June 13, 2021

The minister of creaminess

Astronomical summer doesn't start for another week, but it's definitely meteorological summer here in the RVA, and that's got me thinking about summer jams -- you know, those catchy, danceable songs that sound so much better when temperatures are rising.
 
This week on Global A Go-Go you'll hear a whole hour of them.  Your favorite 2021 summer jam might be a new one from Vaudou Game (updated disco from Togo via France) or Conkarah (Jamaican island pop) or Sofi Tukker x Amadou & Mariam (uh, Amadou & Mariam with cheesy EDM sauce on top, actually sounds better than the description).  Or maybe it will be one of the oldies I spin from South Africa, Ecuador, Spain or parts in between.

Also this week (Monday June 14, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards on the wrir.org archive player, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): a preview of the first post-COVID live music event I'll be attending, some sly electro-cumbia, and zouk filtered through Colombia.
 


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
 
Mighty Joshua | RVA USA | Clean Hands | Clean Hands - Single | Stable Roots | 2016
Meta & The Cornerstones | Senegal-USA | Breeze | Breeze - Single | self-released | 2021
Alpha Blondy & The Natty Rebels | Cote D'Ivoire | Brigadier Sabari | Jah Glory | Syllart | 1982
 
Axel Krygier | Argentina | Cumbieton Rutero | Pesebre | Crammed | 2009
Lagartijeando | Argentina | Sideral Cumbia | Sideral Cumbia - Single | Wonderwheel | 2021
Mexican Institute Of Sound | Mexico | A Girl Like You | Pinata | Nacional | 2007
Mati Zundel | Argentina | Senor Montecostez | Amazonico Gravitante | ZZK | 2012
 
Bostich + Fussible | Mexico | Brown Bike | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nacional | 2008
Acid Coco | Colombia-Germany | Hoy Como Siempre | Hoy Como Siempre - Single | El Palmas | 2021
Bomba Estereo | Colombia | Sintiendo | Elegancia Tropical | Soundway | 2013
Systema Solar | Colombia | El Boton De Pantalon | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia | 2013
 
Osayomore Joseph | Nigeria | My Name Is Money | Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1 | Analog Africa | 198x
Benjamin Ball | South Africa | Flash A Flashlight | Flash A Flashlight - Single | Third World Music | 1983
Vaudou Game | Togo-France | Zorromi | Noussin | Hot Casa | 2021
Orchestre Les As Du Benin Lome, Togo | Togo | Babaa Na Ayele | Tropicana Souvenir Vol. 1 | Philips | 1973
 
Mamani Keita | Mali-France | Sinikan | Gagner L'Argent Francais | No Format | 2011
Sofi Tukker x Amadou & Mariam | USA-Mali-France | Mon Cheri | Mon Cheri - Single | Red Hot | 2021
SMOD | France-Mali | Ca Chante | SMOD | Nacional | 2011
Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang | Sierra Leone-Syria -USA | Feba | En Yay Sah | Luaka Bop | 2012
 
So Kalmery | RD Congo | Hey! Mama Lisa | Brakka System | World Village | 2009
Sarazino | Algeria-Ecuador | Cochabamba | Ya Foy! | Cumbancha Discovery | 2009
Conkarah | Jamaica | Papaya (Sick Wit It Crew mix) | Papaya (Sick Wit It Crew mix) - Single | BMG | 2021
The Pinker Tones | Spain | Viva La Juventud | The BCN Connection | Outstanding | 2004

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