Hold your lover tight
It’s highlife time once again on Global A Go-Go. We’ll dig into more than a half-hour of the genre on this week’s program, starting with a new single from Berlin’s Jembaa Groove that quotes Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister and first president of Ghana. You’ll also hear a track from Soundway’s forthcoming Ghana Special 2 compilation and one from a new reissue of the African Brothers Band led by a great friend of WRIR, the late Nana Kwame Ampadu.
Also this week (Sunday March 31, 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): New Sahrawi music by Aziza Brahim, some unlikely ska versions, the French Caribbean roots-rock of Delgrès and new Arabic electronic dance music by Sami Galbi and Omar Souleyman.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117613
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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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Aziza Brahim, “Haiyu Ya Zuwar”
from Mawja
Glitterbeat Records - 2024
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-Spain
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Aziza Brahim, “Calles de Dajla”
from Abbar el Hamada
Glitterbeat Records - 2016
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-Spain
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Jembaa Groove, “Makoma”
from Makoma - Single
Agogo Records - 2024
Germany-Ghana-Benin-Israel-Portugal-England UK-Cuba
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Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans, “Enye Nyame Nko”
from Ebo Taylor and The Pelikans
Comet Records - 2023
Ghana, 1976
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3rd Generation Band, “Because Of Money”
from Because Of Money / Obi Ye Saa Wui - Single
Essiebons - 1975
Ghana
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African Brothers Band International of Ghana, “Hold Your Lover Tight”
from Locomotive Train (Keteke): Meko Tarkwa! Meko Tarkwa!! Meko Tarkwa!!!
BBE Africa - 2024
Ghana, 1970
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New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, “Haitian Fight Song”
from New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Ska-Jazz Productions - 1995
USA
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, “Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Boomrush Backup Ska Remix)”
from Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Boomrush Backup Ska Remix) - Single
Boomrush Productions - 2024
USA-Germany
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The Beat, “Tears Of A Clown”
from I Just Can't Stop It (Deluxe Edition)
Edsel - 2012
England UK, 1979
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Noir Désir, “Le vent nous portera”
Universal Music Division Barclay - 2001
France
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Zenobia, “Ksr Ksr Ksr”
from Zenobia - Single
Acid Arab Records/Crammed Discs - 2019
Palestine-Israel