Global A Go-Go: Friday November 23, 5-7 PM

Global A Go-GoGlobal A Go-Go: Friday November 23, 5-7 PM

International pop superstars and Global A Go-Go are usually oil and water.  But Israeli diva Rita (pictured above — yes, she's so popular there she only needs to use one name) is the exception to that rule — her new album of Persian material, sung in Farsi, is an unexpected tour-de-force.  Now if she could only get Netanyahu and Ahmedinejad to sit down together and listen to it ….

Also this week: some urban takes on cumbia; Nigerian music, from highlife to juju to Afrobeat; salsa inna Puerto Rican folkloric stylee.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/64566

All the podcasts: http://radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go