Program March 7, 2018

I saw Black Panther last week, and I thoroughly enjoyed the film's score, composed by Ludwig Goransson (pictured above seated, along with four Senegalese tama drummers), which liberally incorporates African popular and traditional music.

Most noteworthy to my ears was the voice of Baaba Maal, the great Fulani singer whose music, like Goransson's, employs a fusion of global elements in a search for the ecstatic.  Maal's most recent album, The Traveller, in particular sounds like a template for Goransson's score.  So I'll start today's program with two Maal songs that echo sounds you hear in Black Panther, then move on to the drum-driven Senegalese mbalax which is also a major influence on the film's soundtrack.

Also this week: deep dub; chicha and cumbia; and Super Djata vs. Toubab Krewe in a jam band showdown, West African style.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/96454
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

Baaba Maal | Senegal | Jam Jam | The Traveller | Palm / Marathon Artists | 2016
Baaba Maal | Senegal | Fulani Rock | The Traveller | Palm / Marathon Artists | 2016

Super Diamono De Dakar | Senegal | Maaduleen | Geedy Dayaan | Disques M.A.G. | 1977
Etoile De Dakar | Senegal | M'Baye Gueye | Khaley Etoile | Stern's Africa | 1981

Linton Kwesi Johnson | England UK | Inglan Is A Bitch | Bass Culture | Island | 1980
Lee Perry & The Full Experience | Jamaica | Disco Devil | Disco Devil - single | Upsetter | 1977

Subatomic Sound System feat Daddy Lion Chandell | USA | Breakin' Down Tha Barriers | On All Frequencies | Subatomic Sound | 2007
Vibronics feat Trilla Jenna | England UK | Ghetto Yout Nah Give Up | Woman On A Mission | SCOOPS | 2018

Kumbia Queers | Argentina-Mexico | La China Es Cumbianchera | Kumbia Nena! | Horario Invertido | 2007
Sonido Gallo Negro | Mexico | Danza Del Mar | Mambo Cosmico | Glitterbeat | 2018
Grupo Armonia De Pucallpa | Peru | Selva Ardiente | Selva Ardiente - single | Volcan | 198x

Hector Guerra feat Alberto Pedraza | Bolivia-Spain-Mexico | La Cumbia Del Cuervo | Desde En Infierno | Kasba Music | 2018
Bang Data | USA | Caballo Viejo | Loco | self-released | 2018
Palenke Soultribe feat Macondo & Mr. Vallenato | Colombia-USA | Blanco Y Negro | Mar | Soultribe | 2013

Bamba Wassoulou Groove | Mali | Farima | Farima | Label Bleu | 2015
Super Djata Band De Bamako | Mali | Tiefaly | Authentique 80 | Disco Rama | 1980
Toubab Krewe | USA | That Damn Squash | Stylo | self-released | 2018

Toubab Krewe | USA | Hang Tan | Toubab Krewe | Upstream | 2005