An interview with Brian Jones: drummer, educator and organizer of the Mingus Awareness Project, which happens this coming weekend in Richmond; an hour of the music of Toumani Diabaté, the 72nd generation griot who was the undisputed master of the kora, and who passed away on July 19 at age 58
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Sunday from 1 to 3 PM. Available as a webstream simulcast at wrir.org. Downloads for rebroadcast on other non-profit radio stations and as podcasts via the A-Infos Radio Project at radio4all.net. And more information about all of those options and more on my blog, globalagogo.com.
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
No BS! Brass | RVA USA | Haitian Fight Song | Fight Song: A Tribute To Charles Mingus | self-released | 2013
M.A.P. Trio | RVA USA | Jelly Roll | Richmond | Slang Sanctaury | 2017
Toby Whitaker Ensemble | RVA USA | Tijuana Gift Shop | Mingus Awareness Project 2014 | Slang Sanctaury | 2022
No BS! Brass | RVA USA | Better Get Hit In Your Soul | Fight Song: A Tribute To Charles Mingus | self-released | 2013 Thiago França & A Espetacular Charanga Do França | Brazil | Toxic | Toxic - Single | Mais Um | 2024 Fanfare Ciocărlia | Romania | I'm A Man | Me Sem Rom - Single | Asphalt Tango | 2024
Toumani Diabaté | Mali | Jarabi | Kaira | Hannibal | 1988 Toumani Diabaté with Ballaké Sissoko | Mali | Bi Lambam | New Ancient Strings | Hannibal | 1999 Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté | Mali | Bagadaji Sirifoula | Toumani & Sidiki | World Circuit | 2014
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté | Mali | Sabu Yerkoy | Ali & Toumani | World Circuit | 2010 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Jamana Be Diya | I Speak Fula | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2009 Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra | Mali-Senegal-Burkina Faso-Guinee Conakry | Africa Challenge | Boulevard De L'Independance | World Circuit | 2006
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté | USA-Mali | Catfish Blues | Kulanjan | Chrysalis | 1999 Alba Griot Ensemble | Scotland UK-Mali-Belgium | The Darkness Between The Leaves | The Darkness Between The Leaves | Riverboat | 2018 AfroCubism | Mali-Cuba | Jarabi | AfroCubism | World Circuit | 2010
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