Program May 25, 2016

Marlysse Simmons and Rei Alvarez (left and center above) of Bio Ritmo are unabashed lovers of boleros, the old-fashioned, archly romantic ballads that their mothers grew up listening to.  "There were only so many boleros we could do with a salsa band," says Simmons -- hence Miramar, their project with Laura Ann Singh (right above).

Miramar's debut album, Dedication To Sylvia Rexach, will be released June 17 by Barbes Records.  This week on Global A Go-Go, I'll start the program with a track from this wonderful new album.

Also this week: jazz with an African flavor, a set of Jamaican dub (so wear your headphones), and the Cabo Verde-Haiti connection.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/86743
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Artist (Country) | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake (USA) | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Miramar (RVA USA) | Estatua | Dedication To Sylvia Rexach | Barbes | 2016
Rana Santacruz (Mexico-USA) | Dejala Entrar | Chicavasco | self-released | 2010
Lila Downs (Mexico-USA) | Viene La Muerte Echando Rasero | Balas Y Chocolate | Sony Music Latin | 2015
Banda De Los Muertos (USA) | Ay Mexicanita | Banda De Los Muertos | Barbes | 2015
Mariachi El Bronx (USA) | I Would Die 4 U | Purplish Rain | Spin Magazine | 2009

Pharoah Sanders (USA) | Our Roots (Began In Africa) | Message From Home | Verve | 1996

Zim Ngqawana (South Africa) | Ebhofolo | The Rough Guide To South African Jazz | World Music Network | 2001
Hotel X (RVA USA) | The Berber's Jinx | X Years | Ladies' Choice | 2005

Goodson (Jamaica) | This A Year Fe Rebels | Dubble Attack: The Original Pantomine Dee-Jay Collection 1972-74 | Greensleeves | 1972
Augustus Pablo (Jamaica) | Up Wareika Hill | Original Rockers | Greensleeves | 1972
The Lickshots (USA) | Loyal Ways | The Lickshots | Rockers International | 2016

Lee Perry & The Full Experience (Jamaica) | Disco Devil | single | Upsetter | 1977
Capleton (Jamaica) | Motive | Biggest One-Drop Anthems 2015 | VP | 2015

Bebe Manga (Cameroon) | Amie | Amie | African | 1980
Antonio Dos Santos (Cabo Verde) | Djal Bai Si Camin | Space Echo: The History Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed | Analog Africa | 1985
Ibo Combo (Haiti) | Souffrance | Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore From Haiti 1960-1981 | Ostinato | 1975

Luis Kalaff Y Sus Alegres Dominicanos (Dominican Republic) | Agarralo Que Eso Es Tuyo | Sofrito: International Soundclash | Strut | 196x