The Global Underground Show

14/02/2025

Well,after 5 years of weekly shows, I'm hanging up my headphones ( for a few months),and taking in the views. Do let me know what you think of the show. It's just a few of the nearly 4,000 tracks, I've played over the last 5 years.Here's 18 tracks in all, a few gems.
***(For listeners to the Radio show on Deal radio, there will be repeated shows from the archives to keep you going until I return.x)***
I will hope to play a few more in the future... insha'Allah
Hasta luego, au revoir, kan bɛn kɔfɛ, Do zobaczenia później,até mais, doei. 💕 💕 😘 💕
Alpha Blondy - Sweet Fanta Diallo, Ivory coast
Tiken Jah Fakoly -Le pays va mal- Ivory coast
AZUEÏ -La otra cara - Colombia
Johnny Cash -Hurt -USA
Ana Moura -Desfado- Portugal
Les Amazones de Guinea -Deni Wana -Guinea
Kaavish -Tere Pyar main-Pakistan
Natu Camara -Cinko mina-Guinea
The Kondi band-How will it be for me in this world -Sierra Leone
Aminata Fall-Yayboyo-Senegal
Paulo Fresu & Omar Sosa Music - A moment -Italy Cuba
Combo Chimbita -Indifferencia-USA
Roberto Fonseca & Fatoumata Diawara -Bibisca- Cuba/ Mali
Fathy Salama -Dawn- Egypt
Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Frazer- All flowers in time bend - USA UK
Melina Almodovar-Lista pa' impresionar - Puerto Rico
Sarah Mcquaid-The St Buryans sessions -Spain
Hugh Masekela ZA - Chileshe - South Africa

Join me as I fold up my headphones for a few months. Bask in some of the most glorious music the world has to offer. Here is a wonderful collection of some of the best music from around the globe. Do let me know what you think of The Global Underground show, both a radio show and a Mixcloud . It's b...

09/02/2025

Your weekly dip into the best new releases globally.
Every Sunday on Deal radio at 5pm, repeated at 4am on Monday.
Also on Mixcloud every Sunday at 6pm. Check out the Global Underground 5 year archive on Mixcloud. Click on the link below.
This week we have 'nordgrass'( yes it's a thing!) from Finland with the brilliant F***g and their new album 'Dreamscape' Bafe's Factory ,the outstanding voice of Qawwali with Hadiqa Kiani Sufiscore Aashi Prime Angie Lemon ; as well as exquisite guitar music with Esbe UK from her new album 'Mountain Aires'.... . Plus we feature a breathtaking album by Kyle Shepherd trio, Matsuli Music Limited (see the review in this month's Songlines by Jane Cornwell )..Cape Verdean music from the worthy successor to Cesaria Evora with Lucibela & highlife from Oriental Brothers International Band plus Mary Chapin Carpenter with Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart and music from Cameroon - Patrick Bebey, and the silky voice of Brazil with Lucas Santtana.

Listen to The Global Underground show 254 broadcast 9 Feb 2025 by Roger Brockbank for free. Follow Roger Brockbank to never miss another show.

03/02/2025

The Global Underground Show takes a few days off. Here's a show recorded in May 2020.
Every Sunday on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm,and repeated Monday at 4am.
Show shared on mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/the-global-underground-show
I will broadcast a normal show next week on Sunday February 9th as usual.
Kinetika Bloco -Papa fox -UK
Club d'Elf - Zeed Al mael- USA
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak-Tahrimni Minn -Sudan
Joseito Mateo - Boogaloo para ti -Dominican republic
Eamonn Flynn - Sack em up -Ireland
Kinaara - Baa-ja ray - UK
Amber Run Are you home - UK
Michel Laurent - La plas a man reo - France
Paul Rodriguez - la Vida rs una rueda -
Harry E. Rileyfamily -Crowley blues -USA
The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr - Nile waves - Sudan

The Global Underground show has a few days off and repeats a show from May 2022. Tune in as normal next week for more wonderful and new music from around the world. On www.dealradio.co.uk every Sunday at 5pm and repeated on the Mixcloud at 6pm every Sunday. https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergro...

