Global A Go-Go presents:
Anne zwing
Some of the world’s biggest fans of African, Latin and Caribbean music are from Colombia — specifically from the Caribbean port cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla. That’s where LPs imported from overseas found their way into the hands of DJs who manned the picós, the sound systems that are coastal Colombia’s popular, mobile and very loud discos and radio stations.
It didn’t take long before Afro-Colombian musicians began recording their own versions and adaptations of the picó hits. And no one did it better than Viviano Torres, aka Anne Zwing. Our friends at Palenque Records have just released a compilation of Viviano’s greatest tunes, and they’re a master class in refracting African popular culture back onto itself.
This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday March 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) you’ll hear three tracks from Anne Zwing alongside the African and Caribbean hits they reference. Plus Sister Helen Prejean (of Dead Man Walking fame) in a West African setting, the irresistible sound of Cameroonian makossa, and more chicha from Peru and beyond.
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Show Archive
Play show / Add show to playlistPlaylist:
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Sabertooth Swing, “We're a Very Young Country (feat. Weedie Braimah & Sister Helen Prejean)”
from Delta Bound
Slammin' Media - 2021
NOLA USA
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Fatoumata Diawara, “Save It”
from Maliba
Wagram Music / 3ème Bureau - 2022
Cote D'Ivoire-Mali-France
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Tala A.M., “Nom Te Ma”
from African Funk Experimentals 1975 To 1978
Africa Seven - 2015
Cameroon, 1978
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Bill Loko, “Nen Lambo”
from Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984
Analog Africa - 2017
Cameroon, 1980
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Chacalón Y La Nueva Crema, “Por Ella, La Botella”
from Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987
Rebel Up - 2022
Peru, 1982
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Viviano Torres & Ane Swing, “Amanecer”
from Joyas Champetuas De Todos Los Tiempos
Palenque - 2022
Colombia, 1980s
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The Entertainers, “Mama Ka Sibongile”
from Favourite Disco-Soul-Jive Hits
Entertainment
South Africa, 1970s
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Viviano Torres & Ane Swing, “Viva Mandela”
from Joyas Champetuas De Todos Los Tiempos
Palenque - 2022
Colombia, 1991
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Chicco, “We Miss You Manelow”
from We Miss You Manelow
Universal Music (Pty) Ltd. - 2015
South Africa, 1987
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Viviano Torres & Ane Swing, “Happy Embarrassed”
from Joyas Champetuas De Todos Los Tiempos
Palenque - 2022
Colombia, 1980s
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Arrow, “Hot Hot Hot”
from A Caribbean Party: The Best of Arrow
Chrysalis Copyrights - 2013
Montserrat UK, 1983
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go March 27th, 2022
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