Program January 11, 2013

On this week's program, I'll pay tribute to Jayne Cortez (pictured above) who died on December 28.  Jayne was one of America's most remarkable spoken-word artists, as much a musician as a poet.

Although her work may seem like it has little to do with "world music," in my mind it has everything to do with my radio program, why I do it and what I'm trying to accomplish.  If you've never heard Cortez's poetry and music, prepare to be amazed.

Also this week: a few other spoken world artists from around the world who are in debt to Jayne Cortez; sounds of the Mande tradition from across West Africa; North African grooves and messages.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/65488
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat

How Long Has Trane Been Gone | Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis (USA) | Celebrations & Solitudes | Strata-East
Global Inequalities | Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters (USA) | Taking The Blues Back Home | Harmolodic / Verve
There It Is | Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters (USA) | There It Is | Bola Press
The Guitars I Used To Know | Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters (USA) | Taking The Blues Back Home | Harmolodic / Verve

Wat About Di Workin' Claas? | Linton Kwesi Johnson (Jamaica-UK) | Making History | Island
Started Off As A Dancer | Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band (Trinidad & Tobago-UK) | Rubber Orchestras | Naïve

Di Bombs | Ikwunga (Nigeria-USA) | Calabash: Afrobeat Poems, Volume 1 | Rebisi Hut
Bogota | Criolo (Brazil) | No Na Orelha | Sterns

Renoveau | Amadou Balake Et Le Cinq Consuls (Burkina Faso) | Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 | Analog Africa
Marigoundo | Djelimady Tounkara Et L'Orchestre Super Rail Band International (Mali) | Allo Bamako | Oriki Music

Moya Kankoun | Sekouba Bambino (Guinee Conakry) | The Griot's Craft | Sterns
Kokabere | Adja Soumano (Mali) | Kokabere | Bolibana
Ya Fama | Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra (Mali-Senegal-Burkina Faso-Guinee Conakry) | Boulevard De L'Independance | World Circuit

A Tulawin (Une Algerienne Debout) | Idir (Algeria) & Manu Chao (France-Spain) | Identites | Sony France
Josephine | Rachid Taha (Algeria-France) | Diwan 2 | Wrasse
Ma Tribu | Amazigh Kateb (Algeria-France) | Marchez Noir | Iris Music

It Started In Tunisia | Moh Alileche (Algeria-USA) | When The Dust Settles (Tamdit B'Wass) | Flag Of Freedom Productions