Program July 22, 2015

Makossa from Cameroon is on this week's menu -- it's one of the world's most infectious dance musics.  You'll hear Big Benji Mateke, Sam Fan Thomas (pictured above) and the man who popularized makossa around the world, Manu Dibango.

Also this week: Tromboranga, a fabulous trombone-driven salsa band from Barcelona, visits Global A Go-Go; highlife time; and new Latin electro-roots music from Colombia's Bomba Estereo and Peru's Novalima.

Well, due to the vagaries of travel Tromboranga didn't get here in time to be interviewed; so you'll have to get by with one of their songs and two other salsa smokers instead.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/81896

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

Te Provoca | Tromboranga (Spain-Venezuela-Peru-UK-Cuba) | Al mal Tiempo Buena Salsa | self-released | 2013
El Hijo De Obatala | Ray Barretto (USA) | Indestructible | Fania | 1973
La Mano Del Rumbero | Ola Fresca | Elixir | PiPiKi | 2015

Mon Afrique | Cia DM (RD Congo) | single | self-released | 2015
Je Suis Fatiguee | Benji Mateke (Cameroon) | Boulot C'est Boulot | Simon Music | 2006

Noa | Sam Fan Thomas (Cameroon) | Makassi Plus | MST | 1986
Ah! Freak Sans Fric | Manu Dibango (Cameroon) | Home Made | Fiesta | 1979

Yelle Be Bobre | The Polyversal Souls feat Guy One (Germany-Ghana) | Invisible Joy | Philophon | 2015
Binta Madiallo | Rattlemouth (RVA USA) | Live at WRIR 2013-10-25

Tsutsu Tsosemo | Desmond Ababio, Lewis Wadawa & Black Beats Highlife Dance Band (Ghana) | Ghana Electric Highlife: Sessions From The Bokoor Studio | Naxos | 198x
Adure | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (Ghana) | Hi-Life Jazz In America | Simigwa Entertainment | 2009
Hi Life | Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers (Nigeria) | African Party | Freestyle | 1967

Somos Dos | Bomba Estereo (Colombia) | Amanecer | Sony Music Latin | 2015
El Alma Y El Cuerpo | Bomba Estereo (Colombia) | Elegancia Tropical | Soundway | 2013
Paloma | Sidestepper (Colombia-UK) | Continental | Palm Pictures | 2006
Beto Kele | Novalima (Peru) | Planetario | Wonderwheel | 2015

Roforofo Fight | Havana Cultura feat Mayra Caridad Valdes (Cuba) | Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound | Brownswood | 2009