After two weeks of oldies, the focus this time is on the new: a brand new second album by Richmond's Afro-Zen Allstars; Afrobeat coming out of South America; deep highlife grooves from Ghana; some Arab-Andalusian jazz; the unique music of Japan's Oki; the latest Balkan brass beats. This week:
Waaju | England UK | Listening Glasses | Live | Olindo | 2021
Afro-Zen Allstars | RVA USA | Binta Madiallo | The Buzz And The Bells | AZA Music | 2021
Bixiga 70 | Brazil | Grito De Paz | Bixiga 70 | Glitterbeat | 2011
Tabó Afrobeat | Uruguay | Mandril | Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement Vol. 2 | NYP | 2020
Lisandro Meza Y Su Conjunto | Colombia | Shacalao | Shacalao / Tracata - Single | Limeza | 1975
Black Masters Band | Ghana | Wonnin A Bisa | Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House | Analog Africa | 1978
Atakora Manu | Ghana | Ohia Ma Adwendwen | Ominitiminim / Afro Highlife | BBE | 1980
Anouar Kaddour Cherif | Algeria-Switzerland | Amiret Erriyam | Djawla | Riverboat | 2022
Rabih Abou-Khalil | Lebanon-Germany | Arabian Waltz | Arabian Waltz | Enja | 1996
Oki | Japan | Yaikatekara Dub | Tonkori In The Moonlight (1996-2006) | Mais Um | 2004
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee | China-USA | Year Of The Funky | Year Of The Funky | Légère | 2017
Dengue Fever | Cambodia-USA | One Thousand Tears Of A Tarantula | Escape From Dragon House | M80 | 2005
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra | North Macedonia | Čoček Gazda Unikat | Čoček Gazda Unikat - Single | Asphalt Tango | 2021
Boban Marković Orkestar | Serbia | Ilke Čoček | Mrak | PGP RTS | 2019
Electric Balkan Jazz Club | Germany-Greece | Opa Čupa | Balkan Dogs | Musique Estetica | 2010
Divanhana | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Ćilim | Zavrzlama | CPL Music | 2022
Rotfront | Germany-Ukraine-Hungary-Russia | Everyone Speaks Russian | 17 Deutsche Tänze | GMO | 2014

"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/.