Serge Bulat in the house
I’ve been corresponding with Serge Bulat for about nine months now. I’ve played his own music on Global A Go-Go and you’ve heard two of his program-length mixes here as well: “Cornershop Across The Border” a month ago, focusing on the sounds of Moldova (his birth country), Ukraine, Romania and the Roma world, and “Cornershop Mixes” back in September, with music from all over the globe.
What I haven’t done yet is meet Serge in person. And that will happen on this week’s program (Sunday April 6, 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). Serge joins me for an interview where you and I will find out more about his music, his other multi-disciplinary art projects, his love of travel and field recording, and how he has come to be spending time here in the Central Virginia area.
After the interview, Serge is going to do a live in-studio mix on this edition of Global A Go-Go. His interests cover a lot of ground and I have no idea what he’s planning to play, so join me for a set that will illustrate why we call WRIR “the sound of surprise.”
Also, I am pained to tell you that Amadou Bagayoko, the great Malian guitarist famous for his musical and romantic partnership with Mariam Doumbia, passed away in Bamako on April 4 at the age of 70. Before Serge arrives, I’ll celebrate Amadou’s life and music, including my favorite Amadou & Mariam tracks and their first recording together, made almost 10 years before their first duo album.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/119970
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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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Idrissa Soumaoro Et L'Eclipse De L'Ija, “Nissodia (Joie De L'Optimisme)”
from Le Tioko-Tioko
Eterna - 1978
Mali
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Serge Bulat, “Bosporus, Fatih, İstanbul”
from Phonomundi: Selected Recordings of Heritage Sites and Traditions 2017-2024
self-released - 2025
Moldova-USA
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El Búho, “Igorre (feat. Дeva)”
from Igorre (feat. Дeva) - Single
Wonderwheel - 2025
England UK-France-Hungary
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Afro Bros, “Shattarock (feat. Damain Marley)”
from Shattarock - Single
Afreaka Records - 2024
Netherlands-Jamaica
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David Ciente, “La portiță la Gheorghiță (feat. Surorile Osoianu)”
from La portiță la Gheorghiță (feat. Surorile Osoianu) - Single
Track Shack Records - 2024
Romania-Moldova
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Serge Bulat, “Toward Thebes / Waset /طيبة: Nile Crossing”
from Phonomundi: Selected Recordings of Heritage Sites and Traditions 2017-2024
self-released - 2025
Moldova-USA
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Yaşar Gaga, “Ceylan (feat. Tarkan & Sezen Aksu) [Kıvanch K Versiyon]”
from Alakasız Şarkılar, Vol. 1
Poll Production - 2017
Turkey
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Serge Bulat, “Blue Trams in Kraków”
from Phonomundi: Selected Recordings of Heritage Sites and Traditions 2017-2024
self-released - 2025
Moldova-USA
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Baiuca & Rodrigo Cuevas, “Veleno (Pablo Nouvelle Cuidado! Remix)”
from Veleno (Pablo Nouvelle Cuidado! Remix) - Single
Raso Estudio - 2022
Spain
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Zdob și Zdub, “Miorița (VRAJA Remix)”
from Miorița (VRAJA Remix) - Single
MediaPro Music - 2023
Moldova