Global A Go-Go presents:

It sure seems to me as though a lot of my favorite musicians died in 2021. Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older. Maybe it’s that I’ve been thinking more about my own mortality lately.

Mostly it’s that we’re living through a golden era of death — a (hopefully) once-in-a-century pandemic. Just in 2021, about 13,000,000 more people died worldwide than would have been expected had there not been a COVID pandemic. (My source for this number is The Economist’s excess deaths model.) More than a few of the unfortunate have been great musicians.

This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday January 2, 1:00-3:00 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), we’ll celebrate the lives and times of 21 musicians from around the world who passed away last year, leaving us to safeguard the evidence of their genius. And I do mean genius — just about every track on this show is a stone-cold classic.

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Playlist:

    Time: January 2 - 9:00:00 am
  • Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Oliver Lake, “Separation”

    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin Thru - 1996

    USA

  • Time: January 2 - 9:01:00 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: January 2 - 9:06:51 am
  • Imidiwan : Companions

    Tinariwen, “Tamodjerazt Assis”

    from Imidiwan : Companions

    world village - 2009

    Mali

  • Time: January 2 - 9:11:00 am
  • Éthiopiques, Vol. 8: Swinging Addis (1969-1974)

    Alemayehu Eshete, “Ayalqem Tèdènqo”

    from Éthiopiques, Vol. 8: Swinging Addis (1969-1974)

    Buda musique - 2005

    Ethiopia, 1971

  • Time: January 2 - 9:15:00 am
  • Addis Through the Looking Glass (Bonus Track Version)

    Dub Colossus, “Uptown Top Ranking”

    from Addis Through the Looking Glass (Bonus Track Version)

    Real World Records - 2011

    England UK-Ethiopia

  • Time: January 2 - 9:24:27 am
  • Sinsemilla

    Black Uhuru, “Vampire”

    from Sinsemilla

    Island Records - 1980

    Jamaica

  • Time: January 2 - 9:28:57 am
  • Blackheart Man

    Bunny Wailer, “Fighting Against Conviction”

    from Blackheart Man

    Island Records - 1976

    Jamaica

  • Time: January 2 - 9:34:00 am
  • Heart Of The Congos

    The Congos, “Children Crying”

    from Heart Of The Congos

    VP Records - 2005

    Jamaica, 1977

  • Time: January 2 - 9:38:12 am
  • Version of Wisdom

    U-Roy, “Your Ace From Outer Space”

    from Version of Wisdom

    Virgin Records - 1990

    Jamaica, 1971

  • Time: January 2 - 9:46:18 am
  • Tabou Combo, “Respect”

    from Respect …

    Mini - 1973

    Haiti-USA

  • Time: January 2 - 9:51:50 am
  • Tropical Disco - Tonight Is De Night - EP

    Brother Resistance, “Crucial Decision”

    from Tropical Disco - Tonight Is De Night - EP

    Bear Family Records GmbH - 2019

    Trinidad & Tobago, 1972

  • Time: January 2 - 9:56:58 am
  • Yélélé

    Jacob Desvarieux, Kassav' & Georges Decimus, “Zouk-la sé sel médikaman nou ni”

    from Yélélé

    Note A Bene - 1984

    Guadeloupe-France

  • Time: January 2 - 10:05:19 am
  • La Perfecta Combinación

    Johnny Pacheco & Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, “La Esencia Del Guaguancó”

    from La Perfecta Combinación

    Fania - 1970

    Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico USA

  • Time: January 2 - 10:09:22 am
  • Salsa Con Monte

    Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo, “Se Apagó”

    from Salsa Con Monte

    Vampisoul - 1973

    Colombia

  • Time: January 2 - 10:13:14 am
  • Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound

    Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound, “Consolación”

    from Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound

    Fania - 2020

    Puerto Rico USA, 1970

  • Time: January 2 - 10:16:39 am
  • Hommy: A Latin Opera

    Celia Cruz, Orquesta Harlow & Larry Harlow, “Gracia Divina”

    from Hommy: A Latin Opera

    Fania - 1973

    USA

  • Time: January 2 - 10:26:22 am
  • Mouhamadou Bamba (feat. Orchestra Baobab)

    Orchestra Baobab, “Mouhamadou Bamba (feat. Orchestra Baobab)”

    from Mouhamadou Bamba (feat. Orchestra Baobab)

    Sterns Africa - 1980

    Senegal-Guine Bissau-Mali-Togo

  • Time: January 2 - 10:32:52 am
  • Evergreen Tunes, Vol. 3

    Nana Kwame Ampadu, “Ebi Te Yie”

    from Evergreen Tunes, Vol. 3

    Nana Kwame Ampadu Records - 1970

    Ghana

  • Time: January 2 - 10:36:16 am
  • Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1

    Sir Victor Uwaifo and His Titibitis, “Aibalegbe”

    from Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1

    Analog Africa - 2021

    Nigeria, 1982

  • Time: January 2 - 10:40:04 am
  • El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbono

    Abelardo Carbonó y su Conjunto, “Muévela”

    from El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbono

    Vampisoul - 1982

    Colombia

  • Time: January 2 - 10:49:21 am
  • Francophonic, Vol. 2

    Le T.P.O.K. Jazz & Franco, “Missile”

    from Francophonic, Vol. 2

    Editions Populaires - 2009

    RD Congo, 1983

  • Time: January 2 - 10:56:50 am
  • Sangonini

    4 Étoiles, “Doly”

    from Sangonini

    Syllart Records - 1993

    RD Congo

    Global A Go-Go    January 2nd, 2022

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