Global A Go-Go presents:
I don’t play a lot of music from Japan on this program. Fortunately for WRIR listeners, you have Banji Kaicho to more than cover for me: two hours of Japanese music of any genre, hosted by Freddie J, right before Global A Go-Go every week, Mondays at 1 PM.
But somehow this week I went down a Japanese cumbia rabbit hole. I was chasing Minyo Crusaders, whose album Live At Le Guess Who? was released earlier this month, and I was wondering about other Japanese bands playing cumbia. Turns out there’s a lot of them! I’ve chosen a few of my favorites to share with you on this episode.
Also this week (Monday July 19, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards on the wrir.org archive player, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): new Brazilian rock, the return of Balkan brass bangers, and an all-African second hour featuring desert blues, juju, highlife and Afro-funk.
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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
Urutau, “Oração (feat. Iuri Resende)”
from Oração (feat. Iuri Resende) - Single
Cena Cerrado Brasil - 2021
Brazil
Loga, “C'est La Vie (feat Valeria Sattamini)”
self-released - 2021
Brazil
Aheema Nwomkro, “Nana Kodajayen”
from Nsem Nyinaa Nyame / Nana Kodajaten - Single
Philophon - 2021
Ghana
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas, “Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena”
from Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana
Soundway Records - 1977
Ghana
Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds, “Astadjam Dada Saré”
from Hamad Kalkaba & the Golden Sounds: 1974-1975 - EP
Analog Africa - 1974
Cameroon
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey, “Gbeti Madjro”
from African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s (Analog Africa No. 3)
Analog Africa - 1971
Benin
Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats, “Heavy Heavy Heavy”
from Heavy Heavy Heavy
RetroAfric - 1974
Sierra Leone
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go July 19th, 2021
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