26/01/2025

Join me for a round up of some of the best new releases and a few classics. Every Sunday on Deal Radio & HQ at 5pm and repeated on Monday at 4am. Also on www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/
Click link below
Track list
Marc Anthony - Vivir mi vida -USA
Labess-Dima Libre - Canada Algeria.
Family- Willow Tree - UK
Arooj Aftab - Whiskey - Pakistan USA
Majid Bekkas -ft Rachid Zeroui Khalid- African Blues - Morocco
Selda Bağcan -Unknown - Turkey
Thomas Mapfumo-shumba - Zimbabwe
Yann Tiersen -Lok Gweltz- France
Julian Bel-bachir -Babdoukkala- Australia
Jerusalem Ghosts of the past dub-The Tiki lounge remix...
Bryter Colours -Star -UK
Arooj Aftab-Aey Na Balaan- USA
SENNY CAMARA -Yeuk - Senegal.

This week's Global Underground show has salsa, prog rock, prog folk, classical piano, Afro-pop & Anatolian psych. join me for an hour of new releases and some golden oldies. Every week on www.dealradio.co.uk and mixcloud. https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.instagram.com/t...

19/01/2025

There's some old and new,as ever on The Global Underground Show . Old with Lindisfarne - The Band and their majestic track 'Winters song' as well as a much underrated band from the 70's 'Family'... newer sounds with the latest releases from LABESS,with sounds from the Maghreb. Bon Iver & St Vincent ..the gloriously musical SENNY CAMARA , Turkish icon Selda Bağcan , Alvaro Lancellotti & Christina Zafayed. Plus some more recent classics with Arooj Aftab Stan Getz - Verve Records & Joao Gillberto & Sister Sadie
Sunday on Deal Radio & HQ at 5pm. Repeated Mondays at 4am . Apologies for listeners today as my show has had an unspecified outage.

& mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/

Listen to The Global Underground show 251 broadcast 19 Jan 2025 by Roger Brockbank for free. Follow Roger Brockbank to never miss another show.

14/01/2025

Your weekly round up of some of the best new releases globally, explore new sounds, prepare to have your ears delighted.
The Global Underground Show every Sunday on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm , repeated on Monday at 4am, and on Mixcloud every Sunday at 6pm
Track-list
Sunny . Ja Funmi - Nigeria
Dub Stax -What a man ft Seems Multu - Germany
Ralph Beaubrun -La Madam - Haiti
Christy Moore -The Contender - Ireland
Karoline Wegryzu -ako umran il zagininam- Poland Angie Lemon
Djelytapa Diarra - Dankoroba Influente - Mali
Seckou Keita Music -Chaque jour -Senegal Hudson Records
Roger Damawazun -want for me - Togo
The Breath -Too many have gone -UK Real World Records

Lariza-Morass -
Christy Moore Presents - Boy in wind -Ireland
Kasse Mady Diabate -Barana - Mali

The Global Underground show marks it's quarter of a century! SHOW 250. As usual we are playing some of the best global new releases and a few wonderful classics too. Enjoy https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.instagram.com/theglobalunderground/ https://www.facebook.com/theg...

07/01/2025

First show of 2025, featuring the best of some of the latest releases, globally.
Every week The Global Underground Show , on Deal radio Sunday 5pm,and repeated on Monday at 4am. Also on Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/The GlobalUndergroundshow/
Track-list
David Byrne -Heroes- US
Unmet Ozcan -Altay - Netherlands
Merope -Lopsine- Lithuania
Imogen Heap -Minds without fear -UK
Bill Laurence & Michael League Plays Music -You- USA
Flying Bantu -Dzora Moyo- Zimbabwe NEXT Music
gyedublay_official -A love supreme -Ghana
Karla da Silva -Todo Esse tempo foi o samba quem cuidou de Mim -Brazil
Lucky dube reggae -Prisoner- South Africa Shanachie Entertainment
Saagara-Sunbeam spirits -Poland
Zelt- Budak- UK
Salif Keita - Kanye Manfila - Mali
Gharana Fusion -Care of dreams - India.

Join the Global Underground show, as it trawls the best sounds from all over the planet. New releases and a few classics, every week on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm and Mixcloud too. https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.instagram.com/theglobalunderground/ https://www.facebook...

