GLOBAL A GO-GO

February 1st would have been Dennis Brown's 64th birthday, had he not passed away far too young in 1999.  They called Brown "The Cr...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 ANANSY CISSE | Anoura | Riverboat 2 BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone 3 RICARDO LEMVO AN...

Yes, I know WRIR is a non-commercial radio station, but this week on Global A Go-Go I'm going to play you a 7-1/2 minute long advertisem...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 LA CUMBIA MODERNA DE SOLEDAD/MACHUCA CUMBIA |  "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy/Stayin' Alive" [Sin...

Let me go on record: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart is right up at the top of my all-time-most-annoying-songs list.  F...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten   1 BAB L'BLUZ | Nayda! | Real World 2 LA LOCURA DE MACHUCA 1975-1980 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Afr...

photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images   Last Wednesday the world had the opportunity to observe what America's far right calls "the boo...

I spent the last three weeks of 2020 on Global A Go-Go reviewing my favorite new albums, singles, compilations and reissues of the just merc...

This week on Global A Go-Go (Monday December 28, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen , check your local listin...

It's week 2 of Global A Go-Go's 3-week review of my favorite recordings of 2020; this week you'll hear my favorite singles and E...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 RHEINGANS SISTERS, THE | Receiver | Bendigedig 2 FAT FREDDY'S DROP | Lock-In | The Drop 3 KELEKET...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, the time to find out who's been naughty and nice.  No, I'm not talking about the holid...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 FEMI KUTI | "Pà Pá Pà" [Single] | Partisan 2 MADE KUTI | For(e)ward [Advance Tracks] | Parti...

Most of the artists who led Brazil's late 1960s Tropicalia movement went on to become national icons: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os M...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA | N'Dona Ponte | Mopiato 2 DANDANA | Free The System | Rebel Up 3 ...