Global A Go-Go presents:
December 11, 2022 is Burkina Faso’s 64th Independence Day. This small (roughly the size of Colorado), densely populated (about 22 million people), landlocked West African nation formerly known as Upper Volta has had its struggles: eight coups d’etat including two in 2022 and a current bout of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism among them.
No Burkinabè musician has yet become a pan-African or worldwide star, but the music that has been produced in Burkina Faso since independence is superb in quality and variety. This week on Global A Go-Go, you’ll hear an hour of some of my Voltaic favorites, and I assure you that I’ll only be scratching the surface of what’s out there.
Also this week (Sunday December 11, 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): Latin soul and a new single from Austin’s Superfónicos, and birthday tributes to Cuban bandleader Pérez Prado and Yugoslavian mischief-maker Dr. Nele Karajlić.
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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
Konde Mangue Et L'Orchestre Les 5 Consuls, “Woulouni”
from Woulouni / Pop Kondé - Single
Volta Discobel
Guinée Conakry-Burkina Faso, 1970s
Pierre Sandwidi, “Yamb ney Capitale”
from Le troubadour de la savane (1976-1980)
Born Bad Records - 2018
Burkina Faso, 1977
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band, “Afro Mandingo”
from Sonbonbela
Sublime Frequencies - 2022
Burkina Faso
Benny Moré, “Anabacoa”
from Legends of Cuban Music: Benny Moré (Con Pérez Prado) [Recorded Between 1948-1950] [with Pérez Prado]
Capitol Latin - 2006
Cuba-México, 1952
Perez Prado and his Orchestra, “Mambo No. 5”
from Pérez Prado Plays Mucho Mambo (Mono Version)
BNF Collection - 1953
Cuba-México
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, “Devil In The Business Class”
from The Best of Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra
Universal Music Division Capitol Music France - 2009
Ex-Yugoslavia, 2000
Dr Nele Karajlic, “Daddy, Don't Ever Die On a Friday”
from Muzika Iz Filma "Crna Macka Beli Macor"
Komuna (via Film Danas) - 1998
Ex-Yugoslavia
RotFront, “Sovietoblaster”
Essay Recordings - 2010
Germany-Ukraine-Hungary
Dubioza Kolektiv, “Free.mp3 (The Pirate Bay Song)”
from Happy Machine
Koolarrow Records - 2016
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go December 11th, 2022
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