March 7, 2020

Lusophonics

Sao Tome & Principe is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon; it was uninhabited by humans when the Portuguese landed there in 1470.  Today its population is about 200,000, making it the second smallest sovereign state in Africa (Seychelles is the smallest).

Ever since its 1975 independence from Portugal, tiny Sao Tome has punched way above its weight in popular music.  For the first time, it's now the subject of a compilation album (pictured above) bringing together 16 tracks from the early independence years.  You'll hear one on the March 9 edition of Global A Go-Go, along with music from fellow Lusophone African countries Angola and Cabo Verde.

Also this week: soul with a French touch, new releases by two of the longest-running Afrobeat groups in the USA, cumbia and vallenato, Senegal's psychedelic salsa, and Balkan beats meet dancehall.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/105225
All the podcasts: 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

The Dynamics | France | Move On Up | Version Excursions | Groove Attack | 2007
Les Negresses Vertes | France | Easy Girls | Acoustic Clubbing | Virgin France | 2001
David Walters | France | Krye Mwen | Soleil Kreyol | Heavenly Sweetness | 2020

Antibalas | USA | Koto | Fu Chronicles | Daptone | 2020
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra | USA | Manteca | 100 Fevers | Peace & Rhythm | 2019

Los Super Seven | USA | El Canoero | Los Super Seven | RCA | 1998
Beto Jamaica | Colombia | Rey De Mi Folclor | Rey De Mi Folclor: Vallenato Y Cumbia Colombiana | OM Producciones | 2020
Palenke Soultribe | Colombia-USA | Blanco Y Negro (feat Macondo Y Mr. Vallenato | Mar | Soultribe | 2013
Raul Y Mexia | USA | Las Escondidas | Arriba Y Lejos | Nacional | 2013

Orchestra Baobab (Baobab Gouye-Gui De Dakar) | Senegal | Boulmamine | Mouhamadou Bamba | Sterns | 1981
Guelewar Of Banjul | The Gambia | Ya Mom Samaray | Dieuf Dieul Khadin Bassoul | Sonafric | 1982

Africa Show | Angola | Massanga Mama | Ai Ai Muxima Uami / Massanga Mama | N'Gola | 1973
Grupo Pilon | Cabo Verde-Luxembourg | S'Ta Contente | Leite Quente Funana De Cabo Verde | Ostinato | 1994
Sangazuza | Sao Tome & Principe | Sun Male | Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe Sounds 70s-80s | Bongo Joe | 1983

Dubioza Kolektiv | Bosnia & Herzegovina- Jamaica | Space Song (feat Earl Sixteen) | #fakenews | Menart | 2020
Dunkelbunt | Austria-France-Kenya-Serbia | Balkan Qoulou feat Watcha Clan, Cloud Tissa & MC Killo Killo | Raindrops And Elephants | Piranha | 2009
Gypsyphonic Disko | NOLA USA | Phonic Milkshake | Nola-Phonic Volume 1 | self-released | 2010
Shantel | Germany | Disko Devil | Viva Diaspora | Essay | 2015
Sam And The Womp | England UK | Bom Bom | Bom Bom - single | Big Beat | 2012

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