Global A Go-Go presents:
Platinum anniversary
Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Global A Go-Go. This radio show started on February 23, 2004 on WRIR’s webstream, almost a year before we began broadcasting on 97.3 FM, and it’s the longest running program on our station.
I wish I had a recording of that first show, but I first started archiving Global A Go-Go about six months later: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go?page=30
I do have a copy of the first tracklist, though. We couldn’t add our playlists on the WRIR website yet, so the DJs were instructed to post them on LiveJournal (remember them, the Russian-owned competitor to Facebook?). Somehow my account is still up there: global-a-go-go.livejournal.com/?skip=35
To mark the anniversary, I’ve gone back to that tracklist and selected a few songs to play once again. Fortunately they’re still good! Of course, I have some new stuff for you as well (Franck Biyong from Cameroon, Chile’s Newen Afrobeat and Russian folk-rockers Otava Yo), plus a listener request for Hugh Masekela.
And I’m giving away a pair of tickets to see a band that I played quite a bit back in 2004: the great Celtic punk band Flogging Molly, who will be at the National on Wednesday February 21. So tune in, enjoy the reminiscences, and win tickets!
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117376
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Oh, and I thought you might enjoy seeing what WRIR’s logo looked like in 2004 when we were getting the radio station off the ground:
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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L'Orchestre Spear, “Mpenzi Niliyemtegemba”
from Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki wa Dansi 1968-1970
Recordiana - 2023
Tanzania, 1969
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Le Grand Kalle, “African Jazz Mokili Mobimba”
from The History Of Le Grand Kallé, Vol. 1
Diamond Days - 2013
RD Congo, 1961
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Orchestra Baobab, “Jiin Ma Jiin Ma”
Rhino/Warner Records - 2002
Sénégal-Guiné-Bissau-Mali-Togo
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Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès, “Aling Na Djimbé (Live)”
from Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès
Buda musique - 2023
Sénégal
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Franck Biyong, “Oladipo (feat. Chief Udoh Essiet & Tony Allen)”
from Oladipo (feat. Chief Udoh Essiet & Tony Allen) - Single
Tangential Music - 2023
Cameroon-Nigeria
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Newen Afrobeat, “Es La Vida (feat Chico César)”
from Es la vida - Single
Lichens Family - 2024
Chile-Brazil
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Chumbawamba, “Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)”
from Ready Mades and Then Some
Koch - 2003
England UK
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Flogging Molly, “Tomorrow Comes a Day too Soon”
SideOneDummy Records - 2004
USA-Ireland
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The Waterboys, “And a Bang on the Ear”
from Fisherman's Blues (Collector's Edition)
Chrysalis Records - 2006
United Kingdom-Ireland, 1988
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The Pogues, “Do You Believe In Magic?”
from Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say … Pogue Mahone
Rhino - 2008
England UK, 1985
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Quantic & Alice Russell, “Travelling Song (feat. The Combo Bárbaro)”
from Look Around the Corner (feat. The Combo Bárbaro)
Tru Thoughts - 2012
England UK-Colombia
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Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go February 18th, 2024
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