Program June 3, 2011

The only thing more unruly than a Balkan brass band is (wait for it) two Balkan brass bands.  On the new CD Balkan Brass Battle and on their current tour (no, it's not coming to the USA) Serbia's Boban and Marko Markovic Orkestar (left in photo) face off with Romania's Fanfare Ciocarlia (right).  Better yet, they team up on several tracks and you'll hear one of them this week on Global A Go-Go as part of a set of Balkan brass insanity.

Also on this week's show: new music from Richmond's Hotel X and DC's The Funk Ark, Jamaican mento, West African highlife, and much more.  Click "Read More" for today's tracklist; click here for a podcast of today's program:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/52252

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

Orisha | Hotel X (RVA USA) | Unreleased 2010 | none | 2011
Country Mile | Pharoah Sanders (USA) | Message From Home | Verve | 1996
Manenberg Revisited (Cape Town Fringe) | Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa) & Ekaya (USA) | Water From An Ancient Well | Ekapa | 1986

Hanging On The Telephone | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011
Iron Bar | Lord Tanamo (Jamaica) | This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 | Trojan | 1963
Rum Bumpers | John & Alton (Jamaica) | Randy's 50th Anniversary | VP | 1965
Penny Reel-O | Eric "Monty" Morris (Jamaica) | Rough & Tough: The History Of Ska 1960-1966 | Trojan | 1964

Birth Of Ghana | Lord Kitchener With His Calypso All Stars (Trinidad & Tobago) | London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956 | Honest Jon's | 1956
Taxi Driver | Bobby Benson & His Combo (Nigeria) | Highlife Time, Volume 2 | Vampisoul | 1951
Osalobua Rekpama | Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestros (Nigeria) | Guitar-Boy Superstar 1970-76 | Soundway | 1970
Warm Heart Of Africa | The Very Best (France-Sweden-Malawi) feat Ezra Koenig (USA) | Warm Heart Of Africa | Green Owl | 2009

Sethed Seketelat | Getetachew Mekuria (Ethiopia) & The Ex (Netherlands) | Moa Anbessa | Terp | 2006
Nature's Wrath | The Budos Band (USA) | III | Daptone | 2010
El Beasto | The Funk Ark (USA) | From The Rooftops | ESL Music | 2011

Aykedashem Lebe | Tlahoun Gessesse (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 17 | Buda Musique | 1974
Belomi Benna | Debo Band (USA) | Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn) | self-released | 2010

Mesecina | Slobodan Salijevic (Serbia), Goran Bregovic & The Wedding And Funeral Band (Bosnia) | Underground OST | Mercury | 1995
Da Zna Zora | Sandy Lopicic Orkestar (Austria) | Border Confusion | Network | 2001
Berlin Melodij | King Naat Veliov & The Original Kocani Orkestar (Macedonia) | Gypsy Folies | self-released | 2002
Devla | Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) & Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011

Mahalageasca | Mahala Rai Banda (Romania) | Mahala Rai Banda | Crammed | 2005
Ralli In D-Moi | Afenginn (Denmark) | Akrobakkus | self-released | 2006