August 8, 2020

Uhuru special

It's an all-African edition of Global A Go-Go this week (Monday August 10, 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).  In the first hour, I'll play female singers from Cabo Verde; sounds from the Horn of Africa featuring music of Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti; and two multicultural takes on Afrobeat.

The second hour will be entirely dedicated to modern highlife -- the amazing sounds of Ghana since 1970, based on Akan traditional music played on Western instruments and incorporating a full slate of outside influences from foxtrot, calypso and big band jazz to rock and funk.  You'll hear from seminal figures like Ebo Taylor and Alhaji K. Frimpong, new music by Santrofi (pictured above) who are revitalizing highlife for the current generation, and more.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/106334
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

Voz Di Sanicolau | Cabo Verde-Netherlands | Mare Lili | Fundo De Mare Palinha | Analog Africa | 1976
Cesaria Evora | Cabo Verde | Mae Carinhosa | Mae Carinhosa | Lusafrica | 2013
Elida Almeida | Cabo Verde | Lebam Ku Bo | Ora Doci Ora Margos | Lusafrica | 2015
Bande-Gamboa | Cabo Verde | Festa Na Praia | Horizonte: Revamping Rare Gems From Cabo Verde and Guine-Bissau | Heavenly Sweetness / Pura Vida Sounds | 2020

Sharero Band feat Faadumo Qaasim | Somalia | Qays Iyo Layla | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 1977
Manalemosh Dibo | Ethiopia | Ej Wodelay | Assabelew | AFR | 1996
Bole 2 Harlem | Ethiopia-USA | Bole 2 Harlem | Volume 1 | Sounds Of The Mushroom | 2006
Groupe RTD | Djibouti | Kuusha Caarey | The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti | Ostinato | 2020

Keleketla! | South Africa- England UK-Nigeria-USA-West Papua Indonesia | International Love Affair | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time | 2020
Dead Prez, Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal & Positive Force | USA-Brazil-Nigeria | Shuffering + Shmiling | Red Hot + Riot | MCA | 2002

Freedom Family | Ghana | Yensuro (No Fears) | Ayentsoo | Academy LPs | 1974
Santrofi | Ghana | Kwabena Amoah | Alewa | Out Here | 2020
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Ghana | Akoko Ba | Simigwa | Academy LPs | 1975

Vis-à-Vis | Ghana | Obi Agye Me Dofo | Obi Agye Me Dofo | Secret Stash | 1977
K. Frimpong | Ghana | Acheampomaa | K. Frimpong Backed By Vis-à-Vis | Hot Casa | 1978

Santrofi | Ghana | Cocoase | Alewa | Out Here | 2020
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu | Ghana | Uhuru Special | Hitsville Re-Visited | Mr Bongo | 1982

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