Program May 30, 2018

The godfather of champeta is back!  Abelardo Carbono (pictured above) made a series of brilliant recordings in Barranquilla in the 1980s that fused Afro-Colombian rhythms with sounds from the crates of records that entered Colombia's largest Caribbean port and became hits with the country's picos (mobile sound systems): Nigerian Afrobeat, Congolese soukous, Cuban mambo, Haitian compas, American funk and psych-rock.

It's been decades since Carbono released a new recording.  But here he is, working with a younger generation of crate-digging musicians who've all been inspired by him: Will (Quantic) Holland, Mario (Frente Cumbiero) Galeano, Lucas (Palenque Records) Silva and Felipe (Polen Records) Alvarez.  You'll hear their new single this week on Global A Go-Go.

Also this week: spiritual jazz from Italy and the USA; new desert blues by Sidi Toure, Bombino and Imarhan; and more classics from West Africa's golden age.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/97735
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

Old & New Dreams | USA | Guinea | Old & New Dreams | ECM | 1979
Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy | Italy-Sweden-Finland-USA-South Africa-England UK-Ghana | Uhuru Na Umoja | Let Your Light Shine On | MPS | 2018

Pharoah Sanders | USA | Our Roots (Began In Africa) | Message From Home | Verve | 1996

Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | Richa | Arbina | Glitterbeat | 2016
Tinariwen | Mali | Chet Boghassa | Amassakoul | World Village | 2003
Sidi Toure | Mali | Handaraizo | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey | 2018

Bombino | Niger | Imajghane | Deran | Partisan | 2018
Amadou & Mariam | Mali | La Realite | Dimanche A Bamako | All Other | 2004
Imarhan | Algeria | Ehad Wa Dagh | Temet | City Slang | 2018

Bembeya Jazz National | Guinee Conakry | Armee Guineenne | single | Syliphone | 1969
Cornaire Salifou Michel Et L'Orchestre El Rego & Ses Commandos | Benin | Gangnidodo | African Scream Contest 2 | Analog Africa | 197x

Pierre Sandwini Et L'Orchestre Super Volta De La Capitale | Burkina Faso | Yamb Ney Capitale | Le Troubadour De La Savane - 1978/1982 | Born Bad | 1977
Etoile 2000 | Senegal | Boubou N'Gary | Boubou N'Gary | Dakar Sound | 1981

Batata Y Su Rumba Palenquera | Colombia | Ataole | Radio Bakongo | Network | 2003
Abelardo Carbono Y Su Grupo feat Quantic | Colombia-England UK | La Pina Madura | single | Names You Can Trust | 2018
Wganda Kenya | Colombia | Shakalaode | single | Discos Fuentes | 1976

Systema Solar | Colombia | Tukupakata | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia | 2013