It's hard to believe that Femi Kuti, Fela's eldest son, leader of the band Positive Force and manager of the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, will turn 63 years old next month. And it's a pleasure to say that he's still making powerful, challenging, threatening music. Tune in to Global A Go-Go this week, hear the title track of his new album Journey Through Life, one of the best songs he's recorded in his career, and see him on tour this summer if you get a chance -- he'll be at the 9:30 Club in DC on July 25.
You'll hear all kinds of new releases this week (Sunday May 18, 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): Balkan brass meets guitar twang from Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia, Kwashibu Area Band's quiet storm of highlife, desert blues singer-songwriter Mohamed Alassane Karzo, Madalitso Band's Malawian banjo music, the psychedelic Afro-Colombian sounds of Pambelé and many more.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120214
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
Ry Cooder | USA | I Got Mine | Chicken Skin Music | Reprise | 1976
Hazmat Modine | USA-Benin | Child of a Blind Man (feat Gangbé Brass Band) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia | Canada-Romania | Jolene | The Devil Rides Again | Asphalt Tango | 2025
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia | Canada-Romania | The Devil Rides Again | The Devil Rides Again | Asphalt Tango | 2025
The Anchors | South Africa | Heart Breaker | Black Soul | Matsuli | 2025-1972
Kwashibu Area Band | Ghana-Germany | Mpaebo Mu Asomdwee | Love Warrior's Anthem | Soundway | 2025
Florence Adooni | Ghana | Fo Yelle | A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) | Philophon | 2025
The Cavemen | Nigeria | Dancing Shoes | Dancing Shoes - Single | self-released | 2025
La BOA & Tony Allen | Colombia-Nigeria | La Máquina de Tony | La BOA Meets Tony Allen | Comet | 2025
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Ghana | Akoko Ba | Simigwa | Strut | 2025-1975
Femi Kuti | Nigeria | Journey Through Life | Journey Through Life | Partisan | 2025
Mohamed Alassane Karzo | Niger | Mafelawen | Mafelawen / C'est la Vie - Single | Sahel Sounds | 2025-2012
Mdou Moctar Niger Oh France (Injustice Version) Tears of Injustice Matador 2025
Les Abranis | Algeria-France | Mmliyi Kan | Album No. 1: Id Ed Was | Wewantsounds | 2025-1983
Etran De L’Aïr | Niger | Agadez | Agadez - Single | Sahel Sounds | 2025
Jacob Mafuleni & Vee Mukarati | Zimbabwe-Switzerland | Zvichapera | Zvichapera - Single | Nyami Nyami | 2025
Thomas Mapfumo & the Acid Band | Zimbabwe | Chiiko Chinotinetsa | Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 2025-1978
Awa Khiwe | Zimbabwe-Germany | NgeMbombela | African Women Arise | Outhere | 2025
Madalitso Band | Malawi | Mwdala | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe | 2025
F.A.V., Tino Amor & Barzo | Costa Rica | Mi Barrio | Mi Barrio - Single | Lácteo Cósmico | 2025
Pambelé | Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy | Mujer Perfecta | Dámelo | self-released | 2025
Son Bayoú | USA | Flor Campestre | Flor Campestre / Playa Embrujadas - Single | Names You Can Trust | 2025
Empanadas Ilegales | Canada | Chancletazo | Chancletazo - Single | We Are Time | 2025
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