30/12/2024

A pre -new year show, features a mix of The Global Underground Show . Looking forward to posting a usual show with the best new releases next week on 5th January. A big thank you to all those who have listened over the last year,and longer. Happy, peaceful and a healthy 2025 to you all . Xx
On Deal Radio & HQ every Sunday at 5pm, and repeated Mondays at 4am.Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/The GlobalUndergroundshow/
Track list
Club D'elf - Boney Oscar Stamp -USA
gyedublay_official - Afrika Yie - Ghana
Lekan Babalola-All walk with faith - Nigeria
Mkoomba -Nzare Hapana -Zimbabwe
Entoto Band -Tezalegn Yetentu-Ethiopia
Momi Maiga -Denano -Senegal
Manecas Costa - N'misiti Vivi -Guinea Bissau
Ngulmiya -Ayanjanarri- indigenous Australian
Inna da yard - Africa ft Derejah -Jamaica
Saber Rebai / صابر الرباعي Sidi Mansour-Tunisia
Tessa Lark- Meditations on an old Kentucky -USA
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Listen to The Global Underground show 248 broadcast 29 Dec 2024 by Roger Brockbank for free. Follow Roger Brockbank to never miss another show.

22/12/2024

It's the 'ho ho ho show!' on The Global Underground. A chance to hear some very different festive songs, some anarchic with Don & The Quixotes , silly Bob Dylan , and a few tunes to cheer warm and comfort. ( No Slade, Bandaid,Roy Wood!!)
Enjoy and best wishes to you all. Here's to peace and good will to all.
Every week on www.dealradio.co.uk@5pm," rel="ugc" target="_blank">www.dealradio.co.uk@5pm, and repeated on Monday at 4am,and also on mixcloud.com/The GlobalUndergroundshow/
Tracklist
Bob Dylan -Must be Santa -USA
Waldemar Bastos -M'biri M'biri -Angola
Early Hines -White Christmas -USA
A Christmas Cajun song -Unknown -USA
Cosmic voices of Bulgaria ft Sofia Philharmonic orchestra -Zaspalo e Chelebiiche -Bulgaria
Don&The Quixotes- We 4 Kings -USA
Congolese super stars musicians -Amezaline Yesu Christo -DRC
Andrea Bocelli -Cantique de Noel-Italy
Orange Blossom -Ya Sidi -France
Bonga -Mulemba Xangola ft Lura-Angola
Waldemar Bastos -ft London Philharmonic orchestra -Velha Chica - Angola

Join me for a very tasteful mix of global sounds that reflect the time of year, and the festive season!

18/12/2024

The Global Underground Show , the last show before the festive mayhem, good luck!
On this week's show we explore music from the Ivory coast,Mali, Libya,Cape Verde, Ireland and USA.
With some exotic and soothing sounds to please.
Join me as usual on Sundays 5pm& Mondays 10am G.M.T. on Deal radio www.dealradio.co.uk or on www.mixcloud.com/The GlobalUndergroundshow/ 6pm every Sunday,where you can hear 5 years of archived shows.
Track-list
Samba Touré -Assouma Kagne - Mali Glitterbeat Records
Tiken Jah Fakoly -Plus rien me m'etonne- Ivory coast
(with La Grand choral)
Jake Xerxes Fussell -When I'm called - USA Fat Possum Records
Drumagick -Africa Brazil -Brazil Audio Network
Charlotte Algar-Canto de Xango -UK Eleanor Thorn
Cheb Bakr- Samh amea'ad- Libya Bandcamp Habibi Funk
Enrique Lucca- Las Mujeres son de azucar - Puerto Rico
Lucibela - Ta pinga txapu txapu- Cape Verde Lusafrica
Aoife Ni Bhriain - Wonder - Ireland
Malak -Didon- Egypt
Drumagick Vamos Dancar- Brazil
Angélique Kidjo -Lon Lon vadjiro- Benin.

The Global Underground show, your musical tonic taking you to sonic unexplored avenues of sounds. Join me along the highways and bye ways of gorgeous sounds from Libya, Ivory Coast, Mali Brazil, Puerto Rico, Ireland , Canada & Benin https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.inst...

