Program July 8, 2011

We're just past the midway point in 2011, so it's time to take stock.  This week on Global A Go-Go, it's the best of 2011 so far.  Lots of great releases so far this year -- Afrobeat, Latin, Caribbean, global remixe-y stuff, West African reissues, and a bunch of sui generis items, like the disc pictured above (Shangaan electro-gospel, I guess you'd have to call it).

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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

Child Of A Blind Man | Hazmat Modine (USA) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011
Uku | Dengue Fever (USA-Cambodia) | Cannibal Courtship | Concord | 2011
Wealthy Poet | Geoff Berner (Canada) | Victory Party | Mint | 2011
Skin To Skin | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011
Gbeti Madjiro | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011

Kyen Kyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash | 1976
Heaven | Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Life Stories | Strut | 1977

Boro | Sorry Bamba & Kanaga Orchestra Of Mopti (Mali) | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey | 197x
Janfa | Orchestra National Du Mali (Mali) | Free Africa, Disc 1 | Le Son Du Maquis | 1970

Mayahuaba | Aurelio (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011
Rehab | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011
A Taste Of Honey | Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers (USA) | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011

Descarga Bontempi | DJ El Timba (Italy) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 2007
Ma Do Nar | Los Chicharrons (Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark) | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch | 2010

Shira | Shaolin Afronauts (Australia) | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle | 2011
Now You See | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory | 2011
The Good Leaf | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory | 2011

Ndzi Teke Riendzo (I'm Taking A Journey) | Foster Manganyi Na Tintsumi Ta Tilo (South Africa) | Ndzi Teke Riendzo No. 1 | Honest Jon's | 2010