Global A Go-Go: Friday December 2, 5-7 PM

Global A Go-GoGlobal A Go-Go: Friday December 2, 5-7 PM

As the year winds down, I'm digging in to a big plateful of reissues — you'll hear some of the fruits of my listening on this week's program.

A new label called Teranga Beat, specializing in historic recordings from Senegal and The Gambia, has unleashed their first two projects on the US market.  Number one features singer Idrissa Diop and organist Cheikh Tidiane Tall, number two is the Guelewar Band; both are superb and will be played this week.

I've also been enjoying the latest from Sterns Africa, a compilation of the Vijana Jazz Band from Tanzania who also recorded as The Koka Koka Sex Battalion (no kidding), and a Soundway reissue of a funk band from Trinidad called the Black Truth Rhythm Band.

So lots of older music this week plus a few current items, including a debut from Gambian kora player Dawda Jobarteh and ten incendiary minutes of Bassekou Kouyate's performance at the Richmond Folk Festival back in October.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/56216

All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go.