Those confusing nooks & crannies of self-improvement

It was great to meet so many Global A Go-Go listeners at the La Perla show at Get Tight Lounge last Saturday night! And the Colombian takeover of Richmond continues on Monday May 13, once again at Get Tight (Richmond’s Colombian embassy, I guess?), with a performance by another one of Bogotá’s hottest bands, Meridian Brothers.

I’ve seen them before and they’re not to be missed. Meridian Brothers’ forthcoming album Mi Latinoamérica Sufre takes a characteristically off-center approach to champeta, the uniquely Colombian mixture of traditional rhythms with African highlife, soukous and Afrobeat. If you want to get an idea of what they sound like, I’ll play Meridian Brothers’ brand new single this week on Global A Go-Go alongside other Colombian artists past and present working in the champeta groove.

Also this week (Sunday May 12, 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 new album from Richmond’s own Mighty Joshua; new Afro sounds by Amadou & Mariam, Aboubacar Traoré and Afla Sackey; Eastern European roots music including the latest from Russia’s Otava Yo; Get in the Garage presents current garage rock from Yiddishland, Turkey via Israel, London and Brooklyn; and the latest guitar heroics of Mdou Moctar, who will be playing Richmond’s Friday Cheers on June 7.

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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

Culture, “Two Sevens Clash”

from Two Sevens Clash

Shanachie - 1977

Jamaica

Linval Thompson, JonQuan & Victor Rice, “Cultivator”

from Cultivator - Single

Easy Star Records - 2024

Jamaica-VA USA-Brazil

Mighty Joshua, “Beware”

from Dreaducation

Mighty Music - 2024

RVA USA

Amadou & Mariam, “Mogolu”

from Mogolu - Single

Because Music - 2024

Mali-France

Aboubakar Traoré & Balima, “Sonfo”

from Sonfo - Single

Zephyrus Records - 2024

Burkina Faso-Belgium

The Bongo Hop, “Nos Coje la Tarde (feat. Pao Barreto)”

from Satingarona, Vol. 1

TheUnderdogRecords - 2024

France-Colombia, 2016

Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu, “It's Not Easy”

from It's Not Easy - Single

Wah Wah 45s - 2024

Ghana-England UK

El Grupo Folclorico, “Tucutru”

from La Locura De Machuca

Analog Africa - 2020

Colombia, 1979

Abelardo Carbono, “La Negra Kulengue”

from El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbono

Vampisoul - 2013

Colombia, 1982

Meridian Brothers, “En El Caribe Estoy Triste”

from En El Caribe Estoy Triste - Single

Ansonia / Bongo Joe - 2024

Colombia

Systema Solar, “El Botón del Pantalón”

from La Revancha Del Burro

Systema Solar - 2013

Colombia

Kries, “Lepi Juro Kries Nalaže”

from Kocijani

Kopito - 2008

Croatia

Otava Yo, “Zalivochka”

from Loud And Clear

ARC - 2024

Russia

Warsaw Village Band, “Wise Kid Song”

from Infinity

Barbès Records - 2009

Poland

Čechomor, “Co Sa Stalo Nové (What Happened Next)”

from Co Sa Stalo Nové:

Columbia - 2005

Czech Republic

Forshpil, “Bay A Taykhele”

from Tsvey

Forshpil - 2020

Latvia-Russia-Germany-USA

Şatellites, “Seni Sen Olduğun İçin Sevdim”

from Şatellites

Batov Records - 2022

Israel

Los Bitchos, “La Bomba”

from La Bomba - Single

City Slang - 2024

England UK

La Banda Chuska, “Basic Bichos”

from Bar Secreto - Single

Names You Can Trust - 2024

USA

Mdou Moctar, “Takoba”

from Funeral For Justice

Matador - 2024

Niger

Abdallah Oumbadougou, “Tenertin Taranin Tenertine Ounour Nin”

from Amghar: The Godfather Of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1

PETALUMA RECORDS - 2024

Niger, 2000s