The sound of the band Bejuco is based on currulao, the traditional marimba music of Colombia's Pacific coast. But they've added a new beat to it: the polyrhythmic funk of Nigerian Afrobeat. Turns out it's a great pairing, as you'll hear this week when I play a track from Bejuco's superb new album Machete, alongside new Afrobeat from Soothsayers and Femi Kuti.
Also this week (Sunday June 8, 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): Comrades, get ready for Brivele's Yiddish folk against fascism; the rediscovery of Ibex Band of Ethiopia's Stereo Instrumental Music; champeta from Colombia's Caribbean coast, including new tracks from veteran bands Grupo Son San and Estrellas del Caribe; another veteran band makes a comeback: Grupo Pilon from Cabo Verde via Luxembourg; and some zouk and mini jazz from the French Antilles.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120346
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
Brivele | USA | Rumanye iz Amerike | Khaveyrim Zayt Greyt | Borscht Beat | 2025
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird | USA-Germany | March Of The Jobless Corps | Lost Causes | Oriente | 2011
Goran Bregović | Bosnia & Herzegovina-Serbia-North Macedonia-Bulgaria | Bella Ciao | Champagne For Gypsies | Mercury | 2012
Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia | Yèkatit | Ethio Jazz | Amha | 1974
Hailu Mergia & The Walias | Ethiopia | Tche Belew | Tche Belew | Kaifa | 1977
Ibex Band | Ethiopia | Meleyayet Mot Naw (መለያየት ሞት ነው) | Stereo Instrumental Music | Muzikawi | 2025-1976
La Francachela | Colombia | Mosquita Muerta | La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 2020-197x
Grupo Son San | Colombia | La Hamaca | La Hamaca - Single | Polen | 2025
Anne Zwing | Colombia | La Canasta de Jordan | En Familia | Anne Zwing Discos | 1994
Estrellas del Caribe | Colombia | Tiempos Difíciles | La Terapia de Palenque | Polen | 2025
Abelardo Carbonó y Su Conjunto | Colombia | La Negra Kulengue | Abelardo Carbonó y Su Conjunto | Felito | 1982
Soothsayers | England UK | Fly Higher | Fly Higher - Single | Wah Wah 45s | 2025
Femi Kuti | Nigeria | Corruption na Stealing | Journey Through Life | Partisan | 2025
Bejuco | Colombia | Me Mueve el Tambó | Machete | Discos Pacifico | 2025
Grupo Pilon | Cabo Verde-Luxembourg | Cecilia | Nu Sta Li | El Palmas | 2025
Pedrinho | Cabo Verde-Portugal | Ódio Sem Valor | Nhõs Dêxa De Conta Mintira | Iefe Discos | 1980
Elísio Gomes & Joaquin Valera | Cabo Verde | Cabo Verde Lanta | Chuma Lopes | self-released | 1985
Christian Yéyé | Guadeloupe France | Misyé Zanndo | Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International Vol. 3 | Disques Debs International / Strut | 2025-1993
Ibo Combo | Haiti | Souffrance | La Fraicheur | Shango | 1975
Jacob F. Desvarieux & Georges Décimus (Kassav') | Guadeloupe France | Zouk La Sé Sèl Médikaman Nou Ni | Jacob F. Desvarieux / Georges Décimus | Sonodisc | 1984
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