Program July 4, 2014

It happens that I live in a Congressional district (Virginia's 7th) where the key issue in the recent Republican primary was immigration -- not the economy, not unemployment, not healthcare.  Here's a quick summary: the incumbent disliked immigration and wanted to make it more difficult, the challenger disliked it even more.

As the grandson of Italian immigrants (some of them illegal, even under the relatively relaxed laws of the early 20th century), I find both of those candidates' points of view repugnant.  I think immigration is one of the main things that makes America great, and I think we ought to encourage more of it.

Since I've got the floor for two hours on the 4th of July, I'll use it to do a radio show on this subject -- two hours of great American music made by people who emigrated to America.  Or if you prefer, you can call it two hours of music Dave Brat doesn't want made in America.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/76299
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

Bra Timing From Phomolong | Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa) | Ekaya | Ekapa | 1983
Marudzi Nemarudzi | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Rise Up | Real World | 2006
E Moyo | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca (RD Congo) | La Rumba SoYo | Cumbancha | 2014

Yurumei | Aurelio Martinez (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011
Israel By Bus | Calypso Rose (Trinidad & Tobago) | Calypso Rose | World Village | 2008
Drunk And Disorderly | Mighty Sparrow (Trinidad & Tobago) | 16 Carnival Hits | Ice |1972

Alone Again Or | Chicha Libre (France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA) | Cuatro Tigres | Barbes | 2013
Quimbara | Celia Cruz (Cuba) & Johnny Pacheco (Dominican Republic) | Celia & Johnny | Vaya | 1974
Sugar Daddy | Yerba Buena (venezuela-Cuba-USA) | Island Life | Razor & Tie | 2005

Di Bombs | Ikwunga (Nigeria) | Calabash: Afrobeat Poems, Volume 1 | Rebisi Hut | 2004
Fikir | Aster Aweke (Ethiopia) | Fikir | Electra Music Shop | 2006

Balili (Soul K remix) | Hassan Hakmoun (Morocco) | Unity | Healing | 2014
Feba | Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang (Sierra Leone-Syria-USA) | En Yay Sah | Luaka Bop | 2012

Adir Adirim | Balkan Beat Box (Israel) | Balkan Beat Box | JDub | 2005
Last One Goes The Hope | Gogol Bordello (Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus) | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
God Is Busy, May I Help You? | Kultur Shock (Bosnia-Bulgaria-Japan-USA) | We Came To Take Your Jobs Away | Koolarrow | 2006
John The Conqueror | Gogol Bordello (Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus) | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO | 2013

My Horse | Golem (USA) | Tanz | Corason Digital | 2014
Citizen Boris | Golem (USA) | Citizen Boris | JDub | 2009