July 17, 2021

Sayonara tomodachi

I don't play a lot of music from Japan on this program.  Fortunately for WRIR listeners, you have Banji Kaicho to more than cover for me: two hours of Japanese music of any genre, hosted by Freddie J, right before Global A Go-Go every week, Mondays at 1 PM.
 
But somehow this week I went down a Japanese cumbia rabbit hole.  I was chasing Minyo Crusaders, whose album Live At Le Guess Who? was released earlier this month, and I was wondering about other Japanese bands playing cumbia.  Turns out there's a lot of them!  I've chosen a few of my favorites to share with you on this episode.

Also this week (Monday July 19, 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): new Brazilian rock, the return of Balkan brass bangers, and an all-African second hour featuring desert blues, juju, highlife and Afro-funk.



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
 
Milton Nascimento | Brazil | San Vicente | Clube Da Esquina | Odeon | 1972
Urutau | Brazil | Oracao (feat Iuri Resende) | Oracao - Single | Cena Cerrado | 2021
Loga | Brazil | C'est La Vie (feat Valeria Sattamini) | C'est La Vie - Single | self-released | 2021
Laranja Freak | Brazil | Alergico A Flores | Brasas Lisergicas | Baratos Afins | 2004
 
Los Tequila Cokes | Japan | Shinkiro | LTC | self-released | 2017
Rojo Regalo | Japan | Adios Amigo | Moonlightist EP | Rudiments | 2011
Minyo Crusaders | Japan | Kushimoto Bushi | Live At Le Guess Who? | Mais Um | 2021
df7b | Japan | Shinigami | Kill All Covid | Frantic Brown Beat | 2020
 
Shantel | Germany | Disko Boy | Disko Partizani | Crammed | 2007
Gankino Circus | Germany | Schock | Schock - Single | Beste! Unterhaltung | 2021
Black Masala | DC USA | Bhangra V | Black Masala | self-released | 2014
Magnifico | Slovenia | Ubieu Te | Grande Finale | Arih | 2007
 
Afous D'Afous | Algeria | Tarhanine Tegla | Tarhanine Tegla / Tarhanam Toussassi - Single | Sahel Sounds | 2016
Les Filles De Illighadad | Niger | Chakalan | At Pioneer Works | Sahel Sounds / Pioneer Works Press | 2021
Dag Tenere | Niger-Mali-Burkina Faso | Tihoussay Tenere | Iswat | Nomada Music | 2021
 
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats | Nigeria | Ma Jaiye Oni | Juju Music | Mango | 1982
Aheema Nwomkro | Ghana | Nana Kodajayen | Nsem Nyinaa Nyame / Nana Kodajaten - Single | Philophon | 2021
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ghana | Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ofo Bros. | 1977
 
Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin | Togo | Wait For Me | Wait For Me - Single | Akue | 1972
Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds | Cameroon | Astadjam Dada Sare | Lamido / Astadjam Dada Sare - Single | Sonafric | 1974
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey | Benin | Gbeti Ma Djro | Gbeti Ma Djro / Angelina II - Single | Acid Jazz | 1971
Geraldo Pino & The Heart Beats | Sierra Leone | Heavy Heavy Heavy | Let's Have A Party | EMI | 1974

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