Chicha Libre
Bill from Global A Go-Go here, bringing you a special edition of WRIR’s Cause & Effect program this week (Saturday July 12, 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). What’s so special about it, you ask?
Well, first of all, Chicha Libre is performing on Saturday night at the Get Tight Lounge, with the Balkan psychedelic twang of Richmond’s Zarove opening for them. So this radio show should be an ideal pre-game situation for a Get Tight tailgate party. And for those of you who are considering whether to spend your evening at Get Tight, tune in and get the whole Chicha Libre story while you decide.
Secondly, Chicha Libre founder and bandleader Olivier Conan will join me live in the studio for this show. As you might already know, Cause & Effect is WRIR’s weekly program that focuses on a single band (or sometimes a genre or a time and place) and digs into their origin, development, influences, peers and the artists they’ve influenced, with a healthy dose of the band’s own music of course.
Rarely do we have the actual subject with us in person for a Cause & Effect episode. So tune in and hear the Chicha Libre story straight from the horse’s mouth. It’s a unique opportunity and should be a lot of fun.
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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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Chicha Libre, “La Danza del Millionario”
from Canibalismo
Barbès Records - 2012
France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA
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Chicha Libre, “Caminitos de Mi Pueblo (feat. La Sonora Mazurén)”
Barbès Records - 2024
France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA
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Chicha Libre, “El Carnicero de Chicago”
from Canibalismo
Barbès Records - 2012
France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA
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Chicha Libre, “Primavera en la Selva”
from Sonido Amazonico
Barbès Records - 2008
France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA
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Los Wembler's de Iquitos, “La Danza del Petrolero”
Crammed Discs - 2010
Peru, 1975
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Dick Dale & the Del-Tones, “Miserlou”
from Miserlou / Eight till Midnight - Single
Deltone - 1962
USA
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Los Chapillacs, “Ilusión de Amor (feat. Cecilia Noël) [Remasterizado 2025]”
from Odisea Cumbia 3000 (Remasterizado 2025) [feat. Cecilia Noël]
Alive Music - 2010
Peru
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Los Bitchos, “Pista (Great Start)”
from Pista (Great Start) - Single
Los Bitchos - 2019
Australia-Uruguay-Sweden-England UK
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Michael Hearst & Olivier Conan, “99 Luftballons”
self-released - 2025
USA-France