May 26, 2011

Program May 27, 2011

Great to be back after a week out of town.  Thanks to Sean from Slight Surface Noise Soundsystem for holding it down for me -- I got to hear most of his show, and I thought it was superb.

You've probably already heard that May marks the 70th birthday of one of the most important musicians from the 1960's folk revival, a man whose music remains vital and current today.  It's Bob Dylan's 70th birthday as well.  But the man I'm talking about is Martin Carthy -- British balladeer, virtuoso guitarist, member of seminal bands Steeleye Span, The Albion Country Band, Brass Monkey, The Watersons and The Imagined Village.  (In the 1962 photo at the Troubadour in Kensington above, Martin is second from the left, Bob Dylan is second from the right.)  Today's show starts with a tribute to the career of Martin Carthy.

You'll also hear tracks from three new desert blues releases, by Vieux Farka Toure, Terakaft and Bombino.  And I'll play a selection from the record whose review is now the all-time most read post on my blog: Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical 4.

Click "Read More" for today's tracklist.  Click here for a podcast of today's program:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/52095

The complete catalog of Global A Go-Go podcasts is here:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


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

Famous Flower Of Serving Men | Martin Carthy (UK) | Shearwater | Mooncrest | 1972
Boys Of Bedlam | Steeleye Span (UK) | Please To See The King | B&C | 1971
Cold Haily Rainy Night | The Imagined Village (UK) | The Imagined Village | Real World | 2007

Bibbe Leydy | Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck (Senegal) | Djam Leelii: The Adventurerers | Mango | 1984
All The Same | Vieux Farka Toure (Mali) feat Dave Matthews (USA) | The Secret | Six Degrees | 2011
Amazzagh | Terakaft (Mali) | Aratan N Azawad | World Village | 2011

Tar Hani | Bombino (Niger) | Agadez | Cumbancha | 2011
Banjul Girl | Justin Adams (UK) & Juldeh Camara (The Gambia) | Tell No Lies | Real World | 2009

Vigelegele | Western Jazz Band (Tanzania) | Songs Of Happiness, Poison & Ululation: Dar Es Salaam Dancing Club 1973-1975 | Sterns | 1973
AZDA | Franco & Le TPOK Jazz (RD Congo) | Francophonic, Volume 1 | Sterns | 1973

Lunch Time | Gabriel Omolo & His Apollo Komesha (Kenya) | Kenya Dance Mania | Earthworks | 1973
OK-Oyot System | Extra Golden (Kenya-USA) | OK-Oyot System | Thrill Jockey | 2006

Ave Maria Lola | Carlos Argentino (Argentina) Y Sonora Matancera (Cuba) | Cuban Pearls 2: Cuba, Soneros De Ayer Y De Hoy | Syllart | 1958
Pa' Bravo Yo | Justo Betancourt (Cuba-USA) | Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York | Strut | 1972
Lisandra | Bio Ritmo (RVA USA) | Bionico | Locutor | 2008

Aguanile | Los Girasoles (Peru) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical 4 | Vampisoul | 1970
Elena Elena | Manny Oquendo Y Su Conjunto Libre (USA) | Ritmo Sonido Estilo | Montuno | 1983

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