08/12/2024

The Global Underground Show covers the 'Golden age of African music ' showcasing some of the guitar greats from that period and from now. With music from Guinea in particular,but also including Zimbabwe, Madagascar,Cape Verde,Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya & DRC.
Track list
D'gary-Lagnana- Madagascar
Cesaria Evora -Flor Di NHA Esperance -Cape Verde
Les Amazones de Guinea -Salimon -Guinea
Louis Mhlanga -Zuva - Zimbabwe
Bembeya Jazz -Beni Barale-Guinea
Fadhilee Itulya -Mama -Kenya
Mulatu Astatke (Official Artist Page) & Hoodna Orchestra -Tension -Ethiopia
Balla etc ses Balladins-Sara 70 - Guinea
Habib Koité -Sirata -Mali
Les Amazones de Guinea -Sona-Guinea
Alright Mela -Tasamoh -Morocco, Pakistan Malta
Docteur Nico -Pauline -DRC.

The Global underground highlights some of the wonderful guitar artists from Africa, alongside the golden age of African music from the 70's arising from Guinea and the Congo. With guitarists D'Gary,Louis Mhlanga, Docteur Nico, Seckou Diabate, Komo kouyate & Yaya Kouyate It's an African themed show.....

06/12/2024

Check out this wonderful piece of true Songhoy blues, all the way from the source, in Mali with Samba Touré. Just been released on Bandcamp.
Check out The Global Underground Show for similar sounds, every week on Deal radio Sunday at 5pm and Mixcloud
https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KH19Ta0NI

Taken from Baarakelaw (out 24.01.2025 on Glitterbeat Records)Pre-safe https://idol-io.ffm.to/baarakelaw"Assouma Kagne" is the first single taken from the alb...

04/12/2024

The Global Underground Show featuring the best new releases and a few classics. Every week on Deal Radio & HQ www.dealradio.co.uk Sunday at 5pm,and repeated on Monday at 4am G.M.T.
Also on Mixcloud Sunday at 6pm GMT. www.mixcloud.com/The GlobalUndergroundshow/
Track list
Joachim Cooder Godspeed little children of Fort Smith Arkansas -USA
Michael League Plays Music & Bill Laurence- Stonemaker -USA
Djanan Turan -Diz Izleri-Loves company -Turkey
Seckou Keita Music -Wakili -Senegal
The Spinners -Its a shame -USA
Petersson&Frederiksson- Langus- Sweden Nordvis
Nick Drake -One of these things first -UK
Harold Melvin and the blue notes ft Teddy Prendergrass.-Wake up everybody -USA
Booker T & the MGs- Time is tight -USA
Bill Evans -Peace piece -USA
Satnam Galsian -Revelation &choice -UK .
Windbourne -To warm the winter hearth -USA Angie
Lemon Windborne

An even mix of classic soul, stax & Phillysoul with new releases from Senegal USA & Sweden. Join the Global Underground for the weekly exploration of the best sounds from around the world https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.instagram.com/theglobalunderground/ https://www.f...

24/11/2024

Join The Global Underground show as it rambles along some of the more unusual musical avenues. Playing the best new releases from across the world and including a few classics. Every Sunday on Deal Radio & HQ www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm,and repeated on Monday at 4am G.M.T.
Or catch all past shows on Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/The global underground show/
Track-list
Amalgamation of soundz-Enchant me - UK
Antibalas -Fight am finish- USA
Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa Yamandu Costa -Para Appender a Amara- Sweden Brazil
Merope-Oi toli-Lithuania.
Sam Fender -People watching -UK
Afro celt sound system -Brid Bha- UK Six Degrees
Aly Keïta - Maloya - Ivory coast
AURORA -Runaway - Norway Glassnote Records
Dalia Pesckaite & Darius Kucinskas -Bangini - Lithuania
Wayne Shorter & Milton Nascimento - Nada Será Como Antes - O Musical Milton "Bituca" Nascimento - From the lonely afternoon - USA Brazil
Afo celt sound system - AM - UK
Regaladi - Priory Funk- Philippines Soundway Records
HAUSER -Benedictus ( Karl Jenkins ) Croatia/UK

Join me as we ramble down some of the unexplored musical avenues. Your weekly opportunity to discover new releases from around the world, and a few old classics, including a haunting cello choral piece at the end of the show. Each week on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm every Sunday, and repeated on Mond...

17/11/2024

On this week's Global Underground show,we have the best new releases from just about anywhere. Join me Sundays on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm, or Monday at 4am G.M.T....or catch up with an extended shows on Mixcloud. www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/
This week's highlight is the coming together of the contemporary artist Natu Camara with Seckou Diabate ( 'diamondfingers') the dazzling west African guitar virtuoso, widely considered to be one of the best guitarists on the continent of Africa.

