Program August 31, 2016

Juan Gabriel, Mexico's most revered pop music icon, died on Sunday at age 66.  It's impossible for non-Mexicans to fully understand his cultural role: imagine Elvis, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, James Brown and Liberace rolled up into one pansexual persona, and you'll start to get an idea.

Nothing was less hip than digging JuanGa, yet no one was more hip than he himself.  Here's a thoughtful tribute to the man: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-arellano-juan-gabriel-20160829-snap-story.html.

I'm not going to offer a full musical tribute to JuanGa (that's a statue of him above in Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, decorated with death offerings from his fans, in an AP photo by Eduardo Verdugo) -- I'll leave that to someone with more expertise.  But I will play you his last hit, a cover of a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival (no joke), and some more selections to get you thinking about the enormous influence of Mexico on American culture.

Also this week: descarga and salsa dura; Jamaican lovers rock; and Dzambo Agusev, the next Balkan trumpet star.

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

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

Bio Ritmo (RVA USA) | Picaresca | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul | 2014
Karamanduka Y Melcochita with MAG Peuvian All Stars (Peru) | Descarga Macchu Picchu | The Rough Guide To Peru Rare Groove | World Music Network | 1969
San Lazaro (Chile-Cuba-Australia) | Amor De Despedida | La Despedida | HopeStreet | 2016
La Excelensia (USA) | Unidad | Mi Tumbao Social | Handle With Care | 2009

Willie DeVille (USA) | Hey Joe | Backstreets Of Desire | FNAC | 1992
Juan Gabriel (Mexico) | Gracias Al Sol | Quiero Creedence | Concord Picante | 2016
Mariachi El Bronx (USA) | 48 Roses | II | ATO | 2011

The Krayolas (USA) | Exit/Salida | Tormenta | Box | 2013
Texas Tornados (USA) | Who Were You Thinkin' Of | Texas Tornados | Reprise | 1990
Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns (USA) | Caca De Vaca | Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns | Hannibal | 1980
La Pulqueria (Spain) | El Dia De Los Muertos | Corridos De Amor | BMG Spain | 2004

Glen Brown & Lloyd Parks (Jamaica) | I'm Your Puppet | Boat To Progress: The Original Pantomine Vocal Collection 1970-1974 | Greensleeves | 1974
Keith & Tex (Jamaica) | Stop That Train | single | Island | 1967
June C. Lodge (UK-Jamaica) | Someone Loves You Honey | single | Joe Gibbs Music | 1980
Hortense Ellis (Jamaica) | Piece Of My Heart | single | Upsetter | 1971

The Frightnrs (USA) | All My Tears | Nothing More To Say | Daptone | 2016
Al Barry with The Cimarons (Jamaica-UK) | Morning Sun | single | Doctor Bird | 1970
The Bluebeaters (Italy) | Girlfriend In A Coma | Everybody Knows | Record Kicks | 2015

Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | 007 (James Bond Theme) | 20 | Asphalt Tango | 2005
Saban Bajramovic (Serbia) | Vasilica | Pijanica I Ciganski Kralj | Nika / Rebeat | 1999
Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra (Macedonia) | Ajmo | Brass Like It Hot | ARC | 2016
Boban & Marco Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) | Turbo Dizel | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha | 2013

Zdob Si Zdub (Moldova) | The Holy Fuel | Basta Mafia! | Asphalt Tango | 2011
Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia & Herzegovina) feat Dzambo Agusev (Macedonia) | Boom | Happy Machine | Koolarrow | 2016