Nusantara Beat is one of my favorite pre-debut-album bands of the moment. They're from Amsterdam and all six members are Dutch Indonesian, either first, second or third generation.
Their music most definitely sounds Indonesian, with roots in both folk traditions and in Indonesia's pop music of the last 50 years. At the same time, there's no doubt that it's made by young, hip Europeans who love global grooves, psych-rock and surf rock. Nusantara Beat has four singles out now, and you'll hear the most recent one this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday March 9, 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): Top shelf música popular brasileira from Uli Costa e Sandália de Prata, a tribute to Ángel Pedraza of Grupo Kual? who passed away two weeks ago, new technocumbia from Corpus Christi's El Dusty, the forthcoming single by Rolando Bruno y el Grupo Arévalo from Buenos Aires, Anatolian rock hot off the presses by Şatellites and Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, and Red Baraat mash up qawwali with Hava Nagila.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/119795
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
Tim Maia | Brazil | Nobody Can Live Forever | Tim Maia | Polydor | 1976
Uli Costa e Sandália de Prata | Brazil | Preta Nobre | Uli Costa e Sandália de Prata | Brasuca Discos | 2025
Criolo | Brazil | Bogotá | No Na Orelha | Sterns | 2012
Grupo Kual? | México | One More Time (feat. Lila Downs & Akil Ammar) | Konexiones | Discos Rolas | 2022
Grupo Kual? | México | Cumbia En La Playa | Un Saludo! Mexican Soundsystem Cumbia In LA | Dutty Artz / Songs From Home | 2008
Hector Guerra | Bolivia-Spain-México | La Cumbia Del Cuervo (feat. Alberto Pedraza) | Gracias Por Existir | Pachamama Dreams | 2015
El Dusty | USA-El Salvador | Aye Papi (feat. Ratchetón & Harlay) | Aye Papi (feat. Ratchetón & Harlay) - Single | Americano | 2025
Radio Mundial | USA | Camaleon | Momento Eterno | Palm Pictures | 2006
Joe Bataan | USA | Secret Girl, My Superfraud | Call My Name | Vampisoul | 2005
Rolando Bruno Y El Grupo Arévalo | Argentina | Sabadabadá | Sabadabadá / Fatman - Single | Electric Cowbell / Pepei | 2025
Santana | USA | Jingo | Santana | Columbia | 1969
The Ghetto Brothers | USA | Mastica Chupa Y Jala | Power - Fuerza | Vampisoul | 1972
Şatellites | Israel | İkimiz Bir Fidanız | Aylar | Batov | 2025
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek | Turkey-Germany-France-South Africa | Hop Bico | Yarın Yoksa | Big Crown | 2025
Nusantara Beat | Netherlands-Indonesia | Sifat Manusia | Sifat Manusia - Single | Bongo Joe | 2025
Allata Broulaye | Mali | Moussokéléyato | The Original Sound Of Mali 2 | Mr Bongo | 2025-1981
Coumba Sidibe | Mali | Kouloun Yelima Djohba | Gnogonte | Syllart | 1989
Red Baraat | USA | Bhangra Rangeela | Bhangra Rangeela - Single | Sinj | 2025
Prakash Band | India | Disco Bhangra | Disco Bhangra: Wedding Bands From Rajasthan | Avant | 1994
Band Master Rangeela & Rasila | India | Emosanal Attyachaar | Dev D (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | T-Series | 2008
Black Masala | DC USA | Bhangra Ramo | I Love You Madly | self-released | 2015
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