Program April 15, 2011

The new releases keep on comin' this week on Global A Go-Go.  From the new Dengue Fever (pictured above) album Cannibal Courtship you'll hear what may be my favorite song of the year.  I also have the long-awaited Cotonou Club by Benin's Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, a terrific Cuban release by Alexander Abreu Y Havana D'Primera, and a couple of tracks from Strut's latest Fania Records reissue project.  Plus plenty of old music to complement the new releases -- some 1970's West African classics, a set of boogaloo from the 60's, and Cuban timba hits of the 1990's.

By the way, most of the new discs I've played in the last few weeks will be available as premiums in WRIR's upcoming Spring '11 Fund Drive, which kicks off on this program in two weeks' time with a live in-studio performance by the great Richmond Balkan-music band BALKANIZE!

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

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

Von Vo Nono | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011
Moussogbe | Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea Conakry) | The Syliphone Years | Sterns | 1973
On Verra Ca | Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) | La Belle Epoque | Syllart | 1978

Railway Station | No Smoking Orchestra (Bosnia-Serbia) | Black Cat, White Cat original soundtrack | Barclay | 1998
Shaktar Donetsk | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Oh My Golem! | Geoff Berner (Canada) | Victory Party | Mint | 2011

Iz Oblaka Rosa Pada | Mojmir Novakovic I Kries (Croatia) | Ivo I Mara | Kopito | 2004
Skin To Skin | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011
Family Business | Dengue Fever (USA) | Cannibal Courtship | Concord | 2011

Hot Barbecue | Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (USA) | Rip A Dip | Milestone | 1995
Bobo! Do That Thing | Willie Bobo (USA) | Bobo! Do That Thing / Guajira | Tico | 1963
Happy Soul With A Hook | Dave Cortez With The Moon People (USA) | The Bad Boogaloo: NuYorican Sounds 1966-70 | Fania | 1968
Bang! Bang! | Joe Cuba Sextet (USA) | Wanted Dead Or Alive: Bang! Bang! Push Push Push | Tico | 1966

Mercy Mercy Baby | Ray Barretto (USA) | Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York | Strut / Fania | 1968
Shining Knight | Willie Rosario (USA) | Two Too Much | Alegre | 1967
Use It Before You Lose It | Bobby Valentin (USA) | Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York | Strut / Fania | 1971

Mi Musica | Alexander Abreu Y Havana D'Primera (Cuba) | Haciendo Historia | Ahi-Nama | 2011
Que Sorpresa | Los Van Van (Cuba) | Lo Ultimo En Vivo | Caribe | 1994
La Bruja | NG La Banda (Cuba) | La Bruja | Magic Music | 1995

Nadie Puede Contra Esto | Pupy Y Los Que Son Son (Cuba) | Tranquilo Que Yo Controlo | Egrem | 2008