Orchestra Gold is an ensemble from Oakland that doesn't sound like any other American band. They play a sludgy, heavy kind of psychedelic rock -- it's almost stoner metal. They also have a full horn section. And underlying all of it are the traditional melodies and rhythms of Mali's centuries-old Mandé culture. Band leaders Mariam Diakité and Erich Huffaker met in Mali almost 20 years ago, and they've build this project patiently and organically since then.
That process has led to the album Dakan (Destiny), which will be released on October 2. It's massive, noisy and abrasive, also beautiful and thrilling, and one of the best rock or African records I've heard in 2025. I'll play you three songs from Dakan on this week's program so you can hear it for yourself.
Also this week (Sunday September 21, 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): Sly & Robbie, the producers, including a previously unreleased digital roots single voiced by Al Campbell; a wonderful new collaboration between England's Balimaya Project and musicians from Colombia's Pacific region; Bio Ritmo, salsa celebrities in Colombia, play a hometown gig at Get Tight Lounge on Thursday September 25; and new Ethiopian sounds from Mulatu Astatke, Meklit, Yalla Miku, Trio Kazanchis + 1 and Trio Mokili.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120987
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
Al Campbell | Jamaica | Declaration of Rights | Declaration of Rights - Single | 17 North Parade | 2025-1985
The Tamlins | Jamaica | Baltimore | Baltimore - Single | Taxi | 1980
Black Uhuru | Jamaica | World Is Africa | Sinsemilla | Mango | 1980
Canalón de Timbiquí | Colombia | Quitate de Mi Escalera | De Mar y Río | Llorona | 2019
Bejuco | Colombia | Machete | Machete | Discos Pacífico | 2025
Balimaya Project meets Discos Pacífico All Stars | England UK-Nigeria-Gambia-Guinea Conakry- Colombia | A Life Worth Living | Calima | Jazz Re:freshed / Discos Pacífico | 2025
Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Oriza | Oriza - EP | Peace & Rhythm | 2015
Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Pájaro Pío Pío | Puerta del Sur | Vampisoul | 2014
Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Atrévete | Bio Ritmo | Locutor | 2002
Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Carnaval | La Verdad | Electric Cowbell | 2011
Orchestra Gold | Mali-USA | Yayoroba | Dakan (Destiny) | self-released | 2025
Orchestra Gold | Mali-USA | Dakan | Dakan (Destiny) | self-released | 2025
Orchestra Gold | Mali-USA | Diyanye Ko | Dakan (Destiny) | self-released | 2025
Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia-England UK | Chik Chikka | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut | 2025
Meklit | Ethiopia-USA | Abebayehosh | Abebayehosh - Single | Smithsonian Folkways | 2025
Yalla Miku | Switzerland-France-Eritrea | Alemuye | Alemuye - Single | Bongo Joe | 2025
Trio Kazanchis + 1 | Ethiopia-Netherlands | Minewi Tesebere - ምነው ተሰበረ | Sheger | 121234 | 2025
Trio Mokili | USA | Yèkatit | Trio Mokili | Nsango Nini | 2025
Dub Colossus | England UK-Ethiopia | Guragigna | Addis Through The Looking Glass | Real World | 2011
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