Program January 4, 2017

Hey, didn't someone tell me most of the music industry is on vacation in December?  Apparently not, because I logged in 42 new releases between Thanksgiving and New Years' Eve.  So I had an enjoyable holiday season digging into a full plate of new music.

A bunch of the stuff I heard is really good, and now you'll hear a few of those first-of-2017 winners on this week's edition of Global A Go-Go.  Prominent on the list is Richmond's Afro-Zen Allstars (pictured above), whose cheekily titled studio debut Greatest Hits comes out January 13.

Also making their debuts on this week's show will be new albums from Colombia's Systema Solar (one of my favorite bands in the world right now), The Nile Project (who'll be in Richmond in March) and The Bongo Hop (Afro-Latin-Caribbean funk from a French trumpeter).

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/90256
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 (England UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Alsarah & The Nubatones (Sudan-Yemen-France-Togo-USA) | Ya Watan | Manara | Wonderwheel | 2016
The Nile Project (Burundi-Egypt-Ethiopia-Kenya-Rwanda-Sudan-Uganda) | Inganji | Jinja | self-released | 2017

Ali Hassan Kuban (Sudan) | Bettitogor Agil | Walk Like A Nubian | Piranha | 1991
K'Naan (Somalia-Canada) feat Chubb Rock (USA) | ABCs | Troubadour | A&M | 2009

Slavic Soul Party! (USA) | Blue Pepper | Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite | Ropeadope | 2016
Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) | Underground Cocek | Underground original soundtrack | Mercury | 1995
Ekrem & Gypsy Groovz (Serbia) | Cigansko Veselje | Rivers Of Happiness | Enja | 2002

Mahala Rai Banda (Romania) vs. Shantel (Germany) | Mahalageasca | Bucovina Club Vol. 2 | Essay | 2005
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra (Serbia) | Devil In The Business Class | Unza Unza Time | Barclay | 2000

Afro-Zen Allstars (RVA USA) | Orisha | Greatest Hits | self-released | 2017
Me & My Friends (England UK) | Holiday | Hide Your Way | Soundway | 2016

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash | 1976
The Bongo Hop (France-Colombia) | Satingarona | Satingarona Pt. 1 | Underdog | 2016

Orkesta Mendoza (USA-Mexico) | Nada Te Debo | Vamos A Guarachar! | Glitterbeat | 2016
C.A.M.P.O.S. (RVA USA) | Slaver's Song | Miracles & Criminals | Peace & Rhythm | 2016
Calexico (USA) | Sirena | Convict Pool | Quarterstick | 2004

Novalima (Peru) | Bandolero | Afro | Quango | 2006
Systema Solar (Colombia) | Rumbera | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional | 2017