Program October 28, 2015

Amother successful WRIR fund drive, our 22nd, is now in the books.  Here's a big Global A Go-Go thank you to the over 480 donors who contributed more than $38,000 in our Fall 2015 Fund Drive.  And a special thanks to the 42 folks who named Global A Go-Go as one of their favorite programs -- I'm truly honored.

Remember, it's not too late to donate -- we still have the special Fall 2015 Fund Drive premiums available if you donate online here: http://bitly.com/Donate2Wrir.

Now that we've wrapped up another successful fund drive that will keep WRIR in the black for another six months, it's time to celebrate the best way I know how: with two hours of killer music from around the world.

I have lots of new October releases to share with you this week: Austin's Latin funk killers Grupo Fantasma (pictured above); ace Malian sideman Adama Yalomba stepping out in front of his own band; deep reggae grooves from Jamaica's Luciano, Akae Beka of St. Croix and New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop; and DC Balkan blasters Black Masala.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/83435
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

Heavy, Baby, Heavy | Rene Lopez (USA) | single | self-released | 2015
Evil Ways | Pete & Louie (USA) | El Barrio: Sounds From The Spanish Harlem Streets | Fania | 1970
Abidjan Revisited | Ray Barretto (USA) | The Other Road | Fania | 1973
Descarga Pura Y Dura | Grupo Fantasma (USA) | Problemas | Blue Corn Music | 2015

Beautiful Africa | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013
Batoman | Amadou & Mariam (Mali) | Welcome To Mali | Because | 2008
Kora Rocks | Ba Cissoko (Guinee Conakry-France) | Nimissa | Cristal | 2012

Ntijiguimorola | Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso) | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies | 2015
Waati | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Ba Power | Glitterbeat | 2015
Mali Za | Adama Yalomba (Mali) | Waati Sera | Mesa/Bluemoon | 2015

His Imperial Majesty | Luciano (Jamaica) | The Biggest One Drop Anthems 2015 | Greensleeves | 2015
Homage To The Land | Akae Beka (US Virgin Islands) | single | Fifth Son | 2015

Fish In The Sea | Fat Freddy's Drop (New Zealand) | Bays | The Drop | 2015

Balkan Karavan | Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha | 2013
Sovietoblaster | RotFront (Germany-Ukraine-Hungary) | Emigrantski Raggamuffin | Essay | 2009
John The Conqueror (Truth Is Always The Same) | Gogol Bordello (Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus) | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO | 2013
I Love You Madly | Black Masala (DC USA) | I Love You Madly | self-released | 2015

Sunt Hoinar, Sunt Lautar | Zdob Si Zdub (Moldova) | 20 De Veri | MediaPro Music | 2015
Train Across Ukraine | Golem (USA) | Citizen Boris | JDub | 2009