(Sir Victor Uwaifo's sculpture self-portrait in his living room, photograph by Morgan Greenstreet)
Sir Victor Uwaifo, one of the great artists and characters of African music, passed away on August 28 at the age of 80.
Uwaifo's "Joromi" became Africa's first gold record in 1969; he went on to revolutionize highlife music, build a hotel and an entire music industry in his hometown of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, and in his spare time earn his PhD in Architectural Sculpture and turn his home into the Revelation Tourist Palazzo. We'll celebrate the amazing, colorful life of Sir Victor Uwaifo on this week's edition of Global A Go-Go with an assortment of his tracks and one very special Sir Victor sample.
Also this week (Sunday September 5, 1:00-3:00 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 music for the kora, hard rock from Algeria, reggae en francais, Congolese soukous to warm you up for the USA premiere of The Rumba Kings (Saturday September 11 at the Byrd Theater as part of the Richmond International Film Festival), and some Chicano soul from the American southwest.
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
Kadialy Kouyate | Senegal-England UK | Buna | Aado | Naxos World | 2021
Kane Mathis | USA | Kaira | Geminus | Nyaato | 2021
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes | Nigeria | Joromi | Do Amen-Do / Joromi - Single | Philips West African | 1966
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes | Nigeria | Guitar Boy And Mamywater | Guitar Boy And Mamywater - Single | Philips West African | 1966
The Very Best | France-Sweden-Malawi-USA | Warm Heart Of Africa (feat Ezra Koenig) | Warm Heart Of Africa - Single | Green Owl | 2009
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis Of Africa | Nigeria | Iranm' Iran | Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1 | Analog Africa | 1980
Hamdi Benani, Mehdi Haddab & Speed Caravan | Algeria-France | Jani Ma Jani | Nuba Nova | Buda Musique | 2021
Rachid Taha | Algeria-France | Josephine | Diwan 2 | Barclay | 2006
Speed Caravan | Algeria-France | Kalashnik Love | Kalashnik Love | Newbled | 2008
Tiken Jah Fakoly | Cote D'Ivoire | Plus Rien Ne M'Etonne | Coup De Gueule | Barclay | 2004
Danakil | France | Rendez-nous La Justice | Rien Ne Se Tait | Baco | 2021
Corey Harris | C'ville USA | Afrique (Chez Moi) | Zion Crossroads | Telarc | 2007
Alpha Blondy | Cote D'Ivoire | Soutra | Mystic Power | VP | 2013
Orchestre Afrisa L'International | RD Congo | Omanga | Omanga - Single | African | 1974
Franco Et Le T.P.O.K. Jazz | RD Congo | Tokoma Ba Camarade Pamba | Vraiment En Colere Vol. 1 | Makossa International | 1980
Freddy Fender | USA | Wasted Days And Wasted Nights | Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Single | Imperial | 1959
Adrian Quesada | USA | Look At My Soul (feat Black Pumas & Kam Franklin) | Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade Of Texas Soul | Nacional | 2018
Adrian Quesada | USA | Boogaloo En Monterrey (feat Ruben Ramos & Charlie Sexton) | Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade Of Texas Soul | Nacional | 2018
Joe Tex | USA | I Wanna Be Free | I Wanna Be Free - Single | Dial | 1963
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