Big Ears, Simon Emmerson

I'm making my first trip ever to the Big Ears Festival next weekend (Albert Green will sit in for me then) -- now I'm just trying to figure out how much left-of-center music I can cram into a four day visit.  They have an outstanding international lineup this year, and I'll preview that part of the festival this week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday March 26, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site).

 

Included will be a couple of tracks from Bogotá's Meridian Brothers, who will go directly from Big Ears to Richmond and perform Monday April 3 at Richmond Music Hall with Miramar opening (more info here: thebroadberry.com/event/meridian-brothers-miramar/richmond-music-hall/richmond-virginia).  I saw the Meridian Brothers in New York in January and they are a fabulous live act -- I don't know if I'll be back in time from Knoxville to catch this show, but you certainly should.

Also this week Global A Go-Go pays tribute to Simon Emmerson, the British musician, producer and pioneer of world music, who passed away on March 13 at age 67.  You'll hear from his Afro Celt Sound System and Imagined Village projects, plus one of his amazing productions for Malian singer Baaba Maal.

Podcast: radio4all.net/program/115062

All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-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

 

Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos | USA | Aquí Como Allá | Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos | Atlantic | 1998

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante | England UK-Italy | Still Moving | Still Moving | Ponderosa Music & Art | 2021

Etran De L’Aïr | Niger | Imouwizla | Agadez | Sahel Sounds | 2022

 

Baaba Maal | Senegal | Daande Lenol | Lam Toro | Mango | 1992

Sona Jobarteh | England UK-The Gambia | Gambia | Badinyaa Kumoo | African Guild | 2022

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Jamana Be Diya | I Speak Fula | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2009

 

Solomane Doumbia | Mali | Lamini | Ségou to Lagos | Mieruba | 2023

Sona Jobarteh | England UK-The Gambia | Fondinkeeya | Badinyaa Kumoo | African Guild | 2022

Baaba Maal | Senegal | Sidiki | Firin' In Fouta | Mango | 1994

 

Bonny Light Horseman | USA | The Roving | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d | 2020

The Imagined Village | England UK | Cold Haily Rainy Night | The Imagined Village | Real World | 2007

Afro Celt Sound System | England UK-Ireland | Whirl-Y-Reel 2 | Volume 1: Sound Magic | Real World | 1996

 

Larry & Joe | Venezuela-USA | Caballo Viejo | Nuevo South Train, Vol. 1 | Side Hustle | 2023

Los Lobos | USA | La Pistola Y El Corazón | La Pistola Y El Corazón | Slash | 1988

Diana Burco | Colombia | Mal Amores | Mal Amores - Single | Codiscos | 2023

Calexico | USA-México | Cumbia Peninsula | El Mirador | Anti- | 2022

Mariachi El Bronx | USA | 48 Roses | II | ATO | 2011

 

Meridian Brothers | Colombia | La Mujer Sin Corazón | Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento | Ansonia | 2022

Meridian Brothers | Colombia | Poema Del Salsero Resentido | Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento | Ansonia | 2022

Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Perlas Negras | Fruko Power, Vol. 1: Rarities & Deep Album Cuts 1970-1974 | Vampisoul | 2023-197x