GLOBAL A GO-GO

It's not often here at WRIR that we have two different covers of the same song on our world music recommended list at the same time; in ...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador 2 COLOR DE TROPICO, VOL. 2 | various artists | El Palmas 3 U...

Everyone in the music business thinks they're a rebel.  And then there's Amha Eshete: in 1969 he defied Haile Selassie's Imperia...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies 2 INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone 3 KASAI ALLSTARS | Bl...

In the world of recorded music, spring is a peak time for new releases, so I have a bunch of excellent new music to share with you this week...

The musician, bandleader and entrepreneur Johnny Pacheco died on February 15 at age 85.  In my opinion, Pacheco is one of the seminal figu...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO | Meridiana | Ponderosa 2 ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO 3 GRESHKA | Inebriati...

Thank you to the almost 500 donors who contributed $49,000 during WRIR's Spring 2021 fund drive, which ended last week.  That's an a...

One of the things I've missed the most during the COVID-19 pandemic has been live music.  There's a good chance you're feeling t...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 JOSE CARLOS SCHWARZ AND LE COBIANA DJAZZ | Lua Ki Di Nos | Hot Mule 2 AYUUNA SULE | "Don't Be...

  4:00 AM by Delgres, released earlier this month, is one of my favorite new albums so far this year.  They're a power trio from France...

  WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD | "Surbajo" [Single] | Sahel Sounds 2 STRAIGHT FROM THE DECKS 2 | ...

The swinging 60s happened all over the planet, even in Ethiopia, one of the world's most tradition-loving and inward-focused countries. ...

WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 DELGRES | 4:00 AM | PIAS 2 EDO FUNK EXPLOSION VOL 1 | various artists | Analog Africa 3 LOS MUTABLES...

In the immortal words of Bill O'Reilly ( youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-Y3HJNU_s ): "we'll do it live!"  Yes, Global A Go-Go is ba...