July 1, 2022

Dead men don't smoke marijuana

I'm leaving for a summer vacation later this week, will be back to Global A Go-Go on July 24.  In my absence, you'll enjoy two of my favorite WRIR selectors: Albert Green returns on July 10, and Enzo of Pop Goes The World takes the chair on July 17.  Before I hit the road, I wanted to make sure you get to hear some of the new releases I've been digging lately while they're still new.
 
So this week (Sunday July 3, 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) tune in for Delgres' Caribbean creole; Son Rompe Pera, the band everyone will be talking about at this fall's Richmond Folk Festival; highlife from Oliver Nayoka and Saltpond City Band; a reissue of S.E. Rogie (pictured above), the king of palm wine; Shaolin Afronauts' spiritual jazz; Afrodelic from Mali via Lithuania; and of course much more.
 
 
 
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
 
Delgrès | France | Mwen Vlé Maché | Mwen Vlé Maché - Single | Le Label / PIAS | 2022
Boulpik | Haiti | Karol | Konpa Lakay | Lusafrica | 2014
The Jolly Boys | Jamaica | The Passenger | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011
Julio Angel | Dominican Republic | El Salon | Con El Hit "El Salon" | Disco 84 | 1983
 
Son Rompe Pera & Gil Gutiérrez | Mexico | El Saleroso | El Saleroso / Proteus - Single | Barbes | 2022
Son Rompe Pera & Gil Gutiérrez | Mexico | La Piragua | La Piragua / La Peliroja - Single | Barbes | 2022
Rodolfo Y Su Tipica RA 7 | Colombia | Tabaco Y Ron | Tabaco Y Ron - Single | Discos Fuentes | 1979
La Pesada | Colombia | Cumbia Y Tambo | Tomate Y Alandette | Zeida | 1978
 
Ray Pérez Y El Grupo Casabe | Venezuela | Lamento Del Campesino | Lamento Del Campesino - Single | El Palmas | 1974
Los Calvos | Venezuela | Yo Sin Ti | Estos Son Los Calvos | El Palmas | 1967
Eddie Palmieri | USA | Vamonos Pa'l Monte | Vamonos Pa'l Monte | Tico | 1971
 
S.E. Rogie | Sierra Leone-Ghana-England UK | Nor Weigh Me Lek Dat | Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana | Real World | 1994
Oliver Nayoka | Nigeria | Ada Ugo | Oka Mmadu | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque | 2022
Saltpond City Band | Ghana | Mennbo Wobi | Boko A Ko | Meet Me There | 2022
 
Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy | Italy-Sweden-Finland-USA-South Africa-England UK-Ghana | Cosmic Peace | Let Your Light Shine On | MPS | 2018
The Shaolin Afronauts | Australia | Rumba Cyclique | The Simien Fox / Rumba Cyclique - Single | Freestyle | 2022
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | USA | Rhapsody In Berlin | We Be All Africans | Strut | 2016
 
Afrodelic | Mali-Lithuania | Weleli | Dusunkun Hakili | self-released | 2022
Omar Pene & Super Diamono | Senegal | Soweto | Direct From Dakar | Real World | 1995
Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etolie De Dakar | Senegal | Immigrés / Bitim Rew | Immigrés / Bitim Rew | Celluloid | 1985

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