GLOBAL A GO-GO: Charts August 18-31, 2025

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten

1 MAHOTELLA QUEENS | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo

2 GOOD ONES, THE | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat

3 ALICK NKHATA | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi

4 SKIP MARLEY | "In Our Sight" [Single] | Tuff Gong International/Def Jam

5 JAAKKO LAITINEN AND VAARA RAHA | "Lapis Philosophorum" [Single] | Playground

6 T.P. ORCHESTRE POLY RHYTMO DE COTONOU | Trop Parler C'est Maladie | Acid Jazz

7 GROUP INERANE | Marjahan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies

8 K. FRIMPONG AND HIS CUBANO FIESTAS | Blue Album | Soundway

9 PACHYMAN | Another Place | ATO

10 ZULU GUITAR BLUES: COWBOYS, TROUBADOURS AND JILTED LOVERS 1950-1965 | various artists | Matsuli

WRIR World's NACC Adds

1 BALKAN TAKSIM | Acide Balkanique | Buda

2 ELJURI | Asi Es El Mundo | Manovill

3 MOTHER TONGUE | Mother Tongue | Makkum/De Platenbakkerij /Astral Spirits

4 Q.A.P. BAND AKA SWIN BATUKA | "La Picosa (Remix)" [Single] | Club Coco

5 RADIO TARIFA | La Noche | Buda

6 RANIL Y SU CONJUNTO TROPICAL | Sonido Amazonico | Vampisoul

7 JESSE ROYAL | No Place Like Home | Easy Star

8 TRIO TERNURA | "A Gira" [Single] | Vampisoul

9 WOODLANDS BACKAFALL | Traditional Colours | Backafall

10 LOS ZHEROS | Psychedelic Cumbia Party | Vampisoul/Rey

New & Recommended at WRIR World

Astatke, Mulatu | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut

Banda Chuska, La | Basic Bichos | self-released

Diabate, Hawa & Kasse Mady | Toumaro | One World

Good Ones, The | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat

Grupo Pilon | Nu Sta Li | El Palmas

Laitinen, Jaakko & Vaara Raha | "Lapis Philosophorum" | Playground Music

Madalitso Band | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe

Marley, Skip | "In Our Sight" | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam

Orchestra Gold | "Baye Ass N'Diaye" | self-released

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | "Revenant du Nord" / "Siilent" | Bongo Joe

Orua | "Deus-Dara" | K

Q.A.P. Band aka Swin Batuka | "La Picosa (Remix)" | Club Coco

Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical | Sonido Amazonico | Vampisoul

Saha Gnawa | "Baba Mimoun" | Pique-nique

Terror/Cactus | "La Pantera" | Names You Can Trust

Trio Ternura | "A Gira" | Vampisoul

WRIR World Digs

Ambolley, Gyedu-Blay | Wake Up Afrika | Agogo

Ammar 808 | Club Tounsi | Glitterbeat

Brivele | Khaveyrim Zayt Greyt | Borscht Beat

Champeta: El Ritmo de la Tierra (Banda Sonora Original) | (various artists) | Walt Disney

Chiva Rumbera | Ida y Vuelta | MaAuLa

Echoes of the Snowland Cuckoo EP | (various artists) | See See

Frimpong, K. & His Cubano Fiestas | Blue Album | Soundway

Gongora, Nidia | Pacifico Maravilla | Positivo

Group Inerane | Marjahan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies

Habibi Funk 031: A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes | (various artists) | Habibi Funk

Ibex Band | Stereo Instrumental Music | Muzikawi

Islamabad Discipline | Complex Zero Point Faizabad | Radio Khiyaban

Juniore | Un Peu D'Histoire | Le Phonographe

Kouyate, Ousmane | Ousmane Kouyate (Analog Africa Limited Dance Edition No. 18) | Analog Africa

