Soy provinciano

Fronting his chicha band La Nueva Crema, singer Lorenzo Palacios Quispe, better known as “Chacalón” (The Big Jackal), became much more than a rock star — he was the voice of Perú’s voiceless peasants, more a saint than a celebrity. (The photo above is of a votive offering to Chacalón at the Cholo Bar in Lima’s Barranco neighborhood; the photographer is Ximena Ellito Mori.)

But before he was canonized, and before he started La Nueva Crema in 1977, Chacalón was hired as the lead singer of Grupo Celeste in 1974. That band’s debut album has just been reissued for the first time; it’s a lost classic of chicha history. You’ll hear Chacalón with both bands on this week’s edition of Global A Go-Go, plus La Nueva Crema’s guitarist José Luis Carballo playing in three different bands.

Also this week (Sunday August 13, 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): A new Balkan ballad from Ladaniva, some trippy cumbia, four new releases from Ghana via the world, Léon Keïta’s psychedelic Mandingue groove, and music from the Central African Republic on that country’s 63rd Independence Day.

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Oliver Lake, “Separation”

from Matador Of 1st & 1st

Passin Thru - 1996

USA

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”

from Global A Go-Go

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

England UK

Gogol Bordello, “Sun On My Side”

from Trans-Continental Hustle

American Recordings Catalog P&D - 2010

Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus-USA

Ladaniva, “Je Voulais”

from Je Voulais - EP

JIGULI - 2023

Belarus-Armenia-France

Shantel, “Eastwest - Dysi Ki Anatoli (feat. Areti Ketime)”

from Viva Diaspora

Nikitin Music Group - 2015

Germany-Greece

Goran Bregović, “Bella Ciao (feat. The Wedding and Funeral Orchestra)”

from Champagne for Gypsies

Wrasse Records - 2012

Bosnia & Herzegovina-Serbia-North Macedonia-Bulgaria

Altın Gün, “Kalk Gidelim (remix)”

from Kalk Gidelim (remix) / Su Sızıyor (remix) - Single

ATO - 2023

Netherlands-Turkey

Chicha Libre, “Once Tejones”

from Canibalismo

Barbès Records - 2012

France-Venezuela-México-RVA USA

Afrosound, “Cumbia De E.T. El Extraterrestre”

from Cumbia De E.T. El Extraterrestre - Single

Vampisoul - 2023

Colombia, 1983

Junior Y Su Equipo, “Alégrate”

from Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962 - 1983

Analog Africa - 2022

Ecuador, 1979

Sonido Gallo Negro, “Coup De Poudre”

from Sendero Mistico

Glitterbeat Records - 2014

México

Money Chicha, “Lágrimas de Amor”

from Chicha Summit

Vampisoul - 2021

USA

Chacalón y la Nueva Crema, “Soy Provinciano”

from Éxitos

Discos Horóscopo - 1978

Perú

Grupo Celeste, “Mi Lamento”

from … El Fabuloso!

Discos Fantástico - 2023

Perú, 1974

La Mermelada, “Olvídate de Mi”

from La Rica Mermelada

Discos Horóscopo - 1981

Perú

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon feat Wiyaala, “Gargar”

from Kontonbili EP

Wah Wah 45s - 2023

Ghana-England UK-Germany

Ahemaa Nwomkro, “Yebre Ma Owuo”

from Yebre Ma Owuo - Single

Philophon - 2023

Ghana-Germany

Immy Owusu, “What A Love”

from Lo-Life!

HopeStreet Recordings - 2023

Australia

Mo' Horizons, “Mango Woman (feat Gyedu-Blay Ambolley) (7 inch version)”

from Mango Woman (feat Gyedu-Blay Ambolley) - Single

Agogo - 2023

Germany-Ghana

Léon Keïta, “Diarabi Mana”

from Dance Edition No. 16

Analog Africa - 2023

Guinée Conakry-Mali, 1978

Orchestre Tropical Fiesta Imperial, “Révérence À Nos Souverains”

from Hit Parade: Spécial Couronnement, 4 Décembre 1977

Dasora Productions - 1978

Central African Republic