Breakfast Blend w/ Galaxy Girl & Friends

Galaxy Girl -20251113 – A Go-Go

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

Before I started volunteering at WRIR, my knowledge of world music was pretty much limited to the Putumayo compilation CDs I’d get at my job. I knew there was more out there, but I didn’t know how to find it.

Luckily, WRIR had Bill Lupoletti, and he knew how to find more. As our World Music Director & host of Global A Go-Go, he saw a lot of music pass through our station. And he knew enough about his fellow DJs to recommend things he thought would fit into their shows: “This is the best bad music I’ve heard in quite a while!” “If you found this at the thrift store you’d be thrilled, but it’s brand new.” “…early Mexican garage rock band who was apparently quite a phenomenon south of the border. Who knew? Certainly not me. Anyway, they’re retro-cool-primitive.”

So today, in honor of Bill, I’m playing some of the music that he shared with me, and some music I think he’d enjoy if he was still with us: Takaat, Balkan Taksim, Cumbia Machuca, La Perla, Luna O’Cero, Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical, and much more. Thanks for encouraging me to decolonize my ears, Bill. I’ll do my best to keep it up.

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