Baldemar Huerta decolonized music fans' ears for six decades. As El Bebop Kid he was one of the first Latino rock stars in the 1950s, as Freddy Fender he was the first person to top the American pop and country charts bilingually, and as a member of the Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven he was one of the chefs of a stew of rock, folk, country and Mexican rancheras and boleros that could only be summarized as "American music."
He's the quintessential American success story: The son of migrant farm workers, kicked out of the Marines, jailed in Angola State Prison for three years for possession of two marijuana joints, yet somehow he ended up with his name and likeness on his home town's water tower. This week Global A Go-Go celebrates what would have been Freddy Fender's 86th birthday with music from the full breadth of his career.
Also this week (Sunday June 4, 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 sounds from southern Africa, Alogte Oho and Max Weissenfeldt's Frafra gospel, feminist Afrobeat, what's new in reggae, and north African rock 'n' roll.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/115616
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
Keturah | Malawi | Ku Nyumba | Keturah | Hen House Studios | 2023
Mokoomba | Zimbabwe | Makisi | Nzara Hapana / Makisi - Single | Out Here | 2023
WITCH | Zambia-Netherlands-Germany-Bulgaria | Avalanche Of Love (feat Sampa The Great) | Zango | Desert Daze Sound / Partisan | 2023
Florence Adooni | Ghana-Germany | Fo Yelle | Yinne / Fo Yelle - Single | Philophon | 2022
Chris De Wise Shepherd | Ghana | Nera Wo'o Soke | Nera Wo'o Soke - Single | Lokalophon | 2019
Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy | Ghana-Germany-Finland-Italy | La Ka Ba'a | O Yinne! | Philophon | 2023
Guy One | Ghana-Germany | Everything You Do, You Do For Yourself | #1 | Philophon | 2018
Somi | USA-Benin-France | Lady Revisited (feat Angelique Kidjo) | The Lagos Music Salon | OKeh | 2014
Angelique Kidjo | Benin-France | Crosseyed And Painless | Remain In Light | Kravenworks | 2018
Bantu | Nigeria-USA | Na Me Own My Body (feat Akua Naru) | Na Me Own My Body - Single | Soledad Production | 2023
Los Super Seven | USA | Piensa En Mi | Los Super Seven | RCA | 1998
Texas Tornados | USA | If That's What You're Thinking | Texas Tornados | Reprise | 1990
Freddy Fender | USA | Wasted Days And Wasted Nights | Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Single | Imperial | 1959
Baldemar Huerta Con Los Romanceros | USA | No Seas Cruel | No Seas Cruel - Single | Falcon | 1957
Texas Tornados | USA | Soy De San Luis | Texas Tornados | Reprise | 1990
Alborosie | Italy-Jamaica | Rastazeneka | Destiny | Greensleeves | 2023
Max Romeo | Jamaica | Stick By Me | Every Man Ought To Know | Gorgon | 2023-1974
John Holt | Jamaica | Ali Baba | Ali Baba - Single | Treasure Isle | 1969
Easy Star All-Stars | USA-England UK | Starman (feat Maxi Priest) | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star | 2023
Tinariwen | Mali-Algeria | Imidiwan Mahitinam | Amatssou | Wedge | 2023
Les Abranis | Algeria-France | Mmliyi Kan | Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 | Bongo Joe | 2023-1983
Rachid Taha | Algeria-France | Josephine | Diwan 2 | Barclay | 2006
Hamdi Benani, Mehdi Haddab & Speed Caravan | Algeria-France | Jani Ma Jani | Nuba Nova | Buda Musique | 2021
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