March 24, 2023

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.

 
 
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

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