Global A Go-Go presents:

The folks at Milan’s Dig This Way Records have a reminder for us: all the crates will never completely be dug. The latest evidence is their reissue of Drunkard by the Central African Republic’s Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra.

Vibro Success were the first band to use a drum kit in Congolese-style rumba. They were Bangui’s biggest band in the 1970s, became the toast of Yaoundé and N’Djamena due to their constant touring of neighboring Cameroon and Chad, and recorded a series of albums in Aba, Nigeria for the Ben Limited record label, hence the “Intercontinental Orchestra” moniker.

I can’t speak to all of their recorded output, but I can tell you that 1978’s Drunkard is on par with the best music of Africa’s post-independence era. And that’s saying something, since they’re a band I had literally never heard of under a few weeks ago. Hear them for yourself this week on Global A Go-Go.

Also this week (Sunday April 3, 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): a boatload of excellent new releases from artists who, like Vibro Success, you have probably never heard before — Stephanie Santiago, Kiko Villamizar, The Bongo Hop, The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo, Reggaesta and Congotronics International. And plenty of Global A Go-Go classics to balance the scales.

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Playlist:

    Time: April 3 - 9:00:00 am
  • Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Oliver Lake, “Separation”

    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin Thru - 1996

    USA

  • Time: April 3 - 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: April 3 - 9:05:00 am
  • Stephanie Santiago, “Alma Carnavalera”

    from Alma Carnavalera - Single

    Movimientos - 2022

    England UK

  • Time: April 3 - 9:09:00 am
  • Elegancia Tropical

    Bomba Estéreo, “El Alma Y El Cuerpo”

    from Elegancia Tropical

    Soundway Records Ltd - 2012

    Colombia

  • Time: April 3 - 9:14:01 am
  • Todo El Mundo

    Kiko Villamizar, “Tuya Tuyita”

    from Todo El Mundo

    Wepa Records - 2021

    USA-Colombia

  • Time: April 3 - 9:25:00 am
  • Magnetica

    Quantic, “Muévelo Negro (feat. Nidia Góngora)”

    from Magnetica

    Tru Thoughts - 2014

    England UK-USA-Colombia

  • Time: April 3 - 9:32:00 am
  • La Napa

    The Bongo Hop, “La Napa (feat. Nidia Góngora)”

    from La Napa

    Underdog records - 2021

    France-Colombia

  • Time: April 3 - 9:37:00 am
  • The Prophets in the City

    The Bogie Band, Stuart Bogie & Joe Russo, “The Prophets In The City (Arrival)”

    from The Prophets in the City

    Royal Potato Family - 2022

    USA

  • Time: April 3 - 9:44:00 am
  • From The Beginning

    Ray Barretto, “Quítate La Máscara”

    from From The Beginning

    Fania - 1971

    USA, 1970

  • Time: April 3 - 9:48:00 am
  • Salsa y Sandunga - Single

    Los Calvos, “Salsa y Sandunga”

    from Salsa y Sandunga - Single

    El Palmas Music - 2022

    Venezuela, 1968

  • Time: April 3 - 9:51:00 am
  • Éxitos Fruko

    Fruko y Sus Tesos & Wilson Saoko, “El Preso”

    from Éxitos Fruko

    Discos Fuentes - 2012

    Colombia, 1975

  • Time: April 3 - 9:56:00 am
  • El Malo

    Willie Colon, “El Malo”

    from El Malo

    Fania - 1967

    USA

  • Time: April 3 - 10:03:00 am
  • Cocaine (Remix) - EP

    Reggaesta Productions & Earl 16, “Cocaine”

    from Cocaine (Remix) - EP

    Echo Beach - 2022

    Italy-Jamaica-England UK

  • Time: April 3 - 10:07:00 am
  • Sly & Robbie Presents Sounds of Taxi 1st Volume

    The Tamlins, “Baltimore”

    from Sly & Robbie Presents Sounds of Taxi 1st Volume

    Taxi Records - 2012

    Jamaica, 1980

  • Time: April 3 - 10:11:00 am
  • It Sometimes Rains in Paradise

    Marty Dread, “What I Am (feat. Gaudi)”

    from It Sometimes Rains in Paradise

    Five corners records - 2011

    USA

  • Time: April 3 - 10:15:00 am
  • Catch a Fire (Deluxe Edition)

    Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Concrete Jungle”

    from Catch a Fire (Deluxe Edition)

    Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 2001

    Jamaica, 1973

  • Time: April 3 - 10:25:00 am
  • Congotronics 2: Buzz'n'rumble from the Urb'n'jungle

    Kasai Allstars, Masanka Sankayi & Mutumilayi, “Wa Muluendu”

    from Congotronics 2: Buzz'n'rumble from the Urb'n'jungle

    Crammed Discs - 2005

    R.D. Congo

  • Time: April 3 - 10:29:00 am
  • Assume Crash Position (Congotronics 4)

    Konono N°1, “Mama Na Bana”

    from Assume Crash Position (Congotronics 4)

    Crammed Discs - 2010

    R.D. Congo

  • Time: April 3 - 10:36:00 am
  • Where's the One (Single Edit) [feat. Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Konono N°1, Skeletons & Wildbirds & Peacedrums] - Single

    Congotronics International, “Where's the One (feat. Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Konono N°1, Skeletons & Wildbirds & Peacedrums) [Single Edit]”

    from Where's the One (Single Edit) [feat. Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Konono N°1, Skeletons & Wildbirds & Peacedrums] - Single

    Crammed Discs - 2022

    R.D. Congo-USA-Argentina-Sweden

  • Time: April 3 - 10:44:00 am
  • Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra, “The Drunkard”

    from Drunkard

    Dig This Way - 2022

    Central African Republic, 1978

    Global A Go-Go    April 3rd, 2022

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