January 3, 2021

Gateway to the blues

I spent the last three weeks of 2020 on Global A Go-Go reviewing my favorite new albums, singles, compilations and reissues of the just mercifully departed year.  But there are still a few items I want to bring forward, and I'll spread them throughout this week's program (Monday January 4, 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).

For example, I've only played a few tracks so far from my favorite new album of 2020, Nayda! by Bab L'Bluz; I'll remedy that situation by a spinning a whole set from that disc.  You'll also hear Anatolian rock both old and new, some Sudanese funk, and a whole hour of Afrobeat and Afro-funk including tracks from three of my favorite compilations and reissues of 2020.

 
 
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
 
Umut Adan | Turkey-Italy | Seytanin Aklini Celdim | Bahar | Riverboat | 2019
Baris Manco & Mogollar | Turkey | Iste Hendek Iste Deve | Dunden Bugune | Guerssen | 1971
Sari Zeki | Turkey | Dom Dom Kursunu | Uzelli Elektro Saz | Uzelli | 197x
Ayyuka | Turkey | Komali | Maslak Halayi | Tantana | 2020
 
The Scorpios | Sudan-England UK | Eujoaiden (They're Coming Back) | The Scorpios | Afro7 | 2017
The Scorpios | Sudan-England UK | Saparana (Patience) | The Scorpios | Afro7 | 2017
Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour | Sudan | La...La (Don't Say I Am Betraying You) | The Shaigiya Sound Of Sudan | Ostinato | 197x
 
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Ila Mata | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Glibi | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Oudelali | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | El Watane | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | El Gamra | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
 
Kokoroko Afrobeat Collective | England UK | Colonial Mentality | Live at Sofar Sounds London 2016-07-29 | YouTube | 2016
Jimi Tenor & Tony Alen | Finland-Nigeria-France | Path To Wisdom | Inspiration Information 4 | Strut | 2009
 
K. Frimpong | Ghana | Aboagyewaa | K. Frimpong Backed By Vis-à-Vis | Hot Casa | 1978
Newen Afrobeat | Chile | Chaltumay | Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement | NYP | 2019
 
Tabansi Studio Band | Nigeria | Lokoel Azumi Ta Wuce | Wakar Akhaizi Kano / Mus'en Sofoa | BBE | 197x-198x

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