Big Ears, Simon Emmerson
I’m making my first trip ever to the Big Ears Festival next weekend (Albert Green will sit in for me then) — now I’m just trying to figure out how much left-of-center music I can cram into a four day visit. They have an outstanding international lineup this year, and I’ll preview that part of the festival this week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday March 26, 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).
Included will be a couple of tracks from Bogotá’s Meridian Brothers, who will go directly from Big Ears to Richmond and perform Monday April 3 at Richmond Music Hall with Miramar opening (more info here: thebroadberry.com/event/meridian-brothers-miramar/richmond-music-hall/richmond-virginia). I saw the Meridian Brothers in New York in January and they are a fabulous live act — I don’t know if I’ll be back in time from Knoxville to catch this show, but you certainly should.
Also this week Global A Go-Go pays tribute to Simon Emmerson, the British musician, producer and pioneer of world music, who passed away on March 13 at age 67. You’ll hear from his Afro Celt Sound System and Imagined Village projects, plus one of his amazing productions for Malian singer Baaba Maal.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/115062
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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Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, “Still Moving”
from Still Moving
Ponderosa Music Records - 2021
England UK-Italy
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Bonny Light Horseman, “The Roving (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman, & Anais Mitchell)”
from Bonny Light Horseman (feat. Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman, & Anais Mitchell)
37d03d - 2020
USA
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The Imagined Village, “Cold Hailey Rainy Night”
from The Imagined Village (Real World Gold)
Real World Records - 2007
England UK
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Afro Celt Sound System, “Whirl-Y-Reel 2”
from Vol. 1: Sound Magic (Real World Gold)
Real World Records - 1996
England UK-Ireland
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Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento, “La mujer sin corazón”
from Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
Ansonia Records - 2022
Colombia
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Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento, “Poema del salsero resentido”
from Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
Ansonia Records - 2022
Colombia
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Fruko Y Sus Tesos, “Perlas Negras”
from Fruko Power, Vol. 1: Rarities & Deep Album Cuts 1970-1974
Vampisoul - 2023
Colombia, 1970s