Program August 2, 2013

70-year-old Mulatu Astatke (pictured above) is the father of Ethio-jazz; his 1970's recordings were famously reissued on Francis Falceto's Ethiopiques series and were brought to the (art-house) masses in Jim Jarmusch's film Broken Flowers.

Astatke is far from resting on his laurels -- he's still writing and recording new music, and his forthcoming Sketches Of Ethiopia (August 27 release date) is one of the highlights of his career.  You'll hear a track from it this week on Global A Go-Go.

Also this week: falsetto singers in reggae, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and a younger artist inspired by them, and mento to calypso to soca.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/70191
All the podcasts: 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 | 1997
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Police And Thieves | Junior Murvin (Jamaica) | single | Wild Flower | 1976
The Time Has Come | Slim Smith (Jamaica) | single | High Note | 1973
Ode To Joy (Babylon Can't Control I) | Cornell Campbell (Jamaica) Meets Soothsayers (UK) | Nothing Can Stop Us | Strut | 2013
She's In Love | Dubmatix (Canada) feat U-Roy & Cornell Campbell (Jamaica) | Rebel Massive | Echo Beach | 2013

Adjro Mi | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou (Benin) | Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Afro Funk 1969-1980 | Analog Africa | 197x
Balboa Da Silva | Bixiga 70 (Brazil) | Daora: Underground Sounds Of Urban Brasil - Hip Hop, Beats, Afro & Dub | Mais Um Discos | 2011

32 Bit | The Superpowers (USA) | Trance For Nation | Young Cub | 2008
Bizzar | Peter Solo (Togo-France) | Analog Vodoo | Buda Musique | 2013
Na So We See Am | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | No Place For My Dream | Knitting Factory | 2013

Gambella | Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia) | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village | 2013
Tezalegn Yetentu | Getatchew Mekuria (Ethiopia) & The Ex (Netherlands) | Moa Anbessa | Terp | 2006

Chik Chikka | Rattlemouth (RVA USA) | 5 | self-released | 2011
Babur Part 1 (S. Mos remix) | Arat Kilo (France) feat Socalled (Canada) | 12 Days In Addis | Only Music | 2013
ABCs | K'Naan (Somalia-Canada) feat Chubb Rock (USA) | Troubadour | A&M | 2009

Boogu Yagga Gal | Chin's Calypso Sextet (Jamaica) | Boogu Yagga Gal: Jamaican Mento | Heritage | 195x
Goombay Drum | Lord Mouse & The Kalypso Katz (Germany) | Go Calypsonian | Piranha | 2013
Obeah Wedding | Mighty Sparrow (Trinidad & Tobago) | 16 Carnival Hits | Ice | 1966
She Wants Me To Sing In The Party | Scrunter (Trinidad & Tobago) | This Is Soca | Sire | 1987

Differentology (Major Lazer remix) | Bunji Garlin (Trinidad & Tobago) | single | VP | 2013