Tracklist
Natu Camara -Cinko Mina- Guinea Natuwenta Prod Angie Lemon Bembeya Jazz National
Maalam Hassam Gunia-Moussa Bankiya- Morocco Hive Mind Records
Qu- Self Sabotage - South Africa Just Music
Dogo du Togo-& The Alagaa Beat Band -Togo
Aster Aweke -Ayzoh- Ethiopia
Alex E Chavez.-Complices de luto- USA Artivist Entertainment
Drumagick -Sorte-Brazil Audio Network
Fatty Kouyate-Nakan - Mali
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - Live Humble USA Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Joachim Cooder - Down to the blood USA
Hassan Wargui -Tazra -Morocco
Qu- Womanizer- South Africa
Van Morrison (Official) -Hymns to the silence - Northern Ireland

Join the Global Underground show for a sonic trip like no other, explore new sounds, Some of the best musicians from all over the world come together each week. A radio show that showcases the best new releases and a few old favourites too. Each week on www.dealradio.co.uk at 5pm every Sunday, and r...

16/11/2024

Join me for the Global Underground show on Sunday www.dealradio.co.uk 5pm or repeated every Monday at 4am G.M.T.
Or you can catch up with every show every Sunday at 6pm G.M.T. on the Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/
This week's show features the usual round up of some of the best new releases from just about every corner of the planet. Explore new sounds to delight, with the wonderful voices of Natu Camara Faty niame kouyate & Aster Aweke as well as hypnotic sounds from north Africa with Mallem Houssan Gania & Hassan Wargui both from Morocco, as well as roots sounds with Joachim Cooder and Jake Blount Mali Obomsawin Music from the states.

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15/11/2024

Apologies, but I appear to have posted last week's show instead of this one,as advertised ( with special thanks to Michael L. Hess for spotting!....)
A round up of the very best sounds, with a weekly look at some of the new releases, featuring music from Uganda, Ireland,Brazil,Cape Verde, Palestine, Italy and the UK.
Tracklist
Bembaya Jazz National - Alake- Guinea
Esbe Esbe Mount Iwaki Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle - UK Angie Lemon
Macdara Yeates -Johnny I hardly knew you - Ireland
Yasmin Williams -Harvest -USA Nonesuch
Pembey Sherio -Sala Mi Toto-DRC?
Mayra Andrade -Manga - Cape Verde KOMOS Records
Tiganá Santana - O Amor Simples -Brazil ajabu
Justin Adams & Maura Durante -Sweet Release - UK Italy Ponderosa Music Records
John Martyn -Spencer the rover -UK.
Aoife Ni Brian & Cormac McCarthy -Cultir -Ireland
Joachim Cooder -Cool little Lion -USA
Anasy Cisse -Fati Ka- Mali


Catch the show ever Sunday on Deal radio at 5pm & Monday 4am (GMT).or The Mixcloud www.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/

https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/the-global-underground-show-broadcast-10-nov-2024/

10/11/2024

A round up of the very best sounds, with a weekly look at some of the new releases happening, featuring music from Uganda, Ireland,Brazil,Cape Verde, Palestine, Italy and the UK.
Tracklist
Bembaya Jazz National - Alake- Guinea
Esbe UK Mount Iwaki Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle - UK Angie Lemon
Macdara Yeates -Johnny I hardly knew you - Ireland
Yasmin Williams -Harvest -USA Nonesuch Records
Pembey Sherio -Sala Mi Toto-DRC?
Mayra Andrade -Manga - Cape Verde KOMOS Records
Tiganá Santana - O Amor Simples -Brazil ajabu
Justin Adams & Maura Durante -Sweet Release - UK Italy Ponderosa Music Records
John Martyn -Spencer the rover -UK
Aoife Ni Brian & Cormac McCarthy -Cultir -Ireland
Joachim Cooder -Cool little Lion -USA
Anasy Cisse -Fati Ka- Mali

Join the Global Underground show for delve into some old classics and a weekly overview of some of the best new releases from the wondrous world of sonic sounds. https://www.mixcloud.com/TheGlobalUndergroundshow/ https://www.instagram.com/theglobalunderground/ https://www.facebook.com/theglobalunder...