100% recycled electro-voodoo-soul
They sing feminist songs accompanied by microKorg synthesizer, their vodoun funk rhythms are played on recycled percussion including a bass instrument made out of PVC pipes whacked with a sandal, and they’re named after the Togolese women who dominated West Africa’s textile trade. They are NBT: Nana Benz du Togo and they must be heard and seen to be believed. We’ll take care of the latter this week on Global A Go-Go.
Also this week (Sunday August 27, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): Amazigh banjo music from Morocco, Prince Fatty covers Richmond’s own Lonnie Liston Smith, happy 32nd birthday to the Republic of Moldova, new Afrobeat by Eparapo, and more bikutsi guitars from Cameroon.
Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/program/116235
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Show archive
Playlist
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Prince Fatty, “Expansions (feat Shniece)”
from Expansions - Single
Lovedub Limited - 2023
England UK
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SOOTHSAYERS, “We're Not Leaving (2012 Version)”
Red Earth Music - 2012
England UK
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Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie, “Midnight Marauders”
from Midnight Marauders - Single
The Drop - 2004
New Zealand
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Ersatzmusika, “Hey, Gangway!”
from Voice Letter
Asphalt Tango Records - 2007
Germany-Russia-Moldova-Estonia
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Zdob și Zdub, “Omul Liliac”
from Omul Liliac - Single
MediaPro Music, a division of Universal Music Romania - 2018
Moldova
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Lagos Thugs, “Innocent Blood (Let It Be Known)”
from Straight From The Decks Vol. 3
Heavenly Sweetness - 2023
Nigeria, 2021
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Eparapo, “Follow the Money (feat. Dele Sosimi)”
from Take To the Streets
Wah Wah 45s - 2023
England UK-Nigeria
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Gibraltar Drakus, “Mekeya a Dzal (Retour Au Village)”
Awesome Tapes From Africa - 2023
Cameroon, 1989
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