Program May 27, 2015

That's my summer reading pictured above: Banning (Afropop Worldwide) Eyre's brand-new, sure to be definitive biography of the Lion of Zimbabwe, Thomas Mapfumo.

In honor of the new book, I'll spin a set of five of my favorite Mapfumo songs on this week's program, covering everything from his early years in the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (nope, not making up that name) and the Acid Band to his classic and recent work with the Blacks Unlimited.

Also this week: Celtic music without borders, African disco, and the Arab Spring meets Fela Kuti.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/80952
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

Lo Dintre | Moussu T E Lei Jovents (France) | Putan De Cancon | Le Chant Du Monde | 2010
Forillon | Le Vent Du Nord (Canada) | Tetu | Borealis | 2015
Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon | Flogging Molly (USA-UK) | Within A Mile Of Home | Side One Dummy | 2004
Deseos De Un Hombre Muerto | Rana Santacruz (Mexico-USA) | Por Ahi | Chicavasco | 2015
If I Should Fall From Grace With God | The Pogues (UK) | If I Should Fall From Grace With God | Island | 1988

African Hustle | Geraldo Pino (Sierra Leone) | Boogie Fever | Blackspot | 1978
The Village | Letta Mbulu (South Africa) | In The Music The Village Never Ends | Be With | 1983
Dancing Machine | Tirogo (Nigeria) | Aiye People | EMI Nigeria | 197x

Good Name | William Onyeabor (Nigeria) | Good Name | Wilfilms | 1983

Musawore Moye | Hallelujah Chicken Run Band (Zimbabwe) | Take One | Analog Africa | 197x
Pamuromo Chete | Acid Band (Zimbabwe) | Lion Songs: Essential Tracks In The Making Of Zimbabwe | Lion Songs | 1977
Mhondoro | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Gwindingwi Rine Shumba | Water | 1980

Marudzi Nemarudzi | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Rise Up | Real World | 2006
Ndangariro | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Lion Songs: Essential Tracks In The Making Of Zimbabwe | Lion Songs | 2010

Antilope | Dokkerman & The Turkeying Fellaz (Hungary) | Illegal Move | Tramp | 2015
Mista President | The Souljazz Orchestra (Canada) | Freedom No Go Die | Do Right! Music | 2007
Zombie | Middle East's Revolutionary Artists (Egypt-Morocco-Iran-Palestine-Syria-Itlay) | single | Freemuse | 2015

Tangara | Bixiga 70 (Brazil) | Ocupai | Mais Um Discos | 2014