Global A Go-Go presents:
Malawi’s Madalitso Band built their own instruments (a 4-stringed guitar and the giant 1-stringed slide bass called the Babatone) and busked on the streets of Lilongwe for about 15 years before they got their first opportunity to play outside their home country in 2017. Since then, they’ve been on the road as much as possible, with their fifth European tour now in process and their first trip to the USA coming up this fall.
Madalitso’s second international album will be released in June, and it’s a beauty. This week, you’ll hear a couple of tracks from it and a couple from previous releases as Global A Go-Go brings your attention to a band that most certainly deserves wider recognition.
Also this week (Sunday May 15, 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): some swinging samba-soul from Brazil, Turkish psych-folk, Afrobeat with a Jewish accent, Cuban funk and salsa dura from around the world.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/112569
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
Selda Bağcan, “Kalenin Dibinde”
from Yalan Dünya - Single
Yavuz Burç Plak-Yavuz Asöcal - 1972
Turkey
The Sway Machinery, “Skin to Skin”
from The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1 (feat. Khaira Arby)
JDub Records - 2010
USA
Orquesta Riverside, “En Casa Del Trompo No Bailes”
from Orquesta Riverside
N.C. - Legends of Cuban Music - 2010
Cuba, 1977
La Excelencia, “Dale Otra Oportunidad”
from Ecos del Barrio
Cali York Records / Julian Silva Music - 2012
USA
Tromboranga, “La Mafia”
from Golpe Con Melodia
Tromboranga Independiente - 2015
Spain-Venezuela-Cuba-Colombia-Peru-England UK
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go May 15th, 2022
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