I will be reborn
A band’s second album is supposed to be the hard one — it’s the one you write after you’ve spent your whole life on the first album’s songs. For Superfónicos though, the first album was the hard one.
Maybe it’s because of the pandemic. Maybe it’s because they changed producers. Maybe it’s because four children were born to members of the band while the album was gestating. Whatever it was, it took Superfónicos more than four years to make Renaceré (“I will be reborn”). You’d never guess that the process was so grueling — this brassy, soulful, life-affirming record is one of the best things I’ve heard so far in 2024. Tune in to Global A Go-Go this week to hear the album’s title track.
Also this week (Sunday July 21, 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): Manu Chao is sounding like the old Manu Chao, new music from Orquesta Akokán and old music from the Cuban bandas gigantes who preceded them, Tete Mbambisa’s updated South African marabi, a new single from desert blues heroes Etran de L’Aïr, and a fabulous anthology of África Negra from São Tomé & Príncipe.
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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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Combo Daguerre, “Son Ombre”
from Fracassines
Barbès Records - 2024
France-Perú-Colombia-Venezuela-USA
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Saturno 4000, “Solar Heart”
from Ma Belle Fille / Solar Heart - Single
Batov Records - 2024
Germany-Colombia-Italy
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Los Fulanos, “Blue Monday”
from Blue Monday / Why Don't We Do Some Boogaloo? - Single
Lovemonk - 2024
Spain
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Orquesta Akokán, “Cha Cha Cha Pa'Ca (feat. Carolina Oliveros)”
from Caracoles
Daptone Records - 2024
Cuba-USA
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Rolando Laserie, “Para Mi Isla Un Son”
from Cuban Pearls 1: Cuba - Soneros De Ayer Y De Hoy
Syllart - 2007
Cuba, 1957
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Carlos Argentino Y Su Sonora, “Ave María Lola”
from Éxitos Inolvidables
Discos MAG - 1967
Argentina-Cuba, 1958
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África Negra, “Numigo Iami Ê”
from Antologia Vol. 2
Les Disques Bongo Joe - 2024
São Tomé & Príncipe, 1979
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Sangazuza, “Sun Malé”
from Quando Eu Parti (Sodad Serie 4, Vol. 10)
Sons D'Africa - 2015
São Tomé & Príncipe, 1983