Malawi's Madalitso Band have gone in eight years from busking for survival on the dusty streets of Lilongwe to playing international music festivals like Sauti Za Busara in Zanzibar, Roskilde in Denmark and WOMAD and Glastonbury in England.
Their music, made with nothing but their voices, guitar, kick drum and the homemade one-stringed long-necked slide bass called babatone, is one of the most life-affirming sounds you'll ever hear. Madalitso's new album Ma Gitala was just released on Friday, and you'll hear a track from it this week on Global A Go-Go, alongside more acoustic guitar music from southern Africa.
Also this week (Sunday June 15, 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): Rockin' cumbia from XIXA and La Banda Chuska, Bio Ritmo's brand new single as they prepare for their first visit to Colombia, Brazilian samba-funk by Laiz & the New Love Experience and Seu Jorge, beautiful late-career statements from Mali's Salif Keita and Kasse Mady Diabaté, and Trinidadian soca remixed by Luke Una.
A podcast of this week's program will be available soon at 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
XIXA | USA | Arcoiris | XOLO | Jullian | 2025
Calexico | USA-Mexico | Constellation | El Mirador | Anti- | 2022
Chicha Libre | France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA | The Guns of Brixton | Cuatro Tigres EP | Barbès | 2013
La Banda Chuska | Peru-Argentina-USA | Ratas y Mapaches | Basic Bichos | self-released | 2025
Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Largos Caminos | Largos Caminos - Single | Locutor | 2025
Fruko y Sus Tesos | Colombia | Tronco Seco | El Violento | Discos Fuentes | 1973
Mike Guagenti | USA | Ensaya Chamaco | Salsa con Charanga | Vampisoul | 2025-1978
Jorge Ben | Brazil | Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) | Africa Brasil | Philips | 1976
Laiz & the New Love Experience | Brazil-Germany | Se Segura | Se Segura - Single | Agogo | 2025
Banda União Black | Brazil | Everyone's A Winner | Banda União Black | Vampisoul | 2006
Seu Jorge | Brazil | Dia de Mudança | Baile à la Baiana | Cafuné / Black Service | 2025
Salif Keita | Mali | Laban | So Kono | Nø Førmat | 2025
Kasse Mady Diabaté | Mali | Ko Kuma Magni | Kirike | Six Degrees | 2015
Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabaté | Mali | Fognana Kouma | Toumaro | One World | 2025
Malawi Mouse Boys | Malawi | Ndinasangalala | He Is #1 | IRL | 2012
Chemutoi Ketienya and Kipsigis girls | Kenya | Chemirocha III | The Music of Africa Series No. 27 by Hugh Tracey: Musical Instruments 1. Strings | Gallo | 1964-1950
Josaya Hadebe | Zimbabwe | Gwabi Gwabi Intombi Yami | Bulawayo Blue Yodel: Omasiganda, Troubadours & High Lonesome Sounds Of Zimbabwe, Kenya & South Africa 1948-1959 | Olvido / Mississippi | 2019-195x
Cowboy Superman & Beauty | South Africa | Kumnandi Kwazulu | Zulu Guitar Music: Cowboys, Troubadours, Cowboys and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | Matsuli Music | 2025-1959
Madalitso Band | Malawi | Anafera Chiboda | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe | 2025
Ella Andall | Trinidad & Tobago | My Spirit Is Music (Luke Una's Machine Soul Tops Off edit) | É Soul Edits EP | Mr Bongo | 2025
Scrunter | Trinidad & Tobago | She Want Me To Sing In She Party | Soca Baccanal | J.B.S. | 1986
Bunji Garlin | Trinidad & Tobago | Differentology | Differentology | VP | 2014
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