Fronting his chicha band La Nueva Crema, singer Lorenzo Palacios Quispe, better known as "Chacalón" (The Big Jackal), became much more than a rock star -- he was the voice of Perú's voiceless peasants, more a saint than a celebrity. (The photo above is of a votive offering to Chacalón at the Cholo Bar in Lima's Barranco neighborhood; the photographer is Ximena Ellito Mori.)
But before he was canonized, and before he started La Nueva Crema in 1977, Chacalón was hired as the lead singer of Grupo Celeste in 1974. That band's debut album has just been reissued for the first time; it's a lost classic of chicha history. You'll hear Chacalón with both bands on this week's edition of Global A Go-Go, plus La Nueva Crema's guitarist José Luis Carballo playing in three different bands.
Also this week (Sunday August 13, 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): A new Balkan ballad from Ladaniva, some trippy cumbia, four new releases from Ghana via the world, Léon Keïta's psychedelic Mandingue groove, and music from the Central African Republic on that country's 63rd Independence Day.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116134
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
Gogol Bordello | Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus-USA | Sun On My Side | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Ladaniva | Belarus-Armenia-France | Je Voulais | Je Voulais - Single | Jiguli | 2023
Shantel | Germany-Greece | Eastwest - Dysi Ki Anatoli (feat Areti Ketime) | Viva Diaspora | Essay | 2015
Goran Bregović | Bosnia & Herzegovina-Serbia-North Macedonia-Bulgaria | Bella Ciao | Champagne For Gypsies | Mercury | 2012
Altın Gün | Netherlands-Turkey | Kalk Gidelim (remix) | Kalk Gidelim (remix) / Su Sızıyor (remix) - Single | ATO | 2023
Chicha Libre | France-Venezuela-México-RVA USA | Once Tejones | Canibalismo | Crammed / Barbes | 2012
Afrosound | Colombia | Cumbia De E.T. El Extraterrestre | Cumbia De E.T. El Extraterrestre - Single | Vampisoul | 2023-1983
Junior Y Su Equipo | Ecuador | Alégrate | Ritmo, Vino Y Amor | Rondador | 1979
Sonido Gallo Negro | México | Coup De Poudre | Sendero Mistico | Glitterbeat | 2014
Money Chicha | USA | Lágrimas De Amor | Chicha Summit | Vampisoul | 2021
Chacalón Y La Nueva Crema | Perú | Soy Provinciano | Soy Provinciano / Dame Te Amor - Single | Horóscopo | 1979
Grupo Celeste | Perú | Mi Lamento | … El Fabuloso! | Discos Fantástico | 2023-1974
La Mermelada | Perú | Olvídate De Mí | La Rica Mermelada | Horóscopo | 1982
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon feat Wiyaala | Ghana-England UK-Germany | Gargar | Kontonbili EP | Wah Wah 45s | 2023
Ahemaa Nwomkro | Ghana-Germany | Yebre Ma Owuo | Yebre Ma Owuo - Single | Philophon | 2023
Immy Owusu | Australia | What A Love | Lo-Life! | Hopestreet | 2023
Mo' Horizons | Germany-Ghana | Mango Woman (feat Gyedu-Blay Ambolley) (7 inch version) | Mango Woman (feat Gyedu-Blay Ambolley) - Single | Agogo | 2023
Léon Keïta | Guinée Conakry-Mali | Diarabi Mana | Dance Edition No. 16 | Analog Africa | 2023-1978
Orchestre Tropical Fiesta Imperial | Central African Republic | Révérence À Nos Souverains | Hit Parade: Spécial Couronnement, 4 Décembre 1977 | Dasora Productions | 1978
Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra | Central African Republic | The Drunkard | Drunkard | Ben | 1978
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