Tony Allen was "perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived" (Brian Eno), and "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat" (Fela Kuti). Allen, who passed away five years ago this April, is the subject of two recorded tributes this month, one a posthumous collaboration with La BOA, the Bogotá Afrobeat Orchestra, and the other a poem by Anthony Joseph set to the music of Dave Okumu. You'll hear both of them this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday February 16, 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 sounds from Roberta Campos and Rogê, Jordan Wax's New Mexico indie-klezmer in Yiddish, two new albums from Mali's Kouyaté family tree, Santrofi celebrates their roots and leaps into the future of Ghanaian highlife, and a stellar jazz-meets-bump-jive reissue from South Africa's Dennis Mpale.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/119668
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
La BOA & Tony Allen | Colombia-Nigeria | Tambor | La BOA Meets Tony Allen | Comet | 2025
Anthony Joseph | Trinidad & Tobago-England UK | Tony | Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back | Heavenly Sweetness | 2025
Nelson Angelo E Joyce | Brazil | Vivo Ou Morto Nelson Angelo E Joyce | Odeon | 1972
Roberta Campos | Brazil | Peito Aberto | Coisas De Viver | self-released 2025
Rogê | Brazil-USA | A Força | Curyman II | Diamond West | 2024
Garotas Suecas | Brazil | Charles Chacal | Feras Miticas | Vampisoul | 2014
André Abujamra | Brazil-Burkina Faso-Argentina | Alma Não Tem Cor - versão Multi 25 (feat. Perotá Chingò & Smarty) | Alma Não Tem Cor - versão Multi 25 (feat. Perotá Chingò & Smarty) - Single | Tratore | 2020
Jordan Wax | USA | Makht (Power) | Taytsh (The Heart Deciphers) | Borscht Beat | 2025
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird | USA-Germany | Yosl Ber / A Patriot | Partisans & Parasites | Oriente | 2009
Geoff Berner | Canada | Swing A Chicken 3 Times Over Your Head | We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians | Oriente | 2015
Gogol Bordello | USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus | Raise The Knowledge | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Kankou Kouyaté | Mali | N'Darila | N'Darila | One World | 2024
Trio Da Kali | Mali | Celasigi | Bagola | One World | 2025
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Segu Jajiri | Jama Ko | Out Here | 2013
Santrofi | Ghana | Gyae Me How | Making Moves | Outhere | 2024
Pat Thomas | Ghana | Gyae Su | Mpaebo | Nakasi | 1984
Jewel Ackah | Ghana | Eko Awar A Bisa | Electric Hi-Life | Asona | 1986
Dennis Mpale feat. Kippie Moketsi | South Africa | Dennis Groove | Our Boys Are Doing It | We Are Busy Bodies | 2025-1977
The Movers | South Africa | Jacaranda No. 2 | Jacaranda Phatha Phatha | City Special | 1975
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