Program November 18, 2011

Mercifully for you, I rarely play artists on Global A Go-Go who have appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest.  But I'm making an exception this week for Balkan-punk band Zdob Si Zdub (pictured above in their Eurovision 2011 performance) from Moldova, whose new album Basta Mafia! will be released early next year.

Also this week: some Irish-influenced rock; three versions of Watcha Clan's "Balkan Qoulou" (the original, a remix and a mashup, with each adding new flavors to the pot); great African female singers 1969-1984; and Ethiopian music of yesterday and today.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/55858
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go

And here's a video of Zdob Si Zdub's Eurovision 2011 performance -- hard to believe the judges ranked them 15th, maybe the top 14 had better unicyclists:

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

Fountains Flowing | June Tabor & The Oyster Band (UK) | Ragged Kingdom | Topic | 2011
The Broad Majestic Shannon | The Pogues (UK) | If I Should Fall From Grace With God | Island | 1988
Raggle Taggle Gypsy / Tabhair Dom Do Lamh (Give Me Your Hand) | Planxty (Ireland) | Planxty | Shanachie | 1973
And A Bang On The Ear | The Waterboys (UK) | Fisherman's Blues | Chrysalis | 1988

Basta Mafia! | Zdob Si Zdub (Moldova) | Basta Mafia! | Asphalt Tango | 2011
Hir Aj Kam Hir Aj Go | Magnifico (Slovenia) | Export Import | Sony/Epic | 2003
Unza Unza Time | Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra (Bosnia-Serbia) | Unza Unza Time | Barclay | 2000

Balkan Qoulou | Watcha Clan (France) | Diaspora Hi-Fi: A Mediterranean Caravan | Piranha | 2008
Balkan Qoulou | Dunkelbunt (Austria) feat Watcha Clan (France), Cloud Tissa (Kenya) & MC Killo Killo (Serbia) | Raindrops And Elephants | Piranha | 2009
Phonic Milkshake | Gypsyphonic Disko (USA) | Nola-Phonic Volume 1 | self-released | 2010

Loyenghe | Tabu Ley Rochereau feat Mbilia Bel (RD Congo) | The Voice Of Lightness, Volume 2 | Sterns | 1984
Amio | Bebe Manga (Cameroon) | Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network | 1980

Rockia | Bella Bellow (Togo) | Free Africa, Disc 1 | Le Son Du Maquis | 1969
Cashing In | The Lijadu Sisters (Nigeria) | Danger | Knitting Factory | 1976

Ney-Ney Weleba (Let's Do The Weleba) | Alemayehu Eshete & The All Star Band (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 22: More Vintage! | Buda Musique | 1972
Munit | Chalachew Ashenafi (Ethiopia) | Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music | Terp | 2009
Hasabe (My Worry) | Ayalew Mesfin & Fetan Band (Ethiopia) | Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis | Buda Musique | 1973
Gedawo (The Lucky One) | Debo Band (Ethiopia-USA) | single | Electric Cowbell | 2011

Ethiopia Hagere (Ethiopia, My Country) / Shop Drop | Getatchew Mekurya (Ethiopia) & The Ex (Netherlands) | Moa Anbessa | Terp | 2006