Luke Una | E Soul Edits EP | Mr Bongo

Mahotella Queens | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo

Mande Sila | Live @ Levon Helm Studios | Contre-Jour

Martinez, Edna Presents Pico: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean | (various artists) | Strut

Matthews, Clive | Going Home | A-Lone

Meeks, Carl | Legendary | Big Bout Ya

Minyo Crusaders | Tour of Japan | 180g

Moskito | Idolar | Awesome Tapes from Africa

Music For a Revolution, Vol. 1: Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973) | (various artists) | Radio Martiko

Nali, Gasper | Chule Chule Iwe | Spare Dog

Nana Benz du Togo | Se Nam | Komos

Neba Solo | Tuma Duma | Blanc Manioc

Nkhata, Alick | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi

Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin, T.P. | Tidiani Kone et le T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin | Acid Jazz

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, T.P. | Trop Parler C'est Maladie | Acid Jazz

Pimienta, Lido | La Belleza | Anti-

Quantic | DJ-Kicks: Quantic | !K7

Quitapenas | Retumba! EP | Nepantla

Semblanzas del Rio Guapi | Lindo E' | Discos Pacifico

Singh, Laura Ann with Rosette | Crumb of Me | Bem Te Vi

Sorcerers, The | Other Worlds and Habitats | ATA

Sounds of Abkhazia | (various artists) | Ored

Systema Solar | Futurx Primitivx 2025 | Sambumbia

Terauchi, Takeshi & Blue Jeans | Let's Go Eleki Bushi | 180g

Trio Kazanchis + 1 | Sheger | 121234

Trio Mokili | Trio Mokili | Nsango Nini

Wade, Alune | New African Orleans | Enja / Yellowbird

Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | (various artists) | Matsuli Music

Latest Arrivals at WRIR World

2015-2025: Les Disques Bongo Joe - 10 Years of Sonic Explorations EP2 | (various artists) | Bongo Joe

Balkan Taksim | Acide Balkanique | Buda Musique

Carr, Richard | The Escarpment | Infrequent Seams

Eskorbuto | Anti Todo | Munster

Grupo Amigos | Paloma Mensajera | Munster

Hwang, Jason Kao | Myths of Origin for Imrovising String Orchestra and Drum Set | True Sound

Instrumental Odyssey | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976 | (various artists) | Vampisoul

Maher, Ashley | Tree to Tree | Spin Wild

Mother Tongue | Mother Tongue | Makkum / De Platenbakkerij / Astral Spirits

Q.A.P. Band aka Swin Batuka | "La Picosa (Remix)" | Club Coco

Radio Tarifa | La Noche | Buda Musique

Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical | Sonido Amazonico | Vampisoul

Royal, Jesse | No Place Like Home | Easy Star

Trio Ternura | "A Gira" | Vampisoul

Woodlands Backafall | Traditional Colours | Kakafon

Zheros, Los | Psychedelic Cumbia Party | Vampisoul / Rey

Current Releases at WRIR World

2015-2025: Les Disques Bongo Joe - 10 Years of Sonic Explorations EP1 | (various artists) | Bongo Joe

2015-2025: Les Disques Bongo Joe - 10 Years of Sonic Explorations EP2 | (various artists) | Bongo Joe

Abranis, Les | Album No. 1: Id Ed Was | Wewantsounds

Afrodream | "Afrotrip" | Rubik Music

Afro-Portuguesa | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Agudello, Oscar y el Combo Moderno | Pa' Mi Muneca | Vampisoul

