Program May 3, 2017

Julio Ernesto Estrada, better known as Fruko (pictured above), has done more than any other person to make salsa into Colombian music, and to make Colombia the world capital of salsa.  Clearly he didn't do it with his ravishing looks.

Madrid's Vampisoul Records has embarked on a major reissue of material from the catalog of Discos Fuentes, Colombia's biggest record label.  Appropriately, they've started by reissuing the first two albums by Fruko Y Sus Tesos.  You'll hear tracks from both of them, plus a third Fruko classic, on this week's program.

Also this week: a tour across the Caribbean, new desert blues (Sahara and Timbuktu variants) from Mali, and Zimbabwe's old and new generations.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/92185
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

Club Musical Oriente Cubano | Cuba | A Orillas Del Cauto | Cana, Tabaco Y Ron | Amiata | 2002
Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros | Panama | Negro Heart | Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 | Soul Jazz | 1968
Boulpik | Haiti | Karol | Konpa Lakay | Lusafrica | 2014

Ramon Cordero | Dominican Republic | Que Grande Es El Amor | The Bachata Legends | iASO | 2011
Aurelio | Honduras | Narigolu | Darandi | Real World | 2017

Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Botando Corriente | Tesura | Vampisoul | 1970
Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Mi Verdadero Son | A La Memoria Del Muerto | Vampisoul | 1972
Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | El Preso | Fruko El Grande | Discos Fuentes | 1975

Orquesta El Macabeo | Puerto Rico USA | La Maldicion Colonial | La Maldicion Del Timbal | Peace & Rhythm | 2017
Pupy Y Los Que Son Son | Cuba | Nadie Puede Contra Esto | Tranquilo Que Yo Controlo | Egrem | 2008

Tamikrest | Mali | Atwitas | Kidal | Glitterbeat | 2017
Tinariwen | Mali | Talyat | Elwan | Anti- | 2017

Mamadou Kelly | Mali | Mahin Nime | Politiki | Clermont Music | 2017
Vieux Farka Toure | Mali | Samba Si Kairi | Samba | Six Degrees | 2017

Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe-USA | Ndangariro | Exile | Sheer Sound | 2010
Mokoomba | Zimbabwe | Kumukanda | Luyando | Out|Here | 2017
Penny Penny | South Africa | Shaka Bundu | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1994

Ibibio Sound Machine | England UK-Nigeria | The Chant (Iquo Isang) | Uyai | Merge | 2017
Joni Haastrup | Nigeria | Wake Up Your Mind | Wake Up Your Mind | Tummy Touch-Soundway | 1978