Program June 18, 2010

The man who put the beat in Afrobeat is Tony Allen, the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's Africa 70. He launched his own bandleading career in 1975 and left Fela for good in 1979.  On this week's show you'll hear a set of music from Tony Allen's solo career, including a track from his new album Secret Agent.

Also this week: calypso and steel bands from across the Caribbean, the invention of mbalax music in Senegal circa 1979, and Latin rock 'n' roll made in the USA.  Click "Read More" for today's tracklist.  Podcast is here:

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Artist (Country) | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake (USA) | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Oswin Chin Behilia (Curacao) | Sigi Traha E Bom (Keep Working On The Bomb) | Liber | Otrabanda | 2010 *NEW*
Andy Narell (USA) & Relator (Trinidad & Tobago) | Gavaskar | University Of Calypso | Heads Up | 2009
Esso Steel Band (Bermuda) | Ride Your Donkey | Front Street | O.U.R. Records | 1970's
Nat Hepburn (Trinidad & Tobago) | Donkey Must Wear Pants | Hellish Calypso | Cook | 1962

Etoile De Dakar (Senegal) | Thiely | Once Upon A Time In Senegal: The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981 | Sterns | 1979
Etoile De Dakar (Senegal) | Khaley Etoile | Once Upon A Time In Senegal: The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981 | Sterns | 1981

Etoile 2000 (Senegal) | Boubou N'Gary | Boubou N'Gary | Dakar Sound | 1981
Super Diamono De Dakar (Senegal) | Maaduleen | Senegal 70: Musical Effervescence | Syllart | 1980's

Sir Douglas Quintet (USA) | She's About A Mover | The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet | Tribe | 1965
Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns (USA) | Houston El Mover | Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns | Hannibal | 1980
Texas Tornados (USA) | Who Were You Thinkin' Of | Texas Tornados | Reprise | 1990
The Premiers (USA) | Farmer John | Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 | Rhino | 1964
Ozomatli (USA) | Nadas Por Free | Fire Away | Downtown | 2010 *NEW*

Yerba Buena (USA) | Sugar Daddy | Island Life | Razor & Tie | 2005
Radio Mundial (USA) | Camaleon | Momento Eterno | Palm Pictures | 2006

Tony Allen With Africa 70 (Nigeria) | African Message | No Accomodation For Lagos | Phonogram | 1979
Tony Allen (Nigeria) | Secret Agent | Secret Agent | Nonesuch | 2010 *NEW*

Tony Allen With Afrobeat 2000 (Nigeria) | Road Close (Dance Dub) | N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) | Moving Target | 1985