Global A Go-Go presents:
I’m on vacation this week, so I’m presenting a rebroadcast of the program that was originally aired on WRIR on June 1, 2020. It’s a tribute to the great Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who passed away on April 30. He’s one of my favorite musicians of all time in any genre: a drummer whose effortlessly cool style both defined and transcended Afrobeat, the genre of music he essentially co-invented alongside Fela Kuti.
On this week’s program (Monday October 19, 3:00-5:00 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) you’ll hear two hours of Tony Allen’s drumming from all seven decades of his career. We’ll range from his early days with Fela in the Koola Lobitos and the legendary Afrika 70, to his solo career, his electronica experiments, his many collaborations and the new album he released in March with Hugh Masakela.
Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/106881
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a GO-GO”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
Tony Allen, “Moving On”
from Film of Life
Universal Music Division Decca Records France - 2014
Nigeria-France
Tony Allen, “When One Road Close”
from N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always)
Earthworks - 1984
Nigeria-France
Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos, “It's Highlife Time”
from Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos
Parlophone - 1965
Nigeria
Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos, “Ajo”
from Highlife-Jazz & Afro-Soul (1963-69)
Knitting Factory - 2016
Nigeria, 1967?
Tony Allen, “No Discrimination”
from Afro Disco Beat
Blue Scholars / Light in the Attic - 1979
Nigeria
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, “Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same)”
from Rejoice
World Circuit - 2020
Nigeria-France-South Africa
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go October 19th, 2020
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