Alice | Chateaux Faibles | Bongo Joe

Al-Saadi, Hamid | Maqam Al-Iraq | Maqam

Amato, Gino | Latin Crossroads 2 | Ovation

Antrobus, Raymond & Evelyn Glennie | Aloud | Toy Gun Murder

Anvaya | Sands Between Us EP | Indo Warehouse

Aptos, Los | Temporadas | Warner Latina

Ashtech | Walkin' Target | Dubmission

Balkan Taksim | Acide Balkanique | Buda Musique

Bardentreffen 2025 | (various artists) | Folk Galore

BEATrio | BEATrio | Thirty Tigers

Bebey, Francis | Tresor Magnetique | Africa Seven

Bio Ritmo | "Largos Caminos" | Locutor

Birch | Edge of the Time | Microscopi

Blackstones, The | Let's Take a Chance | self-released

Blanco Teta | La Debacle de las Divas | Bongo Joe

Buscabulla | Se Amaba Asi | Domino

Café Nomadica | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Cardona, Victoria | Que Paso | Leggero

Carr, Richard | The Escarpment | Infrequent Seams

Cavemen, The | "Dancing Shoes" | self-released

Chaimbeul, Brighde | Sunwise | tak:til

Children of the Bong | Sirius Versions | Disco Gecko

Chili Guys | Chili Island | Flow State Studios

Congadar | Aprendi com Meus Antepassados | Forestlab

Da Rosa, Gabriel | Cacofonia | Stones Throw

Dactah Chando | Sabiduria: X Aniversario, Roberto Sanchez original mixes | Achinech Productions

de Faria, Arthur & Pedro Longes | Canciones con Drama EP | YB Music

Diamusk & International Dub Orchestra | Maze + Instrumentals | self-released

Didje Doo | Mediterraneo Tropical | Turntables on the Hudson

Dream World | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Duende Libre | Invocation | self-released

Elena Baklava | Yorukluk | CPL-Music

Eljuri | Asi Es el Mundo | Manovill

Empanadas Ilegales | Sancocho Trifasico | We Are Time

England Story Riddim EP | (various artists) | Sativa

Eskorbuto | Anti Todo | Munster

Estrellas del Caribe | La Terapia de Palenque | Polen

Fairuz | Chat Iskandaria | Wewantsounds

Fam, Cheikh Ibra | "Sali" | Cumbancha

Fatbabs | This Love Is Forever | Big Scoop

Flying Vipers | Off World | Easy Star

Fontaine, Brigitte | Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle | Wewantsounds

Frankie Paul | Sizzling | 17 North Parade

Franno | Historia de Amor | 28

French Groove | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Gio Chamba | "La Danza de los Mirlos" | Mixto

Groove Africa | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Grupo Amigos | Paloma Mensajera | Munster

Grupo Pagan | Power | Subcat

Grupo Son San | "La Hamaca" | Polen

Hermanos Gutierrez | "Elegantly Wasted" (feat. Leon Bridges) | Easy Eye Sound

Hilton, Eric | Midnight Ragas | Montserrat House

Holden, Holly | Al Andar | self-released

Hwang, Jason Kao | Myths of Origin for Imrovising String Orchestra and Drum Set | True Sound

Instrumental Odyssey | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976 | (various artists) | Vampisoul

Junior Murvin | Cool Down the Heat | Greensleeves / Jammy's

King Size Dub: Hamburg | (various artists) | Echo Beach

Kin'Gongolo Kiniata | Kiniata | Helico

Kokoroko | Tuff Times Never Last | Brownswood

Kourtesis, Sofia | Volver EP | Ninja Tune

Kouyate, Kaabi | Tribute to Kandia | Buda Musique

Krakowski, Sergio | Boca do Tempo | Rocinante

Kuti, Femi | Journey Through Life | Partisan

Kuti, Seun | Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) [Deluxe Edition] | Record Kicks

