Funana for all

Funana is the accordion-based dance music of the badius, the escaped enslaved people who populate Santiago Island in Cabo Verde.  It's fast-paced and exciting, and dangerous enough that it was essentially illegal until the Portuguese left in 1975.  On the November 18 edition of Global A Go-Go, you'll hear three funana classics from the 80s and 90s that will get you some serious aerobic exercise.

Also this week: West African highlife, salsa dura from the USA and Colombia, a Balkan brassive attack, four songs the Garifuna Collective played during their visit to the Richmond Folk Festival, and a cool new female global-fusion duo from Berlin via Goa, India.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/104265
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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

Osayomore Joseph & The Creative 7 | Nigeria | Obonogbozu | Nigeria 70 - No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987 | Strut | 1977
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Ghana-Germany | Onfa Nkosi Hwee | Obiaa! | Strut | 2019

Los Afroins | Colombia | Afroinspiracion | A Gozar Salsomanos | Vampisoul | 1974
Ray Barretto | USA | Indestructible | Indestructible | Fania | 1973
Adolfo Echeverria Y Su Orquesta | Colombia | Sabroso Bacalao | Sabroso Bacalao | Vampisoul | 1977
La Excelencia | USA | Salsa Dura | Mi Tumbao Social | Handle With Care | 2009

Shantel | Germany-Serbia-Bulgaria-Greece | Ya Rayah (Balkan mix) | Bucovina Club Vol. 2 | Essay | 2005
Flying Orkestar | France | Omar Souleyman | Les Yeux Qui Pleurent | Eben Productions | 2019
Goran Bregovic | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Ne Siam Kurve Tuke Sijam Prostitutke | Karmen (With A Happy End) | Universal IS | 2007
Boban Markovic Orkestar | Serbia | Mrak | Mrak | PGP RTS | 2019

The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Hamala | Aban | Stonetree | 2019
Paul Nabor | Belize | Naguya Nei | Paranda: Africa In Central America | Stonetree | 2000
The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Mongulu | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Miami | Watina | Cumbancha | 2007

DobaCaracol | Canada | Baiser Sale | Soley | Disques Indica | 2004
Fatoumata Diawara | Cote D'Ivoire-Mali | Nterini | Fenfo: Something To Say | Shanachie | 2018
Farafi | India-Germany-England UK-France-USA | Djanya Wofu | Calico Soul | Piranha | 2019
Rokia Traore | Mali | Beautiful Africa | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013

Pedrinho | Cabo Verde-Portugal | Chema | Nhos No Dexa De Estupides | Iefe Discos | 1983
Tchota Suari E Chando Gracioso | Cabo Verde | Nha Boi | Pour Me A Grog: The Funana Revolt In 1990s Cabo Verde | Ostinato | 1992
Quirino Do Canto | Cabo Verde-USA-Portugal | Mino Di Mama | Cabo Verde Poema Tropical | self-released | 1985