101st century global raw soul

Sometimes a record label has its own sound -- the combination of esthetics, players, equipment, place and time all are in alignment.  As soon as you hear one of their records, you know: that's a Blue Note, this one is Motown, that's Sun or Factory or Stax or Daptone or now maybe Spacebomb.

Philophon Records in Berlin is in that category: all their sides (mostly 45s but also some LPs) sound like nothing other than Philophon, no matter where the named artists were born or live.  I'll illustrate on this week's program with four Philophon tracks by artists from four different countries.

Also this week (Monday July 20, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): two imaginative takes on the Ethiopian tradition, big band cumbia from the 1950s to now, rap with Cuban sabor, some West African favorites, and more of the real boogaloo: no weapons cosplay, just 1967 Latin soul.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/106180
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

Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur | Niger-Ethiopia | Isouwad | Afropentatonism | Asphalt Tango | 2020
Qwanqwa | Ethiopia-USA | Gorage | Volume Two | FPE | 2015

Cresencio Salcedo | Colombia | Me Quedo Con El Viejo | The Original Sound Of Cumbia | Soundway | 195x
Minyo Crusaders & Frente Cumbiero | Japan-Colombia | Cumbia Del Monte Fuji | From Tokyo To Bogota | Mais Um Discos | 2020
Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Colombia | Virgines Del Sol | Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Vampisoul | 1975
Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra | Colombia-Canada | En Mi Corazon | Azul | Curura Musique | 2012

Free Hole Negro | Cuba-Spain-Italy | Como Arde | Superfinos Negros | DRO Atlantic S.A. | 2005
Madera Limpia | Cuba | Boca Floja | La Corona | Out Here | 2008
La Dame Blanche | Cuba-France | Cogelo Con Calma | Cogelo Con Calma - single | Nacional | 2020
Bimbo G | Cuba | Chiqui Boom | Ahora Me Toca A Mi!!! | Envidia | 2005

Guy One | Ghana | N'yella Be Bobere? | #1 | Philophon | 2018
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | USA | Rhapsody In Berlin | We Be All Africans | Strut | 2016
Jimi Tenor | Finland | Sugar And Spice | Sugar And Spice - single | Philophon | 2020
Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls | Ethiopia-Germany | Feqer Feqer New | Feqer Feqer New / Portrait Of Alemayehu (Daytime) - single | Philophon | 2019

Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui De Dakar) | Senegal | Mouhamadou Bamba | Mouhamadou Bamba | Sterns | 1981
Bamba Wassoulou Groove | Mali | Konokassile | Dankele | Lusafrica | 2020
Super Boiro Band | Guinee Conakry | So I Si Sa | Discotheque 74 | Syliphone | 1974

The Lebron Brothers Orchestra | USA | Summertime Blues | Psychedelic Goes Latin | Cotique | 1967
Ralph Robles | USA | Taking Over | Taking Over: Conquistando | Fania | 1968
Pete Rodriguez | USA | I Like It Like That | I Like It Like That: A Mi Me Gusta Asi | Alegre | 1967
Manny Corchado And His Orchestra featuring Tito Jimenez | USA | Pow Wow | Aprovecha El Tiempo: Swing While You Can | Decca | 1966