GLOBAL A GO-GO
MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF GROOVE
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July 23, 2024
Charts July 15-21, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Caracoles | Daptone 2 SUPERFONICOS | Renacere | Spaceflight 3 LOS GAITEROS DE SAN J...
July 18, 2024
I will be reborn
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A band's second album is supposed to be the hard one -- it's the one you write after you've spent your whole life on the first a...
July 17, 2024
Colombian pride
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Bill Lupoletti of Global A Go-Go will be subbing for his WRIR colleague DJ Maiya on the first hour of the program she co-hosts, Head Empty R...
July 16, 2024
Charts July 8-14, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 LOS GAITEROS DE SAN JACINTO | Orgullo Colombiano | OM Producciones 2 ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Caracoles | Da...
July 12, 2024
The original sound of cumbia
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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are the original sound of cumbia . Founded in 1940, they're a multigenerational band playing gaita music, ...
July 9, 2024
Charts Jun 24 - Jul 7, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge 2 COMBO DAGUERRE | Fracassines | Barbes 3 PROTOJE | &q...
July 4, 2024
Global A Go-Go Classico: Independence Day Special
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I'm the grandson of immigrants from one of the sh*thole countries of the early 20th century: Italy. For my grandparents, the 4th of Ju...
June 25, 2024
Charts June 17-23, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord 2 AFRICA NEGRA | Antologia Vol. 2 | Bong...
June 22, 2024
Hard-to-pronounce Turkish banjos
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It's a very special edition of Global A Go-Go this week because I'm doing something I haven't done on my show since 2017: I...
June 18, 2024
Charts June 10-16, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 ANGELICA GARCIA | Gemelo | Partisan 2 ZAWOSE QUEENS, THE | Maisha | Real World 3 LOS GAITEROS DE SAN...
June 14, 2024
Wagogo a go-go
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Leah and Pendo Zawose have been making Wagogo music in Tanzania all their lives. But always in the background -- women's jobs in Wagogo...
June 11, 2024
Charts June 3-9, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 KUMBIA BORUKA | Santa Suerte | self-released 2 MDOU MOCTAR | Funeral For Justice | Matador 3 FRANCK ...
June 7, 2024
To be enjoyed without moderation
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How is it possible that one of the best cumbia bands in the world is based in Lyon, France? Well, that's where Hernán Cortés landed af...
June 5, 2024
Charts May 27 - Jun 2, 2024
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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 ROLANDO BRUNO Y EL GRUPO AREVALO | Cosas Raras | Peace & Rhythm/Electric Cowbell/DJ Cajon 2 DIZZY MA...
May 31, 2024
Cumbia trash
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What would have happened if The Cramps played cumbia instead of rockabilly? Something like Rolando Bruno Y El Grupo Arévalo from Buenos Ai...
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