GLOBAL A GO-GO

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune 2 ADAMA YALOMBA | Tanou | Remote/Studio Mali 3 MITO Y COMADRE ...

Antonio Gavrila is a 27-year-old pianist from Romania who is obsessed with the music of Astor Piazzolla, the person who invented nuevo tango...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 NUSANTARA BEAT | "Kota Bandung" b/w "Layung" [Single] | Bongo Joe/Lamunai 2 SOUL OF...

I have one more program looking back at the year 2023, then it's full speed ahead into the future on Global A Go-Go.  I'd be remiss,...

The reissue label Analog Africa Records has a slogan: "The future of music happened decades ago."  They make a good point: If you ...

Breadfruit roasting on an open fire / Mongrels nipping at your toes / Dancehall songs being sung by a choir / An' we dress up in we ba...

I've been recapping my favorite singles and EPs of the year for each of the last five years, and there's one simple reason why I do ...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 SANTROFI | Deep Into Highlife | Out Here 2 DASOM BAEK | Mirror City | Metron 3 ALOGTE OHO AND HIS SO...

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

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 FERRE GOLA | Dynastie 2 Vol. 2 | Sony East Africa 2 TSHALA MUANA | Mutuashi | Stern's Africa 3 F...

In the countries that make up the former Malian empire, the death of a wise elder is often acknowledged by saying that "a library has b...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 DIEUF-DIEUL DE THIES | Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Buda 2 SAMORY I | Strength | Overstand Entertainment/Ea...

Derek Gripper is a guitarist from Cape Town, South Africa who has made a specialty of playing the kora music of West Africa on the classica...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 DIEPKLOOF UNITED VOICE | Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul | Ostinato 2 SUPER BITO...

Choral singing has long been a major thing in South Africa.   For example, Solomon Linda's "Mbube" (also known as "The Li...