazil

Urutau, “Oração (feat. Iuri Resende)”

from Oração (feat. Iuri Resende) - Single

Cena Cerrado Brasil - 2021

Brazil

Loga, “C'est La Vie (feat Valeria Sattamini)”

from C'est La Vie - Single

self-released - 2021

Brazil

Laranja Freak, “Alérgico a Flores”

from Brasas Lisérgicas

Baratos Afins - 2004

Brazil

Los Tequila Cokes, “Shinkiro”

from LTC

self-released - 2017

Japan

ROJO REGALO, “Adiós Amigo”

from Moonlightist - E.P.

RUDIMENTS - 2011

Japan

Minyo Crusaders, “Kushimoto Bushi”

from Live At Le Guess Who?

Mais Um - 2021

Japan

df7b, “Shinigami”

from Kill All Covid

Frantic Brown Beat - 2020

Japan

Shantel, “Disko Boy”

from Disko Partizani

Crammed Discs - 2007

Germany

Gankino Circus, “Schock”

from Schock - Single

Beste! Unterhaltung - 2021

Germany

Black Masala, “Bhangra V”

from Black Masala

Black Masala - 2014

DC USA

Magnifico, “Ubieu Te”

from Grande Finale

Turbolenza - 2007

Slovenia

Afous d'Afous, “Tarhanine Tegla”

from Tarhanine Tegla - Single

Sahel Sounds - 2016

Algeria

Les Filles De Illighadad, “Chakalan”

from At Pioneer Works

Sahel Sounds - 2021

Niger

Dag Tenere, “Tihoussay Tenere”

from Iswat - EP

Dag Tenere - 2021

Niger-Mali-Burkina Faso

King Sunny Ade, “Ma Jaiye Oni”

from Juju Music

Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1982

Nigeria

Aheema Nwomkro, “Nana Kodajayen”

from Nsem Nyinaa Nyame / Nana Kodajaten - Single

Philophon - 2021

Ghana

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas, “Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena”

from Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana

Soundway Records - 1977

Ghana

Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin, “Wait for Me”

from Wait for Me

Hot Casa Records - 1972

Togo

Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds, “Astadjam Dada Saré”

from Hamad Kalkaba & the Golden Sounds: 1974-1975 - EP

Analog Africa - 1974

Cameroon

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey, “Gbeti Madjro”

from African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s (Analog Africa No. 3)

Analog Africa - 1971

Benin