Program October 4, 2013

The Richmond Folk Festival is an amazing event, but it can be kind of daunting -- 200,000 or so attendees, 34 performers, seven stages with acres of fried food on a stick between them.  How's a person to decide which artists to see and where to catch them, while avoiding walking 100 miles, getting stuck in pedestrian traffic, or ending up several football fields from the stage?

Well, I'm here to offer a few tips -- on this week's program I'll play the seven artists (world music division, naturally) that I'm personally most eager to see at this year's festival, which takes place next weekend, October 11-13.

I'm hoping you'll hear something you absolutely, positively want to check out in person as well.  Put that act at the center of your schedule, then work around them.  Think of it as Global A Go-Go's very particular guide to the Richmond Folk Festival.  You're welcome.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/71632
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

Reindeer Herder's Song | Alash Ensemble (Russia, Tuva Republic) | Irene Trudel's Show, November 14 2011 | WFMU / Free Music Archive | 2011
Serce | Janusz Prusinowski Trio (Poland) | Serce | Sluchaj Uchem | 2010

Live In Harmony | Don Carlos (Jamaica) | Prophecy | Magnum | 1995
Be Thankful (For What You Got) | Donovan Carless aka Don Carlos (Jamaica) | single | Giant | 1974

Obama | Fula Flute (Mali-Guinee Conakry-Canada-USA) | Mansa America | Completelly Nuts | 2008
Fakoli | Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabate & Super Manden (Mali) | Badenya: Manden Jaliya In New York City | Smithsonian Folkways | 2002

Lansine | Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabate (Mali) | Sara | Completelly Nuts | 2009
Prudence | Cheikh Hamala Diabate (Mali) | single | Electric Cowbell | 2013

Bisien Nu | Aurelio Martinez (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011
Santo Negro | Aurelio Martinez (Honduras) | Garifuna Soul | Stonetree | 2005
Yurumei | Aurelio Martinez (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011

Djinn | Christine Salem (France, La Reunion) | Salem Tradition | Label Cobalt | 2013
Sakalav | Christine Salem (France, La Reunion) feat Moriarty (France-USA) | Salem Tradition | Label Cobalt | 2013

Late In The Evening / Tarde En La Noche | Spanish Harlem Orchestra feat Paul Simon (USA) | United We Swing | Six Degrees | 2007
Como Lo Canto Yo | Spanish Harlem Orchestra (USA) | Across 110th Street | Libertad | 2004
Africa Es (Tribute To Africando) | Spanish Harlem Orchestra (USA) | Viva Africando | Sterns | 2013

El Hijo De Obatala | George Delgado (USA) | Mi Ritmo Llego | Rumba Jams | 2004