If you saw the late, great Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band last fall at the Richmond Folk Festival or last spring at Get Tight Lounge -- Hisham Mayet made that happen.
Hisham produced all three of Baba's albums for Sublime Frequencies, the record label Hisham co-founded, and he was Baba's road manager for that epic American tour. Hisham also produced the first recording of Omara Moctar aka Bombino, the Tamasheq desert blues guitarist who's now an international star.
Along with his audio work, Hisham Mayet is also a film maker and photographer who describes his ouevre as "folk cinema." This year the James River Film Festival is screening two of Hisham's movies: The Divine River, a record of music, ritual, life and landscape along the Niger River in Mali and the Republic of Niger, and Oulaya's Wedding, which takes you inside the week-long wedding of the daughter of Western Sahara's most famous family band, Group Doueh.
The films will be shown at the Byrd Theatre on Saturday April 20 at 11:30 AM. This week, one lucky Global A Go-Go listener will win a pair of tickets to the screening, and all Global A Go-Go listeners will get to hear a set of music from the two documentaries.
Also this week (Sunday April 14, 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 Ghanaian music from Jembaa Groove and Florence Adooni, the South Bronx's fabulous Ghetto Brothers, brand new singles by Altın Gün and Liraz, more sounds of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and Senegal and Mali meet Australia in Ausecuma Beats.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117692
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
Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 | Nigeria-England UK | Mo Ṣe B'ọ́lá Tán | The Confluence | Wah Wah 45s | 2024
Jembaa Groove | Germany-Ghana-Benin-Israel-Portugal-England UK-Cuba | Asem Ben | Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves | Agogo | 2024
Christie Azumah & The Uppers International | Ghana | Naam | Din Ya Sugri | Afrodisia | 1976
Florence Adooni | Ghana | Uh-Ah Song | Uh-Ah Song - Single | Philophon | 2024
Rene Lopez | USA | Steal Your Love | Paint The Moon Gold | Liberation Label | 2014
The Ghetto Brothers | USA | Girl From The Mountain | Power - Fuerza | Vampisoul | 2024-1972
La Perla | Colombia | Selva | Callejera | Mambo Negro | 2022
Carlinhos Brown | Brazil | Bog La Bag | Alfagamabetizado | EMI Odeon | 1996
Cherry Bandora | Germany-Israel-Greece | The Sound Of Baglama | Back To The Taverna | Rebel Up / Rumi Sounds | 2023
Project Gemini | England UK | After The Dawn | Colours & Light | Mr Bongo | 2024
Altın Gün | Netherlands-Turkey | Vallahi Yok | Vallahi Yok / Kırık Cam - Single | ATO | 2024
Liraz | Israel | Haarf | Haarf - Single | Batov | 2024
Koudede & Ousenni | Niger | Bismillah | Folk Music Of The Sahel, Vol. 1: Niger | Sublime Frequencies | 2014
Abdou Adamon, Moussa Baho & Rabiou Moussa | Niger | Al Fulani | Folk Music Of The Sahel, Vol. 1: Niger | Sublime Frequencies | 2014
Group Doueh | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Dun Dan | Guitar Music From The Western Sahara | Sublime Frequencies | 2007
Group Doueh | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Zayna Jumma | Zayna Jumma | Sublime Frequencies | 2011
Aziza Brahim | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-Spain | Metal, Madera | Mawja | Glitterbeat | 2024
Shueta | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Wadna | Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad | Nubenegra | 2002
Mariem Hassan | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Addumua | El Aaiun Egdat | Nubenegra | 2012
Ausecuma Beats | Sénégal-Mali-Australia | Farafina | Dakar Bamako | Music In Exile | 2024
Nuru Kane | Sénégal | Afrika | Exile | Riverboat | 2013
Cheikh Lô | Burkina Faso-Sénégal | Kelle Magni | Lamp Fall | World Circuit | 2005
So Kalmery | RD Congo-France | Hey! Mama Liza | Brakka System | World Village | 2008
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