June 4, 2018

Program June 6, 2018

Two legendary African singers passed away in recent days.  Kasse Mady Diabate (pictured above), the man Salif Keita called "the greatest singer in Mali," was a direct descendant of the jelis (professional musicians and historians) who served Sundiata Keita when he founded the Malian Empire in 1235.  He died on June 1 at age 69.

Singer and soldier Tsehaytu Beraki died at age 79 on May 24, Eritrean Independence Day, in the Netherlands where she was granted political asylum in 1988.  Tsehaytu, "The Sunshine Of Eritrea," helped popularize the traditional Tigrigna music of Asmara, a sound that has greatly influenced both Eritrean and Ethiopian music.

This week on Global A Go-Go, you'll hear a whole set of Kasse Mady's work, from his days with L'Orchestre National Badema in the 1970s to his remarkable 2015 final solo album.  And from Tsehaytu I'll play a pair of songs, one from the 70s and the other from her Dutch comeback album of 2004; you'll also hear younger musicians working in the azmari tradition.

Also this week: Angelique Kidjo and Mystic Bowie both remake Talking Heads songs, and a set of electro-cumbia to get you dancing.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/97828
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

Tsehaytu Beraki | Eritrea | Medjemerya Feqrey | Ethiopiques 5: Tigrigna Music 1970-1975 | Buda Musique | 1972
Tsehaytu Beraki | Eritrea | Lale Bola | Selam | Terp | 2004

Krar Collective | Ethiopia | Guragigna | Ethiopia Super Krar | Riverboat | 2012
Meklit | Ethiopia-USA | Sweet Or Salty | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees | 2017

Mystic Bowie | Jamaica-USA | Houses In Motion | Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads | MTMB Entertainment | 2018
Angelique Kidjo | Benin-France-USA | Born Under Punches | Remain In Light | Kravenworks | 2018
Angelique Kidjo | Benin-France-USA | Crosseyed And Painless | Remain In Light | Kravenworks | 2018

Tony Allen With Afrobeat 2000 | Nigeria | When One Road Close | N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) | Moving Target | 1985
Ibibio Sound Machine | England UK | Power Of 3 | Uyai | Merge | 2017

Kasse Mady Diabate | Mali | Ko Kuma Magni | Kirike | Six Degrees | 2015
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Jamana Be Diya | I Speak Fula | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2010

National Badema | Mali | Ciro | National Badema | Syllart | 1977
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra | Mali-Senegal-Burkina Faso-Guinee Conakry | Ya Fama | Boulevard De L'Independance | World Circuit | 2006

Grupo Kual | Mexico | Cumbia En La Playa | Un Saludo! Mexican Soundsystem Cumbia In LA | Dutty Artz / Songs From Home | 2008
El Hijo De La Cumbia feat Mexican Institute Of Sound | Argentina-Sweden | Que Te Vaya Bien | Genero Genero | Nacional | 2018
El Dusty feat Master Blaster Sound System | USA | Loquita Loca | Cumbia City | Aftercluv | 2018
Bondi Blaster feat Gabriel Navia | Argentina-Bolivia-USA | Boliguay Express | Lo Juimo! | Stronghold Sound | 2012

Clorofila | Mexico | Discoteca Nacional | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | 2010

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