It seems like much of Richmond fell in love with the music of Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band when they played here last spring at the Get Tight Lounge and last fall at the Richmond Folk Festival. And we all mourned the tragic passing of Mamadou Sanou, aka Baba Commandant, of complications from malaria in November of 2023, just weeks after his last appearance here.
If you, like me, are missing Baba Commandant, let me recommend Aboubakar Traoré & Balima to your attention. He's from Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, the town where the Mandingo Band formed; he plays kamale ngoni (youth harp), a smaller cousin of Baba's donso ngoni (hunter's harp); and his music draws from the same Wassoulou groove, based on Mande hunters' traditional songs, as Baba's. To me, Aboubakar Traoré & Balima are the next best thing to Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band. Hear them for yourself this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday October 20, 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): More sounds coming out of Malian tradition including new music from Songhoy Blues and Nfaly Diakité, the latest DC-via-Lomé release of Dogo Du Togo, the reunion of Nigeria's legendary highlife stars the Oriental Brothers, some old-fashioned Colombian big band porro cumbia, and the Latin hyphenate sounds of Superfónicos and La Mambanegra.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/118950
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
Songhoy Blues | Mali | Toukambela | Toukambela - Single | Studio Mali / Transgressive | 2024
L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti | Mali | Kulukutu | L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti | Mali Kunkan | 1977
Nfaly Diakité | Mali | Dounoukan | Hunter Folk Vol. 1: Tribute To Toumani Koné | Mieruba | 2024
Aboubakar Traoré & Balima | Burkina Faso-Belgium | Sonfo | Sababu / Sonfo - Single | Zephyrus | 2024
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Burkina Faso | Serejugu | Sonbonbela | Sublime Frequencies | 2022
Ba Cissoko | Guinee Conakry-France | Dandala | Sabolan | Marabi | 2003
Bella Bellow | Togo | Dasi Ko | Dasi Ko / Sango Yesus Christo - Single | Fiesta | 1973
Orchestre Poly Rythmo | Benin | Kourougninda Wendé | Kourougninda Wendé / Le Monde Est Plein De Mystère - Single | Disques Tropique | 197x
Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band | Togo-USA | Enouwo Lagnon | Enouwo Lagnon - Single | We Are Busy Bodies | 2024
Vaudou Game | Togo-France | Zorromi | Noussin | Hot Casa | 2021
Oriental Brothers International Band | Nigeria | Mụ Na Gị Wụ Nwanne | Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque | 2024
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ghana | Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ofo Bros. | 1977
Edmundo Arias | Colombia | Uey' Je' Je' Pa' | Guepa Je! | Radio Martiko | 2024-195x
Lucho Yepez | Colombia | La Gaita Del Pato | The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph, 1948-79 | Soundway | 2011-?
Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta | Colombia | Mi Pueblo | Mi Pueblo / Gaiteando - Single | Silver | 1959
Roberto López Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra | Colombia-Canada | En Mi Corazón | Azul | Curura Musique | 2012
Juan Piña Y Sus Muchachos | Colombia | La Nena | Abran Rueda | Discos Fuentes | 1962
Superfónicos | USA-Colombia | Primera Luz | Renaceré | Spaceflight | 2024
Superfónicos | USA-Colombia | El Adiós | Renaceré | Spaceflight | 2024
Jacobo Velez Y La Mambanegra | Colombia | Ya Dejó De Llover | Ya Dejó De Llover - Single | Tambora | 2024
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