September 1, 2022

Se acabou

Autumn is election season here in the USA.  And it's really election season right now in Brazil, where Jair (Bozo) Bolsonaro, "the Trump of the tropics," is running in October for a second term as president against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known to all simply as Lula), who was jailed after a 2018 show trial that prevented him from running against Bolsonaro.  No doubt about it -- it's a grudge match.
 
Singer João Selva has chosen his side: he released an EP in July called Se Acabou ("It's Over") that's more like a pamphlet aimed at Bozo.  You'll hear the title track this week on Global A Go-Go, which will lead us into a whole set of Brazilian carnival sounds.

Also this week (Sunday September 4, 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): Latin psych and garage, spoken word Afrobeat, stinging Wassoulou rock from Mali, a larger-than-life new single by Balimaya Project, and danceable sounds from Lusophone Africa.

 
 
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
 
João Selva | Brazil-France | Se Acabou | Se Acabou | Underdog | 2022
A Espetacular Charanga Do França | Brazil | Não Para (Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough) | The Importance Of Being Espetacular | Mais Um | 2021
Mestre Cupijó E Seu Ritmo | Brazil | Mingau de Açaí | Siriá | Continental | 1976
Dona Onete | Brazil | Banzeiro | Banzeiro | Mais Um | 2017
 
Los Sirios | Peru | Cuarto Oscuro | Ayahuasca Vol. 2: Cumbias Psicodélicas Peruanas | Repsychled | 2022-197x
Spiteri | Venezuela | Campesina | Spiteri | Philips | 1973
Sonido Gallo Negro | Mexico | Planet Claire | Paganismo | T-Vox | 2022
Billy Gibbons & La Marisoul | USA | Green River | Quiero Creedence | Concord Picante | 2016
 
Eparapo | England UK-Nigeria | Black Lives Matter | Black Lives Matter / Who Invented Black And White? - Single | Wah Wah 45s | 2020
Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen | Finland-Nigeria-France | Against The Wall | Inspiration Information 4 | Strut | 2009
Sam Redmore | England UK | Music Is … (feat Mr. Auden Allen) | Universal Vibrations | Jalapeno | 2022
 
BKO | Mali-France | BKO Kagni | Djine Bora | Bongo Joe | 2022
Super Djata Band De Bamako | Mali | Tiefaly | Authentique 80 | Numero Group | 2022-1980
Lobi Traore | Mali | Son Tani Gnini | The Lobi Traore Group | Honest Jon's | 2005
 
L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti | Mali | Kulukutu | L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti | Mali Kunkan | 1977
Balimaya Project | England UK-Nigeria-Gambia-Guinee Conakry | Season Of Baraka | Season Of Baraka - Single | Jazz Re:freshed | 2022
 
Pedro Lima | São Tomé & Príncipe | Floli Xacla | Recordar E Viver: Antologia Vol. 1 | Bongo Joe | 2022-1987
Zé Manel & 2M G-B | Guiné-Bissau | Bardade Dentro Di Bardade | Tustumunhos Di Aonti ... | Cobiana | 1982
Antonio Dos Santos | Cabo Verde | Djal Bai Si Camin | Bom Dia Nha Cretcheu | self-released | 1983

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