The little West African nation of Guiné-Bissau (about the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined, with a population of just 2 million) celebrates its 50th Independence Day on Sunday September 24.
Independence hasn't been a walk in the park: Revolutionary leader Amílcar Cabral, one of Africa's greatest anti-colonialists, was assassinated nine months before independence and since then instability has been a constant, with the most recent unsuccessful coup d'etat taking place just last year.
Nonetheless, 50 years of self-government after a century of colonial rule and two centuries of the slave trade is an achievement to be celebrated, and Global A Go-Go offers its congratulations this week with a set of some of the best music Guiné-Bissau has produced, including songs from bands who were there at the country's birth: Le Cobiana Djazz and Super Mama Djombo.
Also this week (Sunday September 24, 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 Latin folktronica by Soema Montenegro and Pahua, a set of accordion-driven Colombian cumbia, new music from Quebecois stars Genticorum who will be featured at this year's Richmond Folk Festival, Bombino's best desert blues recording yet, and the cutting-edge Ethio-jazz of Nègarit Band.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116428
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
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto Con Elber Álvarez | Colombia | Maestro Toño García (Cerrero Dub de Gaita mix) | Colombian Musical Powerhouses Vol. 4 | Alianza de Sellos Independientes de Colombia | 2023-2020
Soema Montenegro | Argentina | Caminante | Caminante - Single | Mais Um | 2023
Pahua | México-Cuba-Costa Rica | "No Huí" (feat El Individuo) | "No Huí" (feat El Individuo) - Single | Nacional | 2023
Naffer Durán Y Su Conjunto, Canta: Diomedes Díaz | Colombia | Pobre Negro | Herencia Vallenata | Codiscos | 1976
El Peke Y Sus Mochileros | Colombia | Cumbia Costumbrisa (Piper Street Sound version) | Colombian Musical Powerhouses Vol. 4 | Alianza de Sellos Independientes de Colombia | 2023-2022
Andres Landero | Colombia | La Pava Congona | Las Mariposas / La Pava Congona - Single | Discos Fuentes | 1972
Conjunto Típico Vallenato | Colombia | Cumbia Sampuesana | Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 1 | Vampisoul | 2023-1953
Combo Sampuesano | Colombia | Cumbia Monteriana | Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 1 | Vampisoul | 2023-1973
Genticorum | Canada | Old Yamaska | Au Coeur De L'Aube | self-released | 2023
Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Canada | En Filant Ma Quenouille | French Record | Hannibal | 1980
Genticorum | Canada | La Batelière | Au Coeur De L'Aube | self-released | 2023
Le Vent Du Nord | Canada | Adieu Du Village | Territoires | Borealis | 2019
Great Big Sea | Canada | Mari-Mac | Up | WEA | 1996
Faris | Italy-Algeria | Oulhawen Win Tidit (Death Letter) | Mississippi To Sahara | Le Chant Du Fauves | 2015
Imarhan | Algeria | Ihad Saman | Ihad Saman EP | City Slang | 2023
Bombino | Niger | Si Chilan | Sahel | Partisan | 2023
Qwanqwa | Ethiopia-USA | Blen | Volume 3 | Wuzzawazzee Industries | 2020
Nègarit Band | Ethiopia | Emahoy | Origins | Ethiosonic / Buda Musique | 2023
Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia-England UK | Gambella | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village | 2013
José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz | Guiné-Bissau | Dispus Ke E Lebal | José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz Vol. 1 | Sonafric | 1978
Super Mama Djombo | Guiné-Bissau | Sûr Di Nô Pubis | Na Cambança | Cobiana | 1978
Zé Manel & 2M G-B | Guiné-Bissau | Bardade Dentro Di Bardade | Tustumunhos Di Aonti ... | Cobiana | 1982
José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz | Guiné-Bissau | Tiu Bernal | José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz Vol. 2 | Sonafric | 1978
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