January 17, 2020

The real boogaloo

This week's show happens on January 20: Martin Luther King Day and the Virginia legislature's annual Lobby Day, when citizens from across the commonwealth are encouraged to visit Richmond's Capitol Square and meet with their elected representatives.

It's also the day on which out-of-state militia groups, white nationalists and other "very fine people" (as our president has described them) are threatening to crash a gun-rights rally here in Richmond, part of their master plan to start a second civil war, which they refer to as The Boogaloo.

I usually defer to my colleagues on WRIR's News & Public Affairs team when it comes to covering gun nuts and other assorted limp-membered attention seekers.  But this co-opting of the term "boogaloo" will not stand, man!  Today on Global A Go-Go, you'll hear the real boogaloo: Spanish Harlem 1967, not Charlottesville 2017.

Also this week: new desert blues from Mamadou Kelly; klezmer meets funk; the music of Blitz The Ambassador, who's performing Tuesday at the ICA; folk music from eastern Europe; and a great new creole/coupe decale track from David Walters.

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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

Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck | Senegal | Djam Leelii | Djam Leelii: The Adventurers | Mango | 1989
Mamadou Kelly | Mali | Les Bateaux | Les Bateaux | Clermont Music | 2019

Abraham Inc. | USA-Canada | The Hippies Were Right | Together We Stand | Label Bleu | 2019
Paul Shapiro | USA | Essen | Essen | Tzadik | 2008
Geoff Berner | Canada | Swing A Chicken 3 Times Over Your Head | We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians | Oriente | 2015

Blitz The Ambassador | Ghana-USA | Akwaaba | Native Sun | Jakarta | 2011
Dr. Victor Olaiya's International All Stars | Nigeria | Omelebele | Omelebele - single | Philips | 1971
Batunga & The Subprimes | France | Man In The Field | Gates Of Ouantou - single | Matasuna | 2020

Iva Nova | Russia | Sol Kolhoznika | Chemodan | Geometriya | 2006
Otava Yo | Russia | Oh, Dusya My Marusya | Do You Love | ARC | 2019
Cechomor | Czech Republic | Hey, Bystra Voda | Co Sa Stalo Nove | Sony BMG Czech | 2005
Warsaw Village Band | Poland | Wise Kid Song | Infinity | Barbes | 2009

The Nitty Gritty Sextet | USA | Say Listen | The Nitty Gritty Sextet | Rocafort | 1967
Joe Cuba Sextet | USA | My Man Speedy! | My Man Speedy! | Tico | 1968
Bobby Valentin | USA | Bad Breath | Bad Breath | Fania | 1967
Cecilia Noel | USA | Whip It | Havana Rocks | Compass | 2014
Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers | USA | At The Party | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011

David Walters | France | Manye | Krye Mwen - single | Heavenly Sweetness | 2020
Douk Saga | Cote D'Ivoire | Saga Cite | Heros National Bouche Bee | DM / Obouo Music / Atoll | 2005
Kaysha | RD Congo-France-Portugal-Cameroon | Il Faut Balayer (feat Edgar Yonkeu) | African Bohemian | Sushiraw Entertainment | 2004
Magic System | Cote D'Ivoire | Cherie Coco (feat Soprano) | Toute Kale | Virgin France | 2011

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