Global A Go-Go presents:
From the campfire to the arena
Imarhan, a band from Tamanrasset, the Sahara Desert oasis city in southern Algeria, are masters of the warm, organic, luminous subtleties of the style of music called desert blues, tishoumaren, assouf or, even more simply among the Tamashek people, la guitare. Their beautiful new album Aboogi is one of the best I’ve heard in the genre.
But the dynamic span of Toureg desert blues is as broad as that of any music today. It ranges from the fireside intimacy of Imarhan all the way to the coliseum-scaled guitar rave-ups of six-string warriors like Mdou Moctar and Bombino. This week Global A Go-Go presents a deep dive into desert blues, an hour that takes you from the campfire to the arena.
It’s an all-African show this week (Sunday February 27, 1:00-3:00 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), with new music from Malian songbirds Oumou Sangare and Rokia Koné, the sounds of the Mande balafon and a quick tour of Lusophone Africa on the bill as well.
Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/111785
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go
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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Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band, “Ntijiguimorola”
from Juguya
Sublime Frequencies - 2015
Burkina Faso
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África Negra, “Quà Na Bua Nega Fa”
from Antologia Vol. 1
Les Disques Bongo Joe - 2022
São Tomé & Príncipe, 1983
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Dikanzas do Prenda, “Chá Com Chá”
difference music - 2014
Angola, 1973
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Bombino, “Iyat Ninhay / Jaguar (A Great Desert I Saw)”
from Azel
Cooking Vinyl Australia - 2016
Niger
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go February 27th, 2022
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