Laiz & the New Love Experience | "Se Segura" | Agogo

Lateena x Bony Fly | Wicked Girl Era | Bongo Joe

Levy, Barrington | Sweet Reggae Music 2.0 | 17 North Parade

Lindsay, Donald WG | Two Boats Under the Moon | self-released

Luiz, Joao | Os Guardioes da Magia | Rocinante

Maher, Ashley | Tree to Tree | Spin Wild

Mantwill, Fabia Orchestra | IN.SIGHT | GroundUP Music

Mattos, Livia | "Caucaia" | YB Music

Mayen, Sofi | Normal | Altafonte

Meeks, Carl | Legendary | Big Bout Ya

Meeks, Carl | Weh Dem Fah | 17 North Parade

Meklit | "Tizita" | Smithsonian Folkways

Morgan, Katie Yao | Echoes of the Orient | Naxos World

Mother Tongue | Mother Tongue | Makkum / De Platenbakkerij / Astral Spirits

Mukhtar, Ahmed & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi | Al-hambra | ARC

Nazar, Ava | Nahoft | Navona

Nevala, Andy | El Rumbon (The Party) | Zoho

Noiseshaper | Welcome the Unknown | Echo Beach

Orbital Ensemble | Orbital | We Are Busy Bodies

Ospina, Jaime | The Calling | self-released

Ouzo Bazooka | Kapaim | Batov

Pekodjinn | No Baile Do Djinn Vol. 1 EP | Les Disques Magnetique

Peyoti For President | Your Comfort Zone | Sordid Soup

Pilton, Haris & the Balkan Voodoo Orchestra | Soon In Your Village | Asphalt Tango

Pink Martini | Bella Ciao EP | Heinz

Pon di Island Riddim | (various artists) | Bebble Rock Music

Quesada, Adrian | Boleros Psicodelicos II | ATO

Radio Tarifa | La Noche | Buda Musique

Raso, Adrian & Fanfare Ciocarlia | The Devil Rides Again | Asphalt Tango

Riba, Pau | Electroccid Accid Alquimistic Xoc | Munster

Royal, Jesse | No Place Like Home | Easy Star

Rumbo Tumba | Cordillera Latiendo EP | self-released

Sababa 5 | Nadir | Batov

Saha Gnawa | Saha Gnawa | Pique-nique

Salvador, Dom, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Dom Salvador JID024 | Jazz Is Dead

Santiago Motorizado | El Retorno | Nacional

Schmaltz & Pepper | Schmaltz & Pepper | self-released

Schmutz, Samantha & Adrian Younge | Samantha e Adrian | Linear Labs

Smith, Wayne | "Under Me Sleng Teng" | Greensleeves / Jammy's

Soothsayers | "Fly Higher" | Wah Wah 45s

Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds | "Give Me Your Love" | Gee

Spinettango | Spinettango 2 | Nacional

Subset | Feeding the Anatoki EP | The Dub Factory

Sugar Minott | Ghetto Child | 17 North Parade

Sugar Minott | Ghetto Dub | 17 North Parade

Sugar Minott, Bounty Killer & King Jammy | "Give the People What They Want" | Hits 38 Production

Summer Breeze Riddim EP | (various artists) | Vybz Embassy

Szymanski, Morgan & Tommy Perman | Songs for the Mist Forest | Blackford Hill

Tenor Saw | Wake the Town | 17 North Parade

The Story of Nacional Records: Volumes Uno & Dos | (various artists) | Nacional

Time Bomb Riddim | (various artists) | Small Axe Entertainment / Rebel Sound

Tor.ma in Dub | Full Circle EP | Dubmission

Tsapiky! Modern Music from Southwest Madagascar | (various artists) | Sublime Frequencies

Vazquez, Edna | Te Esperaba | Heinz

Wakyu | Selva Selva | Buh

WITCH | SOGOLO | Partisan

Woodlands Backafall | Traditional Colours | Kakafon

World Beach Party | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Zheros, Los | Psychedelic Cumbia Party | Vampisoul / Rey

Zikki x Bost & Bim | Angaza | The Bombist

Global A Go-Go Tracklist, August 31

Al Green | USA | Love and Happiness | I'm Still In Love With You | Hi | 1972

Blog post: globalagogo.com/2025/08/the-indestructible-beat-of-mahotella.html

Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120867

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September 3, 2025

Charts August 18-31, 2025

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