Kultur Shock is the "other" pioneering American gypsy punk band, the one you might not have heard of yet. They were founded three years earlier than Gogol Bordello, in Seattle in 1996 by Bosnian immigrant Gino Yevdjevich. They've released eleven albums so far plus a boatload of singles; their latest 45 is for the Alternative Tentacles label, whose founder Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys said "Kultur Shock is what punk rock should sound like."
Kultur Shock's brand new album is called Acoustic Live, recorded at Seattle's Town Hall. Even unplugged, this band rocks harder than just about anybody, which you'll hear this week when I play two songs from the new album on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday October 29nd, 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 Brazilian samba-soul from Rogê and Toco; Ladaniva's Balkan beats via Armenia, Belarus and France; Victor Axelrod's rocksteady has soul; the East African jazz and funk of Nègarit Band and The Scorpions; and the My Sahel Initiative brings six of that region's top musical acts together to raise awareness and funding.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116710
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
Rogê | Brazil-USA | Mistério da Raça | Curyman | Diamond West | 2023
Jorge Ben | Brazil | O Telefone Tocou Novamente | Forca Bruta | Philips | 1970
Toco | Brazil | Leão Leonardo | Leão Leonardo - Single | Schema | 2023
Ronaldo Mesquita | Brazil | Balança Pema | Bresil 72 | Ebrau | 1972
Ladaniva | Belarus-Armenia-France | Shakar | Ladaniva | Le Label / PIAS | 2023
Shantel | Germany | Disko Boy | Disko Partizani | Crammed | 2007
RotFront | Germany-Ukraine-Hungary-Russia | Kontrabanda (feat RasKar) | 17 Deutsche Tanze | GMO | 2014
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra | Ex-Yugoslavia | Unza Unza Time | Unza Unza Time | Barclay | 2000
Geoff Berner | Canada | Thank You, No Thank You | We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians | Oriente | 2015
Kultur Shock | Bosnia & Herzegovina-Bulgaria-USA | God Is Busy, May I Help You? | Acoustic Live | Old Age | 2023
Kultur Shock | Bosnia & Herzegovina-Bulgaria-USA | Racist Song | Acoustic Live | Old Age | 2023
Gogol Bordello | Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus-USA | Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher) | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Mahalia Saunders | Jamaica | Piece Of My Heart | Piece Of My Heart - Single | Upsetter | 1971
Courtney John | Jamaica | Easier To Walk Away | Ecosystem | Soul Man / Fiwi | 2017
Donovan Carless | Jamaica | Be Thankful For What You Got | Be Thankful For What You Got - Single | Giant | 1974
Tinga Stewart | Jamaica | A Brand New Me | A Brand New Me - Single | Pantomine | 1972
Bob & Gene | USA | It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know) | If You Ask Me To: Victor Axelrod Productions For Daptone Records | Daptone | 2023-2017
Nègarit Band | Ethiopia | Guwalya | Origins | Ethiosonic / Buda Musique | 2023
The Scorpios | Sudan-England UK | Lemon Barah | Lemon Barah - Single | self-released | 2023
The My Sahel Initiative | Mali-Senegal-Niger | My Sahel (feat Vieux Farka Toure, Amadou & Mariam, Bassekou Kouyate, OMG Oumy Gueye, Songhoy Blues & Tal National) | My Sahel - Single | United Nations OCHA | 2023
Bombino | Niger | Darfuq | Sahel | Partisan | 2023
Mdou Moctar | Niger | Kamane Tarhanin | Ilana: The Creator | Sahel Sounds | 2019
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