Rebeldía y twist
Global A Go-Go welcomes Romperayo to Richmond — they’re playing at Révéler Experiences on Saturday August 23. Here’s how bandleader Pedro Ojeda describes them: “As if Colombian tropical music from decades past traveled to the city on an acid discharge.”
Ojeda is no more than one degree of separation from every cool project that’s coming out of Bogotá Colombia right now. If you saw Frente Cumbiero in May, that was Ojeda behind the drum kit. You can also find him there with Los Pirañas, his cooperative trio with Mario Galeano (who leads Frente Cumbiero) and Eblis Alvarez (who leads Meridian Brothers).
All of those other bands have toured the USA multiple times, and all but Los Pirañas have played here in Richmond. But this is Romperayo’s first American tour, and it is long overdue. Check out a whole set of Romperayo music this week on Global A Go-Go, if you’re thinking about checking them out at Révéler next weekend.
Also this week (Sunday August 17, 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): Moroccan gnawa meets jazz via Saha Gnawa; three distinctive takes on Afrobeat from Trio Mokili, Bejuco and Ousmane Kouyaté; the blistering Mande rock of Orchestra Gold; new cumbia variants by Terror/Cactus, Minyo Crusaders, La Bands Chuska and Quitapenas; and music from Chicha Libre and its offshoots, since Chicha Libre will be back in Richmond, also at Révéler, on Sunday September 7.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/120788
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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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Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul, “Soudani Foulani”
from Gnawa Soul
Universal Music MENA - 2022
Morocco-France-Israel
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Ousmane Kouyaté, “Kefimba (Edit)”
from Ousmane Kouyate (Analog Africa Dance Edition No.18) - Single
Analog Africa - 2025
Guinea Conakry-Mali, 1982
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Keletigui et Ses Tambourinis, “Miri Magnin”
from Music For a Revolution Vol 1 : Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)
Radio Martiko - 2025
Guinea Conakry, 1973
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Super Boiro Band, “So I Si Sa”
from Discothèque 74
Syliphone / Syllart Records - 1975
Guinea Conakry
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Romperayo, “La Canoa del Soldado”
from La Canoa del Soldado - Single
Little Beat More - 2024
Colombia
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Romperayo, “Rebeldía Y Twist (Tito)”
from Rebeldía Y Twist (Tito) - Single
self-released - 2024
Colombia
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Chicha Libre, “La Danza de Don Lucho”
from Canibalismo
Barbès Records - 2012
France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA
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Combo Daguerre, “Les Assassins”
from Fracassines
Barbès Records - 2024
France-Peru-Colombia-Venezuela-USA