May 26, 2023

Future of a 1000 years

I have to admit, I thought the great crate-digging wave had already unearthed all of the notable Afro-funk records that had ever been pressed.  But it missed Son Of Africa by Remi Kabaka.  Now, there's a good reason for this: Son Of Africa wasn't made in Africa at all.  It was recorded in England and released in 1976 by Island Records, who were doubling down on Black international artists following the success of Bob Marley.
 
But the album sank like a stone and has been mostly forgotten until now, when it has been reissued by BBE Records.  This week on Global A Go-Go you'll hear a track from Son Of Africa, which as it turns out is one of the very best Afro-funk albums of the 1970s, plus like-minded African peers Gerardo Pino and Rob, who, oddly, I and other African music enthusiasts know more about than we do of Remi Kabaka, who actually played with the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney & Wings, Steve Winwood and many others.  The world works in mysterious ways.

Also this week (Sunday May 28, 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): new Ethio-jazz from the Netherlands by Entoto Band, guembri three ways, new cumbia from Pahua and Son Rompe Pera, the speedy salsa of Cali Colombia, and throat singers do rock 'n' roll.

 
 
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
 
Entoto Band | Netherlands-Ethiopia | Yekermo Sew | Entoto Band | Guitar Globetrotter | 2023
Dawit Yifru | Ethiopia | Lebe Leb Yelewem | Dawit Yifru | Muzikawi | 2023-1975

Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Ila Mata | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Maalem Mahmoud Gania | Morocco | Shaba Kouria | Colours Of The Night | Hive Mind | 2023-2013
Bokanté | USA-Guadeloupe-Canada-Sweden-Japan-Ghana | Adjoni | Adjoni - Single | Real World | 2023
 
Rob | Ghana | Make It Fast, Make It Slow | Make It Fast, Make It Slow | Essiebons | 1978
Remi Kabaka | Nigeria-England UK | Future Of A 1000 Years | Son Of Africa | BBE | 2023-1976
Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats | Sierra Leone | Blackman Was Born To Be Free | Afro Soco Soul Live | His Master's Voice | 1972
 
Pahua | México | Pa'lante (feat Acid Coco) | Pa'lante - Single | Nacional | 2023
Los Gavilánes De La Costa | Colombia | Los Gavilánes | Dame Café | Discos Fuentes | 1966
Son Rompe Pera | México | Chata | Chimborazo | AYA | 2023
Conjunto Típico Vallenato | Colombia | Cumbia Sampuesana | Cumbia Sampuesana - Single | Discos Fuentes | 1953
El Hijo De La Cumbia | Argentina-Sweden-México-Uruguay | Ritmo Realidad (feat Celso Piña and Alika y Nueva Alianza) | Genero Genero | Nacional | 2018
Son Rompe Pera | México | F.O.O.S | Chimborazo | AYA | 2023
 
Cesar Pedroso Y Los Que Son Son | Cuba | Disco Azucar | Pupy El Buenagente | Pimienta | 2005
Jacobo Vélez y La Mambanegra | Colombia | Punta Talón | Radio Mamba Internacionale AM EP | Tambora | 2023
King Bongó | Colombia | La Comay | Academia Del Baile | Tropisounds | 2006
 
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha | Tuva Republic Russia | In A Gadda Da Vida | Re-Covers | World Village | 2006
Shono | Buryatia Republic Russia | Kolkhozoy Traktor | Kolkhozoy Traktor | CPL Music | 2023
Hanggai | China | Xiger Xiger | He Who Travels Far | World Connection | 2010
Khöömei Beat | Tuva Republic Russia | Kochegar | Changys Baglaash | ARC | 2021

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