The rise of Mexican regional music is one of the industry's big stories of 2023: Styles like ranchera, corrido and of course cumbia have moved beyond the barrios and pueblos onto the global charts. When Bad Bunny is releasing norteño backed by Grupo Frontera, you know something is up.
One of the Mexican regional styles that's earning new listeners is banda, the brass and percussion music from Mexico's west coast that can be heard now even at Coachella. This week Global A Go-Go dives into banda with tracks from current hitmaker Marco Flores Y La Jerez, genre standard-setter Banda El Recodo, and even hipster Grupo Kual? remixing ranchera and banda.
Also this week (Sunday July 2, 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): The low-tech voodoo funk of Nana Benz Du Togo, bikutsi from Cameroon is back, Les Sympathics De Porto Novo Benin, more Mexican madness and some bomba and plena to finish things up.
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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
ESG | USA | Moody | ESG EP | 99 | 1981
Nana Benz Du Togo | Togo | Amina | Ago | Komos | 2023
Vaudou Game | Togo-France | Tu As Deconné | Noussin | Hot Casa | 2021
Remi Kabaka | Nigeria-England UK | Aqueba Masaaba | Son Of Africa | BBE | 2023-1976
Los Camaroes | Cameroon | Bezimbi | Resurrection Los Vol. 1 | Editions Chic Sound | 1979
Roger Bekono | Cameroon | Jolie Poupée | Roger Bekono | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 2023-1989
Les Têtes Brulées | Cameroon | Zanzi Collection | Hot Heads | Shanachie | 1990
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes | Nigeria | Guitar Boy And Mamywater | Guitar Boy And Mamywater - Single | Philips West African | 1966
Les Sympathics De Porto Novo Benin | Benin | The End Of Soffer | Vol. 2 | Albarika Store | 2023-1979
Copia Doble Systema | Denmark | Cumbia Colegiala (Mezcla de la Pista) | Cumbia Colegiala EP | UrbanWorld | 2010
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible | México | Brown Bike | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nacional | 2008
Kumbia Queers & Nacho Vegas | Argentina-Spain | Cuando Hablas Así | Cuando Hablas Así - Single | FaroLatino | 2023
Mexican Institute Of Sound | México | A Girl Like You | Piñata | Nacional | 2007
Grupo Kual? | México | Enseñame A Olvidar (feat Mike Rodríguez Y Su Combo Loco) | Konexiones | Discos Rolas | 2022
Julio Preciado Y Su Banda Perla Del Pacífico | México | Dos Hojas Sin Rumbo | Tú Ya Lo Conoces | RCA | 1998
Banda De Los Muertos | USA | El Paso | Banda De Los Muertos | Barbès | 2015
Banda Sinaloense El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga | México | Y Llegaste Tú | Contigo Por Siempre | Fonovisa | 2001
Marco Flores Y La Jerez | México | Amor De La Vida Alegre (feat Julio Preciado) | Amor De La Vida Alegre (feat Julio Preciado) - Single | Nacional | 2023
Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta | Puerto Rico USA | Karacatis Ki | Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966 | Vampisoul | 2023-1963
Kadencia | RVA USA-Puerto Rico USA | Bomba Del Cañaveral | La Voz Del Barrio | self-released | 2009
Plena Libre | Puerto Rico USA | 4 Esquinas | Cuatro Esquinas | GN Musica | 2023
Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Cachumbembé | Fruko El Bueno | Discos Fuentes | 1972
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