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Sun, Jul 30, 2023

Is it gospel or highlife or reggae or jazz? Even on a single song, Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy, produced by Max Weissenfeldt at Joy Sound Studios in Kumasi, Ghana, can be all of the above and then some. Hear for yourself when I play three songs from Oho’s new album O Yinne! (O Creator!), maybe my favorite album of 2023 so far, on this week’s edition of Global A Go-Go.

Also this week (Sunday July 30, 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): Saramaccan Sound is Suriname’s answer to the Louvin Brothers, Mokoomba makes Zimbabwean Afropop, Indian-American singer Kavita Shah takes on Cesária Evora, Jacobo Vélez pays homage to his grandmother and her radio, and Etienne Tron revives a forgotten Senegalese reggae classic by Max Adioa.

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Show archive

Playlist

    Time: July 30 - 1:00:00 pm
  • Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Oliver Lake, “Separation”

    from Matador Of 1st & 1st

    Passin Thru - 1996

    USA

    • Time: July 30 - 1:01:00 pm
  • Global A Go-Go

    Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”

    from Global A Go-Go

    BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001

    England UK

    • Time: July 30 - 1:06:00 pm
  • Beer Joint & Tailoring

    The Jolly Boys, “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”

    from Beer Joint & Tailoring

    Funzalo Records - 1991

    Jamaica

    • Time: July 30 - 1:10:28 pm

  • Saramaccan Sound, “One Mother, Two Hearts”

    from One Mother, Two Hearts - Single

    Glitterbeat - 2023

    Suriname

    • Time: July 30 - 1:13:26 pm

  • Josaya Hadebe, “Gwabi Gwabi Intombi Yami”

    from Bulawayo Blue Yodel: Omasiganda, Troubadours & High Lonesome Sounds Of Zimbabwe, Kenya & South Africa 1948-1959

    Olvido / Mississippi - 2019

    Zimbabwe, 1950s

    • Time: July 30 - 1:16:20 pm
  • Wasalala

    Madalitso Band, “Vina Vina Malawi”

    from Wasalala

    les Disques Bongo Joe - 2019

    Malawi

    • Time: July 30 - 1:25:25 pm

  • Oliver Mtukudzi, “Ndima Ndapedza”

    from Tuku Music

    Sheer Sound - 1998

    Zimbabwe

    • Time: July 30 - 1:31:29 pm
  • Tusona: Tracings in the Sand

    Mokoomba, “Nyansola”

    from Tusona: Tracings in the Sand

    Out Here Records - 2023

    Zimbabwe

    • Time: July 30 - 1:36:14 pm
  • One Life

    Johnny Clegg, “Utshani Obulele (English version)”

    from One Life

    Marabi - 2006

    South Africa

    • Time: July 30 - 1:43:30 pm
  • O Yinne!

    Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy, “Yinne Te Yelle Be”

    from O Yinne!

    Philophon - 2023

    Ghana-Germany-Finland

    • Time: July 30 - 1:48:07 pm
  • Mam Pe'ela Su'ure - Single

    Florence Adooni, “Mam Pe'ela Su'ure”

    from Mam Pe'ela Su'ure - Single

    Philophon - 2021

    Ghana

    • Time: July 30 - 1:51:56 pm
  • O Yinne!

    Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy, “Doose Mam”

    from O Yinne!

    Philophon - 2023

    Ghana-Germany

    • Time: July 30 - 1:56:26 pm
  • O Yinne!

    Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy, “A Lemine Me”

    from O Yinne!

    Philophon - 2023

    Ghana-Germany

    • Time: July 30 - 2:05:29 pm
  • Lua Ki Di Nos

    José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz, “Mindjeris De Panu Pretu”

    from Lua Ki Di Nos

    Hot Mule Records - 2021

    Guiné-Bissau, 1978

    • Time: July 30 - 2:09:51 pm

  • Kavita Shah, “Angola”

    from Angola - Single

    Folkalist - 2023

    USA-Cabo Verde-Portugal

    • Time: July 30 - 2:14:46 pm
  • Sinnerman - Single

    Gilber T, “Sinnerman”

    from Sinnerman - Single

    GilberT - 2020

    Brazil

    • Time: July 30 - 2:18:05 pm
  • Sobre Noites e Dias

    Lucas Santtana, “Diary of a Bike (feat. Féfé)”

    from Sobre Noites e Dias

    No Format! - 2014

    Brazil-France-Nigeria

    • Time: July 30 - 2:26:42 pm
  • Radio Mamba Internacionale Am - EP

    Jacobo Velez & La Mambanegra, “La Radio de Mi Abuela”

    from Radio Mamba Internacionale Am - EP

    Tambora Records - 2023

    Colombia

    • Time: July 30 - 2:30:00 pm
  • Memoria

    Polo Montañez, “Homenaje a José Marti”

    from Memoria

    Lusafrica - 2004

    Cuba

    • Time: July 30 - 2:33:07 pm
  • El Duque de la Bachata

    Joan Soriano, “Vocales de Amor”

    from El Duque de la Bachata

    iASO Records - 2010

    Dominican Republic

    • Time: July 30 - 2:38:26 pm
  • Wátina

    Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective, “Wátina”

    from Wátina

    Stonetree Records - 2007

    Belize-Guatemala-Honduras

    • Time: July 30 - 2:46:00 pm

  • Adioa, “Toubab Bilé”

    from Toubab Bilé - Single

    Secousse - 2023

    Sénégal, 1987

    • Time: July 30 - 2:50:09 pm
  • Jah Glory! (Remastered Edition)

    Alpha Blondy, “Brigadier Sabari”

    from Jah Glory! (Remastered Edition)

    Wagram Music / Test - 1982

    Cote D'Ivoire

    • Time: July 30 - 2:54:53 pm
  • Dia

    Meta and The Cornerstones, “Breeze”

    from Dia

    Metarize LLC - 2021

    Sénégal-USA