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March 29, 2024

Hold your lover tight

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It's highlife time once again on Global A Go-Go.  We'll dig into more than a half-hour of the genre on this week's program, star...
March 19, 2024

Charts March 11-17, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 ABDALLAH OUMBADOUGOU | Amghar: The Godfather Of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 | Petaluma 2 BACAO RHYTHM AND STEEL...
March 15, 2024

Introducing La Perla

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La Perla is a voice-and-percussion trio from Bogotá Colombia, home of one of the most organically interesting music scenes in the world righ...
March 12, 2024

Charts March 4-10, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 MEKLIT | Ethio Blue [EP] | self-released 2 ARY LOBO | 1958-1966 (Limited Dance Edition No. 19) | Analo...
March 7, 2024

Music for maids & taxi drivers

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Forró is the country music of Brazil's northeast region; it's been called "music for maids and taxi drivers."  It's c...
March 5, 2024

Charts Feb 19 - Mar 3, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 TIKEN JAH FAKOLY | Acoustic | Chapter Two 2 LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE | Esengo | Canopy 3 BLACK TRU...
March 1, 2024

Fakoly koumba, Fakoly daaba

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The new releases are coming fast and furious in the first quarter of 2024, and I've been out of the office a lot so far this year for tr...
February 19, 2024

Charts February 12-18, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 AFRIKA MUYE MUYE! TANZANIAN RUMBA AND MUZIKI WA DANSI 1968-1970 | various artists | Recordiana 2 OTAVA...
February 16, 2024

Platinum anniversary

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Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Global A Go-Go.  This radio show started on February 23, 200...
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February 14, 2024

Charts February 5-11, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 LAGOS THUGS | Chaos | Immensum 2 MAMA SISSOKO | Live | Mieruba 3 WAGADU GROOVES: THE HYPNOTIC SOUND ...
February 9, 2024

Let it be known

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An internet image search for "Lagos thugs" will bring up dozens of press photos of young Nigerian men carrying improvised weapons ...
February 6, 2024

Charts Jan 22 - Feb 4, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 WAGADU GROOVES: THE HYPNOTIC SOUND OF CAMARA 1987-2016 | various artists | Hot Mule 2 LONDON AFROBEAT C...
February 3, 2024

Orgasmatron

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Richmond loves throat singing.  I know this to be true because there's usually a throat singing band at the Folk Festival, and they'...
January 23, 2024

Charts January 8-21, 2024

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune 2 ADAMA YALOMBA | Tanou | Remote/Studio Mali 3 MITO Y COMADRE ...
January 19, 2024

Tango can not exist without fantasy

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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...