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Bill Lupoletti hosts Global A Go-Go, a weekly two-hour world music radio program that originates in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio.<\/p>\n
Bill describes 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\u2019ll 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) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
GLOBAL IS LOCAL – My favorite definition of world music is that it\u2019s \u201clocal music from somewhere else.\u201d In addition, I play quite a bit of what you might call \u201cculturally hybrid\u201d music \u2014 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\u2019m 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\u2019s world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bill Lupoletti hosts Global A Go-Go, a weekly two-hour world music radio program that originates in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio. Bill describes Global A Go Go as “Music from around the world in the universal language of groove”. In short,