GLOBAL A GO-GO

"Incertidumbre" (uncertainty or doubt) is the first track on the exquisite new album by Miramar, Entre Tus Flores .  There are a f...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 MIRAMAR | Entre Tus Flores | Ansonia 2 SAMBA TOURE | Baarakelaw | Glitterbeat 3 NOVALIMA | La Danza...

Richmond's own Miramar are building a worldwide audience for their highly personal, very groovy approach to bolero , the quintessential ...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 SUPER DISCO PIRATA: DE TEPITO PARA EL MUNDO 1965-1980 | various artists | Analog Africa 2 VAUDOU GAME ...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 JUNIORE | Trois, Deux, Un | Le Phonographe 2 ANGELICA GARCIA | Gemelo | Partisan 3 BONGO HOP, THE |...

Yeison Landero, from San Jacinto in Colombia’s Montes de María province near Cartagena, is called el heredero de la cumbia – the heir to c...

This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday December 29, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen , check your local listin...

I've been recapping my favorite singles and EPs of the year for each of the last six years.  In the current era of home studios, direct-...

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 LAST POETS, THE AND TONY ALLEN | Africanism | Africa Seven 2 FLORENCE ADOONI |  "Vocalize My Luv...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 JOAO SELVA | "Banho De Mar" [Single] | Underdog 2 AL-QASAR | Uncovered | Wewantsounds 3 HEP...

  For 30 years, George Lowe has been a fan of (some might say "obsessed with") Ethiopia's Golden Age of Music: the 1960s and 7...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 KIN'GONGOLO KINIATA | "Lisekite" [Single] | Helico 2 JULIAN MAYORGA | Chak Chak Chak Cha...

The teeming metropolis of Kinshasa is home to the music some folks call Congotronics, although that name is a bit too reductive to describe ...

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 MIRAMAR | "En Mis Suenos" [Single] | Ansonia 2 BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog 3 ...