The four members of The Guapos are all major figures in the rock en español world: Adán Jodorowsky leads the band Adanowsky when he isn't directing or acting in films; Jay de la Cueva was featured in Molotov and Titán before starting Moderatto and is also in Mexrrissey, the deadpan Mexican all-Morrissey cover band; El David Aguilar is a solo singer-songwriter; and Leiva (José Miguel Conejo Torres) co-founded the Spanish band Pereza.
The Guapos (not Los Guapos, which seems like an important distinction) is a busman's holiday for the four of them, where they write and play all original material in the manner of early rock 'n' roll. Think the Beatles at the Cavern Club, or Jerry Lee Lewis, or garage rock circa 1965 -- sounds like fun for them and it's definitely fun for the listener. Find out for yourself this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday September 10, 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): Some dubby and jazzy reggae, 1970s salsa dura from four countries, new Afropop by Kavita Shah and Idrissa Soumaoro, Johan Hugo's very best African productions, and Swahili and Lingala rumba from Kenya.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116338
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
Soul Revivers | England UK | Coconut Rock (feat Sheila Maurice-Gray & Anoushka Nanguy) | Coconut Rock - Single | Acid Jazz | 2023
Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub | USA | This Is A Takeover | The Scientist Meets Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub | Liberated Zone | 2013
Reggae Regulars | England UK | Ghetto Rock | Channel One Soundsystem Down In The Dub Vaults | Greensleeves | 2023-1984
Los Silverton's | Perú | Cuarto Blanco | Algo Salvaje Vol. 4 | Munster | 2023-1968
Los York's | Perú | Solo Estoy | 68 | Munster | 2023-1968
The Guapos | México-Spain | Mis Amigos Del Rock | Hey! | One Little Blue | 2023
Los Pao Paos | México | Quiero Ser Tu Perro | Los Pao Paos | Devil In The Water | 2022
Willie Colón, Canta: Hector La Voe | USA | Juana Peña | Cosa Nuestra | Fania | 1969
Alfredo Linares | Perú-Venezuela | Sujétate La Lengua | Lo Que Tengo | Velvet | 1980
Fruko Y Sus Tesos | Colombia | El Preso | Fruko El Grande | Discos Fuentes | 1975
Tabaco Y Sus Metales | Venezuela | Arrollando | Tabaco | El Palmas | 2023-1979
Kavita Shah | USA-Cabo Verde-Portugal | Joia | Joia - Single | Folkalist | 2023
Elida Almeida | Cabo Verde | Discriminason | Djunta Kudjer EP | Lusafrica | 2017
Idrissa Soumaoro | Mali | Sababou | Sababou - Single | Mieruba | 2023
Amadou & Mariam | Mali-France | Beaux Dimanches | Dimanche A Bamako | Because | 2004
The Very Best | Malawi-Sweden-England UK | Let Go | Makes A King | Moshi Moshi | 2015
Baaba Maal | Senegal | Traveller | The Traveller | Palm / Marathon Artists | 2016
Madalitso Band | Malawi | Gule Wakwatu | Gule Wakwatu - Single | Bongo Joe | 2023
The Very Best | Malawi-Sweden-England UK-USA | Warm Heart Of Africa (feat Ezra Koenig) | Warm Heart Of Africa - Single | Green Owl | 2009
Charles Ray Kasembe & L'Orchestre Les Volcano | Kenya | Hakuna Dawa Ya Mapenzi (La Guitarra Sónica) | Piconema: East African Hits On The Colombian Coast | Rocafort | 2023-1980s
Orchestre Shika-Shika | RD Congo-Kenya | Bana Nkoi | Shika Shika On The Move | Hit Parade | 1982
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