Global A Go-Go presents:
African day
Pianist Tete Mbambisa is one of the South African jazz greats who stayed in his home country in the 1970s, when many of his peers like Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba were beating apartheid by going into exile. It was hard to get international recognition (not to mention make a living) as a South African jazzman in the 70s, but there’s some fabulous music from that period that we’re only started to hear.
The As Shams label has just issued previously unreleased recordings from 1976 featuring Mbambisa, his stellar quartet and guest soloists Basil Coetzee, Barney Rachabane and Dennis Mpale. These sessions are right up there with Ibrahim’s best work of that period. Hear it for yourself this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday April 28, 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): Mali’s Soninke sound of the 1990s; Afrofunk from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Ghana; more from Colombia’s La Perla, who will be at the Get Tight Lounge on Saturday May 4 (and live on WRIR that afternoon); what’s new in the world of reggae; and the reissue of a qawwali classic by the Sabri Brothers.
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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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Diaby Doua, “Boliñaame”
from Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound Of Camara 1987-2016
Hot Mule - 2024
Mali, 1998
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Petelo Vicka et Son Nzazi, “Sungu Lubuka”
Analog Africa - 2024
RD Congo-Angola, 1982
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La Perla, “Abrecaminos (feat. La Dame Blanche)”
from Callejera
Mambo Negro Records - 2022
Colombia-Cuba-France
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Venezonix, “Ponsigué (feat. Carlos Tález)”
from La Trenza - EP
Nacional Records - 2023
USA-Venezuela
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Pahua, “Espantapájaros (feat. La Perla)”
from Espantapájaros (feat. La Perla) - Single
Nacional Records - 2023
México
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Anue Nahki & Littlerock Sound, “Land & Oil”
from Land & Oil - Single
Little Rock Sound - 2024
Jamaica-New Caledonia France
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Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan, “My Sound Is Heavy”
from My Sound Is Heavy - Single
Subatomic Sound - 2024
USA-Jamaica
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Jah'Mila, “Bad Habit (feat. Kayo)”
from Bad Habit (feat. Kayo) - Single
WHARF RECORDS - 2024
Jamaica-Canada
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Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go April 28th, 2024
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