Program June 1, 2012

What's new in the world of world music this week is -- old.  I'll feature a bunch of reissues from all over the globe, with music influenced by American youth culture of the 60s and 70s, especially soul and psychedelic rock.

Leading off will be Turkey's underrated (so says Istanbulmusic.blogspot.com) Derdiyoklar Ikilisi (unfortunately they're just a duo -- the beardless young man is a rapturous fan).  I don't know much about the guy on the left (Ismail YK), but you won't be hearing him this week, or probably anytime soon, on Global A Go-Go.

Charts May 27, 2012

WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten
1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3 | Vampisoul
2 HOLLIE COOK | Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub | Mr Bongo
3 SOOTHSAYERS | We're Not Leaving | Red Earth
4 EBO TAYLOR | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
5 VARIOUS ARTISTS | For Whom The Cowbell Tolls | Electric Cowbell
6 MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS | Empeche-Nous | Le Chant Du Monde
7 LE SUPER BORGOU DE PARAKOU | The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa
8 BOLA | Volume 7 | Awesome Tapes From Africa
9 QUANTIC AND ALICE RUSSELL WITH THE COMBO BARBARO | Look Around The Corner | Tru Thoughts
10 FUNKEES | Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 | Soundway

Program May 25, 2012

I've really been enjoying the new album Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub (that's the Prince and Hollie pictured above) this week -- you'll hear a track on today's show, along with a couple of other dubwise recent releases.

Hollie Cook | Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub

ARTIST:  Hollie Cook

TITLE:  Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub

LABEL:  Mr Bongo 

Hollie Cook’s self-titled debut, produced by Mike Pelanconi (aka Prince Fatty), was one of 2011’s feel-good pleasures.  They’re back together on an album of dub remixes, with most of the source tracks coming from that debut.

Charts May 20, 2012

WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten
1 HAPPY LUCKY COMBO | Lucky Buddha | self-released
2 LE SUPER BORGOU DE PARAKOU | The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa
3 FUNK ARK | High Noon | ESL Music
4 GALACTIC | Carnivale Electricos | Anti-
5 HOLLIE COOK | Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub | Mr Bongo
6 LACK OF AFRO | One Way: Remixes And Rarities | Freestyle
7 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3 | Vampisoul
8 EBO TAYLOR | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
9 DERDIYOKLAR IKILISI | Disco Folk | Guerssen
10 JOAN SORIANO | La Familia Soriano | iASO

Program May 18, 2012

Galactic (pictured above), New Orleans' house band and one of the finest global funk combos anywhere, visits Richmond this week on their never-ending tour -- they're playing at the Dominion Riverrock Festival on Saturday night.

Lack Of Afro | One Way

ARTIST:  Lack Of Afro

TITLE:  One Way: Remixes & Rarities

LABEL:  Freestyle 

Exeter, UK-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Adam Gibbons goes by the alias “Lack Of Afro.

Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3

ARTIST:  various artists

TITLE:  Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3: 28 Spanish Soul Stompers 1966/1976

LABEL:  Vampisoul 

Here’s another Vampisoul series that, like Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical, just keeps on rolling into a third volume of very worthwhile material.

Charts May 13, 2012

WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten
1 SOOTHSAYERS | We're Not Leaving | Red Earth
2 GALACTIC | Carnivale Electricos | Anti-
3 EBO TAYLOR | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | For Whom The Cowbell Tolls | Electric Cowbell
5 MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS | Empeche-Nous | Le Chant Du Monde
6 LE SUPER BORGOU DE PARAKOU | The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa
7 QUANTIC AND ALICE RUSSELL WITH THE COMBO BARBARO | Look Around The Corner | Tru Thoughts
8 MARIEM HASSAN | El Aaiun Egdat (El Aaiun On Fire) | Nubenegra
9 FUNK ARK | High Noon | ESL Music
10 BALOJI | Kinshasa Succursale | Crammed

Program May 11, 2012

Seu Jorge (left) is probably best known to American audiences as Pele Dos Santos, the safety expert and one-man David Bowie tribute band in the film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.  Back home in Brazil, he's an extremely popular singer whose latest album may be his best yet -- you'll hear a track from it this week on Global A Go-Go.

Soothsayers | We're Not Leaving

ARTIST:  Soothsayers 

TITLE:  We’re Not Leaving 

LABEL:  Red Earth

Soothsayers is a London-based project co-led by trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman.

Charts May 6, 2012

WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten
1 HAPPY LUCKY COMBO | Lucky Buddha | self-released
2 EBO TAYLOR | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | For Whom The Cowbell Tolls | Electric Cowbell
4 BLACK BAZAR | Black Bazar | Lusafrica
5 LOS JHARIS DE NANA | Los Creadores Del Sonido De La Carretera Central | Masstropicas
6 SENSACION SHIPIBO | "Amakaskin Awame" / "Reshin Noma" [Single] | Masstropicas
7 SIDI TOURE | Koima | Thrill Jockey
8 MARIEM HASSAN | El Aaiun Egdat (El Aaiun On Fire) | Nubenegra
9 CHICHA LIBRE | Canibalismo | Barbes
10 MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS | Empeche-Nous | Le Chant Du Monde

Program May 4, 2012

Michael Pigott (left, with Carlos Ramirez Centeno, "el Patron de la Cumbia") is the inspiration and perspiration behind Masstropicas Records, an independent label that releases Peruvian chicha music on limited-edition vinyl.  This week on Global A Go-Go, we'll highlight Mike P's unique project by playing a set of tracks from his label, including a couple from his latest opus.

Happy Lucky Combo | Lucky Buddha

ARTIST:  Happy Lucky Combo 

TITLE:  Lucky Buddha 

LABEL:  self-released

Richmond’s Happy Lucky Combo is a think-globally, act-locally trio that started as a street band.  Nowadays drummer Pippin Barnett usually sits behind a full kit rather than marching with a snare, and bassist Dave Yohe plays an instrument that’s uniquely ill-equipped to be portable; accordionist Barry Bless continues to be fully mobile.

Ebo Taylor | Appia Kwa Bridge

ARTIST:  Ebo Taylor

TITLE:  Appia Kwa Bridge

LABEL:  Strut

If there was an African Music Hall of Fame, Ghana’s Ebo Taylor would get in on the first ballot.  As a singer, guitarist, composer, arranger, sideman, bandleader, producer, A&R man and educator, his work is a bridge between the colonial and independence eras, from highlife to Afrobeat and beyond.