Global A Go-Go presents:
Two aimless leaves the wind blew away
The rise of Mexican regional music is one of the industry’s big stories of 2023: Styles like ranchera, corrido and of course cumbia have moved beyond the barrios and pueblos onto the global charts. When Bad Bunny is releasing norteño backed by Grupo Frontera, you know something is up.
One of the Mexican regional styles that’s earning new listeners is banda, the brass and percussion music from Mexico’s west coast that can be heard now even at Coachella. This week Global A Go-Go dives into banda with tracks from current hitmaker Marco Flores Y La Jerez, genre standard-setter Banda El Recodo, and even hipster Grupo Kual? remixing ranchera and banda.
Also this week (Sunday July 2, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): The low-tech voodoo funk of Nana Benz Du Togo, bikutsi from Cameroon is back, Les Sympathics De Porto Novo Benin, more Mexican madness and some bomba and plena to finish things up.
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Show Archive
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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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Los Camaroes, “Bezimbi”
from Resurrection Los, Vol. 1 (Analog Africa Dance Edition No. 7)
Analog Africa - 2017
Cameroon, 1979
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Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis, “Guitar Boy”
from The Best Of Victor Uwaifo, Vol. 1
Premier Records Ltd - 2010
Nigeria, 1966
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Les Sympathics De Porto Novo Benin, “The End Of Soffer”
from Vol. 2
Albarika Store - 2023
Benin, 1979
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Copia Doble Systema, “Cumbia Colegiala (Mezcla de la Pista)”
from Cumbia Colegiala EP
UrbanWorld Records - 2010
Denmark
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Nortec: Bostich + Fussible, “Brown Bike”
from Tijuana Sound Machine (Nortec Collective Presents Bostich & Fussible)
Nacional Records - 2008
México
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Kumbia Queers & Nacho Vegas, “Cuando Hablas Así”
from Cuando Hablas Así - Single
Kumbia Queers - 2023
Argentina-Spain
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Grupo Kual?, “Enseñame A Olvidar (feat Mike Rodríguez Y Su Combo Loco)”
from Konexiones
Discos Rolas - 2022
México
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Julio Preciado y Su Banda Perla del Pacifico, “Dos Hojas Sin Rumbo”
from Tú Ya Lo Conoces
Ariola - 1998
México
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Marco Flores Y La Jerez, “Amor de la Vida Alegre (feat. Julio Preciado y Su Banda Perla del Pacifico)”
from Amor de la Vida Alegre (feat. Julio Preciado y Su Banda Perla del Pacifico) - Single
Casa Nacional - 2023
México
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Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta, “Karacatis Ki”
from Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966
Vampisoul - 2023
Puerto Rico USA, 1963
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Fruko Y Sus Tesos, “Cachumbembé”
from Grandes Intérpretes: Fruko y Sus Tesos (Vol 1)
Discos Fuentes - 2020
Colombia, 1972
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go July 2nd, 2023
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