Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are the original sound of cumbia. Founded in 1940, they're a multigenerational band playing gaita music, which is performed on the reed flute of the same name that was introduced to the Spanish colonials and to the Africans they enslaved by the Kogi natives of Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains.
It's the collision of these three cultures (Native, African and Spanish) that makes Colombian music what it is; Los Gaiteros are maybe the foremost living embodiment of that collision. Los Gaiteros will be performing here in Richmond at the Get Tight Lounge on Friday July 19. This week on Global A Go-Go, you'll hear a sampling of Los Gaiteros' music, including tracks from their brand new album Orgullo Colombiano, the Grammy-winning 2006 album Un Fuego De Sangre Pura and more.
Also this week (Sunday July 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): The South African a cappella singing of The Joy; what's new in reggae featuring Mighty Joshua, Prince Fatty, the Hempolics and more; Qwanqwa is where Ethiopian tradition meets free jazz; and the latest from Cote D'Ivoire's Dobet Gnahoré.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/118306
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
The Joy | South Africa | Bayang'khethela | The Joy | Transgressive | 2024
Johnny Clegg & Savuka | South Africa | Warsaw 1943 (I Never Betrayed The Revolution) | Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World | EMI | 1989
Busi Mhlongo | South Africa | Awukho Umuzi Ongena Kukhuluma Kwawo | Urban Zulu | Melt 2000 | 1998
Barrington Levy | Jamaica | Praise His Name (12 inch mix) | Praise His Name - Single | 17 North Parade | 2024-1983
Mighty Joshua | RVA USA | Sometimes | Dreaducation | Mighty Music | 2024
Undercover Cockney | England UK | Am I Good Enough (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman) | Am I Good Enough - Single | Double Double | 2024
Jahill | France-Italy-Jamaica | Miss & Mr Rub-A-Dub (feat. Marina P) | Miss & Mr Rub-A-Dub - Single | 3/8 Music / Evidence Music | 2024
Jamaican Jazz Orchestra | Belgium | Brain Freeze | Brain Freeze - Single | Zephyrus | 2024
Prince Fatty | England UK-Jamaica | Smells Like Teen Spirit (feat. Little Roy & Hollie Cook) | Smells Like Teen Spirit - Single | Lovedub Limited | 2024
The Hempolics | England UK | Fisherman Row | Fisherman Row / Night & Day - Single | ZeeZee | 2024
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto | Colombia | La Celestina (Celestina) | Un Fuego De Sangre Pura | Smithsonian Folkways | 2006
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto | Colombia | Mi Novia Se Llama Cumbia | Orgullo Colombiano | OM Producciones / Bad Vibes Good Friends | 2024
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto | Colombia | Fanny Rosa | Fanny Rosa EP | Llorona | 2023
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto | Colombia | El Canto De La Carracacha | Orgullo Colombiano | OM Producciones / Bad Vibes Good Friends | 2024
Qwanqwa | Ethiopia-USA | Blen | Live | self-released | 2024
Mohammad "Jimmy" Mohammad | Ethiopia-Netherlands | Aykedashem Lebe | Takkabel! | Terp | 2006
Dobet Gnahoré | Cote D'Ivoire-France | Gni | Zouzou | Cumbancha | 2024
Collectif Zouglou | Cote D'Ivoire | Liberez Mon Pays | Liberez Mon Pays - Single | self-released | 2003
Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang | Sierra Leone-Syria -USA | Feba | En Yay Sah | Luaka Bop | 2012
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