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20241106: Nov 06, 2024: 3am - 5am
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20231122: Nov 22, 2023: 3am - 5am
"Global A Go-Go" is hosted by Bill Lupoletti and originally broadcast on WRIR in Richmond, Virginia. Lupoletti writes, "I describe 'Global A Go-Go' as 'music from around the world in the universal lan...
20231117: Nov 17, 2023: 10am - 12pm
20231115: Nov 15, 2023: 3am - 5am
Lo Poloko, Dorian; Nusantara Beat: Nov 10, 2023: 10am - 12pm
Lo Poloko's tropical big bang; the sound of the Colombian gaita; new rock en español from Barcelona's Dorian; Nusantara Beat's hipster Dutch-Indonesian rock; Santrofi's big band highlife, 25 players s...
20231103: Nov 03, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Fela: Oct 20, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70 With Ginger Baker | Nigeria-England UK | Black Man's Cry | Live! | Regal Zonophone | 1972 Fela & The Africa 70 | Nigeria | Shakara | Shakara | EMI | 1973 Fela Ranso...
Baba Commandant and The Mandingo Band: Oct 13, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20231006: Oct 06, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20231001: Oct 01, 2023: 6pm - 8pm
20230929: Sep 29, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
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Hassan Wargui, Prince Fatty, Eparapo: Sep 03, 2023: 6pm - 8pm
This week: amazing banjo music from Morocco; Prince Fatty covers Lonnie Liston Smith; happy 32nd birthday to the Republic of Moldova; new Afrobeat by Eparapo; the 100 percent recycled electro-voodoo-s...
Hassan Wargui, Prince Fatty, Eparapo: Sep 01, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Ladaniva, Altın Gün, Isaac Birituro: Aug 18, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
A new Balkan ballad from Ladaniva; some trippy cumbia; chicha by Chacalón's Grupo Celeste, La Nueva Crema and more; four new releases from Ghana via the world; Léon Keïta's psychedelic Mandingue groov...
Jamaica: Aug 13, 2023: 6pm - 8pm
Global A Go-Go pays tribute to the music of Jamaica, the world's smallest cultural superpower, on the occasion of its 61st Independence Day; two hours of mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall...
Jamaica: Aug 11, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Kavita Shah, Mokoomba, Jacobo Vélez: Aug 06, 2023: 6pm - 8pm
Saramaccan Sound is Suriname's answer to the Louvin Brothers; Mokoomba makes Zimbabwean Afropop; Alogte Oho & His Sound Of Joy's Frafra gospel; Indian-American singer Kavita Shah takes on Cesária Evor...
20230804: Aug 04, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230728: Jul 28, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230721: Jul 21, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Idrissa Soumaoro, Etran De L’Aïr, Imarhan: Jul 14, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
It's an all-African episode this time: A trip to Mali; two of today's best desert blues bands in brand new live recordings; the irresistible dance sounds of Congolese soukous; an hour of bubblegum, So...
20230707: Jul 07, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Desert Blues: Jun 30, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Desert blues from the Tamasheq and Wodaabe ethnic groups; more of the brilliant new album by Ghana's Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy; Jantra's astro-Nubian electronica; the music of Kiltro; new Andean...
20230623: Jun 23, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230616: Jun 16, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230609: Jun 09, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Dawit Yifru, Maalem Mahmoud Gania, Remi Kabaka: Jun 02, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001 Entoto Band | Netherlands-Et...
20230526: May 26, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Jorge Ben, Baba Commandant, Ibibio Sound Machine: May 19, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
A set of electro-cumbia; new music from sometimes David Byrne associate and former labelmate Cheo; we celebrate David Byrne's 71st birthday with a set of his most outernational music plus selections f...
20230512: May 12, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Altın Gün, Hailu Mergia, Manny Oquendo: May 05, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Mostly rock 'n' roll from all points this week: Latin rock from the 70s, new progressive Latin sounds by Kiltro and Monstruos del Mañana, Afro-rock from Ghana, Zambia and Kenya, and Altın Gün's wonder...
Calling England: Apr 14, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Immy Owusu's "Afrodelik lo-fi highlife"; Benin's Gangbé Brass Band, the world's most valuable collaborators; the funky sounds of Somalia; what's new in reggae; cumbia, gradually then suddenly; the mus...
20230331: Mar 31, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230324: Mar 24, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
20230317: Mar 17, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Son Rompe Pera, Papá Bocó, Emmanuel Jal: Mar 10, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Reggae versions of the great American (and Canadian) singer-songwriters; Manu Chao's mestizo sound meets Cabo Verdean funaná; West African psychedelia; Son Rompe Pera and other disruptors of cumbia or...
Moussa Tchingou, Solomane Doumbia, Kala Jula: Mar 03, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
An all-Afro edition of Global A Go-Go with new music from Niger's Moussa Tchingou, Fendika & K-Sanchis from Ethiopia and the Netherlands, Oakland's Orchestra Gold, Solomane Doumbia from Mali, Danish b...
A Haitian version of Bitches Brew: Feb 24, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
An hour of mind-expanding sounds from West Africa and the French Caribbean, including the new reissue of Ayizan's Dilijans; some Jamaican sounds circa 1968-70, when rocksteady was giving way to reggae...
Altin Gün, Oldu O Zaman, Lucas Santtana: Feb 10, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001 Bio Ritmo | RVA USA | Tú No...
Stella Chiweshe, Tarrus Riley, Grupo Kual?: Feb 03, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Three new reggae singles; cumbia sonidera, musica de barrios de la Cuidad de México; more chicha from the Peruvian jungle; a tribute to Zimbabwean feminist pioneer Stella Chiweshe, who passed away on...
Best of 2022: Jan 13, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Top Ten Compilations & Reissues of 2022 1. Lee "Scratch" Perry (Jamaica) | King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive) | Trojan 2. Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra (Central...
2022 Top Singles and EPs: Jan 06, 2023: 10am - 11:59 am
Top 10 New Singles & EPs of 2022 1. Systema Solar (Colombia) | "Comer De Verdad" | self-released 2. Amaru Tribe (Australia-Colombia-Chile) | "Candela Viva" | Vibrating Planet 3. Cumbiamuffin (Austr...
20221230: Dec 30, 2022: 10am - 11:59 am
Best of 2022: Dec 23, 2022: 10am - 11:59 am
Top Ten New Albums Of 2022 1. Sona Jobarteh (Gambia-England UK) | Badinyaa Kumoo | African Guild 2. Roger Damawuzan (Togo-France) | Seda | Hot Casa 3. Şatellites (Israel) | Şatellites | Batov 4. K...
20221216: Dec 16, 2022: 10am - 11:59 am
João Selva, Cabruêra, Systema Solar: Dec 09, 2022: 10am - 11:59 am
Caetano Veloso | Brazil | Irene | Caetano Veloso (White Album) | Philips | 1969 João Selva | Brazil-France | Passarinho | Passarinho - Single | Underdog | 2022 Jorge Ben | Brazil | O Telefone Tocou...