Global A Go-Go (Eric's Residency week 7. Live Spinnin'
May 4, 2020 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Music
With Eric Godsey
Global A Go-Go is a weekly two-hour world music radio program that I've been hosting since 2004. It's produced live in the studio and can be heard on both the FM radio band at 97.3 FM in Richmond, Virginia and as a webstream simulcast at wrir.org. It is rebroadcast on other radio stations, and it's available as a podcast as well.
I describe Global A Go-Go as "music from around the world in the universal language of groove." In short, you could call it a world music program that emphasizes the danceable over the folkloric. You'll hear plenty of newly released music on Global A Go-Go, but I also feature classic and historic recordings on virtually every program. I play music from all continents (OK, not Antarctica) -- if I tallied everything Africa would certainly come in #1 and South America would probably be #2. And I do play music from the USA when it fits the context.
"World music" is one of those terms that everybody uses but nobody claims to like; I guess I'm that group too. My favorite definition of world music is that it's "local music from somewhere else." That's a pretty good description of my show as well -- most of the artists I play aren't the least bit obscure, they're just popular somewhere other than Richmond, Virginia.
In addition to local music from somewhere else, I play quite a bit of what you might call "culturally hybrid" music -- music that draws on multiple, independent cultural traditions. Hybridity is a hot topic in academia, but my interest in it is anything but academic. I'm simply a lifelong fan of music, and to my ears the most interesting, exciting music in the world right now reflects the ever-decreasing distance between cultures in today's world.
3:07 PM |
| Björk Blissing Me (feat. Arca) Utopia One Little Indian 2017 Electronic
|
3:15 PM |
| David Byrne Every Day Is a Miracle American Utopia Nonesuch 2018 Alternative
|
3:17 PM |
| Angélique Kidjo Baila Yemaya Celia Universal Music Division Decca Records France 2019 Salsa y Tropical
|
3:18 PM |
| Mosquitos Boom Box Mosquitos Bar/None Records 2003
|
3:22 PM |
| Bossacuccanova Samba de Minha Terra Uma Batida Diferente self-released 2004
|
3:25 PM |
| Toco Guarapiranga Outro Lugar Schema Records 2007 Electronic
|
3:32 PM |
| Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum Eu E O Meu Amor/Lamento No Morro Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum Caravelas 1999
|
3:35 PM |
| Sonido Gallo Negro Chaneque Chaneque - Single Casete, T-Vox Records 2018
|
3:39 PM |
| Chicha Libre La Danza de los Simpsons Cuatro Tigres - EP Barbès Records 2013
|
3:42 PM |
| Afrodita La Cumbia del Pasoncito La Reina del Palenke Discos Tormento 2010 Electronic
|
3:45 PM |
| Frente Cumbiero Sondiramá Padremontes - Single Salgaelsol 2018
|
3:49 PM |
| Sidestepper Deja (Mary) 3AM (In Beats We Trust) Palm 2003 Electronic
|
3:53 PM |
| Sotomayor Cielo Cielo - Single Tropic-All 2015
|
4:05 PM |
| Dennis Ferrer Dem People Go! (feat. Bola Belo) Dem People Go (2018 Remixes) [feat. Bola Belo] - Single Nite Grooves 2018 Electronic
|
4:09 PM |
| Mezomo Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Single Get Physical Music 2019 House
|
4:17 PM |
| Quim Manuel O Espirito Santo Senhor Doutor Ganesha Song - Single Keinemusik 2017 Electronic
|
4:22 PM |
| Christos Fourkis & Mike Ltrs Afro Sensations Afro Sensations - Single Retrolounge Records 2017 Dance
|
4:29 PM |
| Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón & Toy Selectah Aguanile Toy Selectah Remixes "Aguanile" - Single Fania Records 2010
|
4:33 PM |
| Ninetoes Bonita Bonita EP Moon Harbour 2017 House
|
4:38 PM |
| Ácido Pantera & Tribu Baharú Gozza (feat. Tribu Baharú) Gozza (feat. Tribu Baharú) - Single Discos Fiera 2018 World
|
4:41 PM |
| Girls of the Internet When U Go (MoBlack Dub) When U Go - EP Classic Music Company 2017 Dance
|
4:47 PM |
| Luca Lala L.A. Guan L.A. Guan - Single 2EllE Records 2017 House
|
4:51 PM |
| Inaky Garcia & Carlos Francisco Namaku Namaku - Single SP Recordings 2017 House
|
4:58 PM |
| Norty Cotto & Oscar P Dingo Dingo - Single Naughty Boy Music 2017 Dance
|