Program March 21, 2018

One of the pleasures of hosting a radio show is the opportunity it affords me to bang the drum for artists who deserve wider recognition.  Skip McDonald, who records as Little Axe (pictured above) is high on my list of those artists.

McDonald is best known as the guitarist in two of the seminal studio bands of our era: the house band at Sugarhill Records (where he played on the pioneering hip hop recordings of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa) and Tackhead (the London band that powered Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records, uniting funk, dub and industrial music).

But he started with the blues, learning guitar from his father at age eight, and the Little Axe project ties together all of his musical experience -- it's the blues meets dub and trip-hop.  This week on Global A Go-Go I'll play you three tracks from the extensive Little Axe catalog (12 albums so far), including one from his most recent release, London Blues.

Also this week: a Latin music sampler - trova, bachata, Latin soul and salsa; brass bands from India and the Balkans; and new sounds from Fela Kuti's sons Femi and Seun.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/96671
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

Eliades Ochoa | Cuba | Que Humanidad | Sublime Ilusion | Higher Octave | 1999
Joan Soriano | Dominican Republic | Vocales De Amor | El Duque De La Bachata | iASO | 2010

Spanglish Fly | USA | New York Rules | Ay Que Boogaloo! | Chaco World | 2018
Banderas | Japan | Tema De Banderas | single | Matasuna | 2018
Los Chicos Malos | Colombia | El Hombre Aquel | Los Chicos Malos | Vampisoul | 1980

Prakash Band | India | Disco Bhangra | Disco Bhangra: Wedding Bands From Rajasthan | Avant | 1994
Red Baraat | USA | Akhiyan Udeek Diyan | Bhangra Pirates | Rhyme & Reason | 2017

Fanfare Ciocarlia | Romania | Golden Days | Gili Garabdi | Asphalt Tango | 2005
Tibble Transsibiriska | Sweden | 100 Ar Av Langtan (BalkanBeats SoundSystem remix) | single | Big Is Promotion | 2018
Sam & The Womp | England UK-Netherlands | Bom Bom | single | Big Beat | 2012

Little Axe | USA-England UK | Finger On The Trigger | Champagne & Grits | Real World | 2004
Little Axe | USA-England UK | Hard Times | Stone Cold Ohio | Real World | 2006
Little Axe | USA-England UK | Snake Oil | London Blues | Echo Beach | 2017

Fat Freddy's Drop | New Zealand | Pull The Catch | Dr. Boondigga And The Big BW | The Drop | 2009
The Dynamics | France | Move On Up | Version Excursions | Groove Attack | 2007

Femi Kuti | Nigeria | Na Their Way Be That | One People One World | Knitting Factory | 2018
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | Nigeria | Kuku Kee Me | Black Times | Strut | 2018

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & The Afrika 70 | Nigeria | Coffin For Head Of State (Part 2) | Coffin For Head Of State | Kalakuta | 1981