GLOBAL A GO-GO

February 16, 2015

Charts February 15, 2015

Illustrations by C.S Fossett: http://popcornpicnic.com

Program February 13, 2015

www.rebeltumbao.com

Global A Go-Go visits Madagascar this week -- the world's fourth largest island and biggest producer of vanilla is also an exporter of a wide variety of outstanding music.

You'll also hear some reggae hybrids: reggae meets salsa, for example, in the case of Rebel Tumbao (pictured above). But how about reggae meets the synagogue? Got that too. Plus new Dengue Fever, Central American garifuna music, Haitian konpa and more.

Charts February 8, 2015

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Program February 6, 2015

Hardywood's WRIR X beer label, designed by Ed Trask

Tonight is WRIR's tenth anniversary party, the Party For The Rest Of Us, getting underway as soon as Global A Go-Go wraps up at 7 PM. The festivities take place, as always, at the Renaissance Ballroom, 107 W. Broad Street, right smack in the middle of the First Fridays action. We're looking forward to seeing all of you there!

And tonight marks the tenth time that Global A Go-Go has provided the prelude to WRIR's anniversary party. I'll send you on your way to the party with new and old West African sounds, some Latin remixes, Indian and African brass, and a little DC go-go on your way out the door.

Charts February 1, 2015

Art by Sijie Wang: http://www.sijiewang.com/index.html

February 2015 Concert Calendar

Photo by Sarah Lee for The Guardian

February's Global A Go-Go picks:

Richmond's own Fado Nosso bring their Portuguese sound to Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream on Friday February 6
Aurelio Martinez, the great hope of garifuna music, returns to our area with a gig at Artisphere in Arlington on Friday February 13
It's Brazilian Carnival Night at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery on Friday February 20 with Dende & Band from New York City plus Richmond's own Bio Ritmo and Capoeira Resistencia and WRIR's own Mike Murphy spinning Brazilian vinyl
Two South African legends from two different generations, Hugh Masakela (pictured above) and Vusi Mahlasela, team up for a concert at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium on Sunday February 22
Miramar has a Valentine's Month residence every Tuesday night in February at Balliceaux, playing boleros about love and anti-love

Have an event you'd like me to include, or a suggestion for the concert calendar? Just drop me a line at globalagogoradio [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave me a message right here.

Click "Read more" to see the entire February calendar.

Dengue Fever | The Deepest Lake

ARTIST: Dengue Fever
TITLE: The Deepest Lake
LABEL: Tuk Tuk
Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever is back with the sixth full-length album of their now 14-year career, and it’s their best one yet.

Black Masala (pictured above) returns to Global A Go-Go this week. They're a gypsy-inspired brass band from Washington DC who damn near blew the doors down when they played in WRIR's Live Room back in June.

Black Masala is back in Richmond for another live performance -- they're at the Camel Friday night along with M.H. And His Orchestra and Love Logic. But before that, they'll be back in the Live Room on Global A Go-Go -- don't miss it!

Charts January 25, 2015

Red Baraat | Gaadi Of Truth

ARTIST: Red Baraat
TITLE: Gaadi Of Truth
LABEL: Sinj
Red Baraat is one the most unique, explosive bands in America today. Led by dhol (double-headed Indian drum) player Sunny Jain, this 8-piece ensemble puts bhangra music into a whole new context: all horns and drums, they’re a desi brass band that draws as much on jazz, funk, hip hop and DC go-go as on any music from the subcontinent.

ARTIST: E.N Young
TITLE: Live Love Stay Up
LABEL: Roots Musician
E.N Young is a busy young San Diego-based reggae musician – he sings and writes songs, plays keyboards and melodica in the band Tribal Seeds, runs his own record label, and produces and engineers at his own recording studio.

Program January 23, 2015

I have a whole set of Brazilian music cued up for you this week, including one from the great Jorge Ben (pictured above with his VW Beetle) and covers of two of his hits. Also new music from Brooklyn dhol-and brass octet Red Baraat and west coast reggae jack-of-all-trades E.N Young, a set of Congolese classics, and much more.

Charts January 18, 2015

Program January 16, 2015

What does a West African garage band sound like? You'll hear one this week on Global A Go-Go -- Baba Commandant (pictured above) & The Mandingo Band from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

They do rehearse in a garage (videos are available), and they rock out just as aggressively as an American garage band. It's just that the rhythms are a hell of a lot more complicated.

Also this week: the sound of spiritual jazz, music of Morocco and Algeria, and a visit to NYC's barrio.

ARTIST: Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band
TITLE: Juguya
LABEL: Sublime Frequencies
The Sublime Frequencies label is best known for its audio verite recordings and for reissues from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Recently they’ve dipped their toe into releasing studio recordings of current artists, most famously Omar Souleyman.

GLOBAL A GO-GO

February 16, 2015

Charts February 15, 2015

February 12, 2015

Program February 13, 2015

February 8, 2015

Charts February 8, 2015

February 5, 2015

Program February 6, 2015

February 2, 2015

Charts February 1, 2015

February 1, 2015

February 2015 Concert Calendar

January 29, 2015

Dengue Fever | The Deepest Lake

Program January 30, 2015

January 25, 2015

Charts January 25, 2015

January 23, 2015

Red Baraat | Gaadi Of Truth

E.N Young | Live Love Stay Up

January 22, 2015

Program January 23, 2015

January 18, 2015

Charts January 18, 2015

January 15, 2015

Program January 16, 2015

Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Juguya

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