The outernational sounds of the late Pharoah Sanders; the amazing music of the République de Guinée (aka Guinée Conakry) on that nation's 65th Independence Day; and a deep dive into two artists who will be performing at this year's Richmond Folk Festival: Mauritania's Noura Mint Seymali and Son Rompe Pera from Mexico.

Pharoah Sanders / Graham Haynes | USA-India-France | Morning Tala | With A Heartbeat | Evolver | 2003
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Pharoah Sanders | Morocco-USA | Boulandi Samawi | The Trance Of Seven Colors | Axiom | 1994
Pharoah Sanders | USA-The Gambia | Our Roots (Began In Africa) | Message From Home | Verve | 1996
Bembeya Jazz National | Guinée Conakry | Armée Guinéenne | Hommage À Demba Camara | Syliphone | 1969
Super Boiro Band | Guinée Conakry | So I Si Sa | Discothèque 74 | Syliphone | 1974
Pivi Et Les Balladins | Guinée Conakry | Samba | Discothèque 72 | Syliphone | 1973
Les Amazones De Guinée | Guinée Conakry | Deni Wana | Wamato | Sterns | 2008
Kaloum Star | Guinée Conakry | track 1 | promo cassette | unreleased | 1987
Ba Cissoko | Guinée Conakry-France | Kora Rocks | Nimissa | Cristal | 2012
Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | El Barm | Tzenni | Glitterbeat | 2014
Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | Ghlana | Arbina | Glitterbeat | 2016
Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | Arbina | Arbina | Glitterbeat | 2016
Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | El Mougelmen | Azawan II | self-released | 2013
Son Rompe Pera & Gil Gutierrez | Mexico | Proteus | El Saleroso / Proteus - Single | Barbes | 2022
Son Rompe Pera | Mexico-Chile | Los Chucos Suaves (feat Macha) | Batuco | AYA | 2020
Son Rompe Pera | Mexico | Reina De Cumbias | Bootleg Cumbia Vol. 1: The Live On KEXP Session | self-released | 2021
Son Rompe Pera | Mexico | El Palo Poste | Bootleg Cumbia Vol. 1: The Live On KEXP Session | self-released | 2021

"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 language of groove.' In short, you could call it a world music program that emphasizes the danceable over the folkloric. 'Global A Go-Go' is all about decolonizing your ears. My goal with this program is to expand your listening horizon: I want more people to listen to more music from outside their own country, language, culture and comfort zone. You'll hear plenty of newly released music on 'Global A Go-Go,' but I also feature classic and historic recordings on virtually every program. I play music from all continents (OK, not Antarctica) -- if I tallied everything Africa would certainly come in #1 and South America would probably be #2. And I do play music from the USA when it fits the context. For more information go to http://www.globalagogo.com/.