Global A Go-Go Eric's 8th Week
May 18, 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.
3:11 PM |
| Los Jaivas Vergüenza Ajena Palomita Blanca Columbia 1992 Alternative & Rock in Spanish
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3:13 PM |
| Veronica Rey & Doris Salas Amargo Y Dulce Gran Mano a Mano Discomoda 2003 Latin
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3:18 PM |
| Daniel Mendez Gaita Querida Gaiteros de Pillopo L.G.N. Entertainment Distribution 2015 Latin
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3:21 PM |
| Super Combo Los Tropicales Caimán Y Gallinazos El Arenal Musart-Balboa 2007 Latin
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3:29 PM |
| Toco O tempo é aqui Memoria Schema Records 2014 Brazilian
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3:30 PM |
| Nu Braz Trem das Onze Baticumbum Irma La Douce 2010 Jazz
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3:32 PM |
| Sabrina Malheiros Sol, Céu E Mar Clareia Far Out Recordings 2017 Brazilian
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3:38 PM |
| Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra Malunguinho Daroa:Underground Sounds of Urban Brazil self-released
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3:46 PM |
| The Shaolin Afronauts Kilimanjaro Flight of the Ancients Freestyle Records 2011 World
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3:52 PM |
| Iconili Jorge Botafogo Piacó Sony Music Entertainment 2016 Pop
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4:00 PM |
| Marehemu George Mukabi Kweli Ndugu Sengula Nakupenda Jojo Records 2012 World
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4:01 PM |
| Lijadu Sisters Orere-Elejigbo Horizon Unlimited self-released
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4:01 PM |
| Lijadu Sisters Come on Home Horizon Unlimited self-released
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4:02 PM |
| Dur Dur Band Yabaal Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks Analog Africa 2018 World
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4:15 PM |
| Francis Bebey The Coffee Cola Song African Electronic Music (1975-1982) Born Bad Records 2012 Electronic
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4:19 PM |
| Francis Bebey Forest Nativity Psychedelic Sanza (1982-1984) Born Bad Records 2014 Afro-Beat
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4:23 PM |
| Francis Bebey Fleur tropicale African Electronic Music (1975-1982) Born Bad Records 2012 Electronic
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4:28 PM |
| Francis Bebey New Track African Electronic Music (1975-1982) Born Bad Records 2012 Electronic
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4:36 PM |
| YoSoyMatt & Polocorp La Niña del Volcán (Polocorp Remix) [feat. Eva de Marce] La Niña del Volcán (Polocorp Remix) [feat. Eva de Marce] - Single Adrenorama 2019 Electronic
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4:40 PM |
| Black Mambo Selvetico Selvatica self-released
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4:46 PM |
| Tito Puente, Jose Marquez, Quetzal Guerrero Africa Linda-DJ Jose Marquex Remix Hammock House: Santiago Sessions self-released
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