Mahotella Queens, South Africa's greatest mbaqanga singing group, are now in their 60th year. Led by Hilda Tloubatla, their last remaining original member, they've just released their first album, Buya Buya: Come Back, in almost 20 years, and it's a beaut. You'll hear two songs from it this week on Global A Go-Go, plus a recording of the Queens from their first UK-USA tour in 1988-89, a tour that brought them to Richmond.
Also this week (Sunday August 31, 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): Acoustic music from southern Africa by the Good Ones, Alick Nkhata and Cowboy Sweethearts; a reissue of one of my favorite highlife recordings, the Blue Album of K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas; a new version of the "Westbound Train" riddim by Skip Marley; Finland's Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha go Anatolian rock; and the sizzling desert blues of Group Inerane, recorded live.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120867
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
The Good Ones | Rwanda | Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat | 2025
Stella Chiweshe | Zimbabwe | Kasahwa | Kasahwa: Early Singles | Glitterbeat | 2018-1974
Alick Nkhata's Quartet | Zambia | Elena | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi | 2025-1950s
Cowboy Sweethearts | South Africa | Sambamba Lomfana | Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | Matsuli Music | 2025-1956
Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Awuthule Kancane | Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 | Umsakazo | 2023
Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Jomba Jomba | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025
Mahotella Queens | South Africa | Thoko, Ujola Nobani? | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo | 2025
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Ghana | Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (The Blue Album) | Soundway | 2025-1976
Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor | Ghana | Ene Nyame Nam A, Mensuro | Sweeter Than Honey: Calypso "Mahuno" and High Lifes Celebration | Pan African | 1980
Alex Konadu | Ghana | W'awu Do Ho No | Asaase Asa | Brobisco | 1977
Al Green | USA | Love and Happiness | I'm Still In Love With You | Hi | 1972
Dennis Brown | Jamaica | Westbound Train | Westbound Train - Single | Observers | 1973
Skip Marley | Jamaica-USA | In Our Sight | In Our Sight - Single | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam | 2025
Faraón Bantú Sound System feat. Quantic | Colombia-England UK | Westbound Train | Profecias Del Emperador Bantu | Chusma | 2011
Barış Manço & Moğollar | Turkey | Binboğanın Kızı | Binboğanın Kızı / Ay Osman - Single | Sayan | 1971
Gaye Su Akyol | Turkey | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir | Glitterbeat | 2018
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha | Finland | Lapis Philosophorum | Lapis Philosophorum - Single | Playground Music | 2025
Group Inerane | Niger | Tamiditine Aicha | Marhajan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies | 2025
Tamikrest | Mali | Manhouy Inerizhan | Kidal | Glitterbeat | 2017
Tinariwen | Mali | Oualahila Ar Tesninam | Amassakoul | Independent | 2003
Imarhan | Algeria | Tahabort | Ihad Saman EP | City Slang | 2023
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