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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Sweet and Smooth Highlife

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If you're in the market for sweet, smooth Ghana highlife music, Nana Tuffour always delivers! James Kwaku ("Nana") Tuf...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Malagasy Divas 2

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Mbolatiana Since posting Malagasy Divas back in January, I've been continuing my explorations of Malagasy music via YouTube, and...
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Monday, February 17, 2020

Farewell, "Evil Genius"

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Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya, known as the "Evil Genius" of Nigerian Highlife music, passed away Wednesday, February 12, at the...
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Friday, January 24, 2020

Malagasy Divas

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Sisca Many years ago, Matthew Temple's  Matsuli Music  blog posted a series of fifty compilations, African Serenades. Back in 20...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Fast-paced Anioma Highlife From King Ubulu

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A while back I made a few posts devoted to to music from Anioma , or the Igbo-speaking region of Delta State in Nigeria, immediately t...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Sweet 'n' Sour Sounds

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We return once again to the Niger River Delta , and some more Ijaw-language highlife music in the style known as awijiri . The rather...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Tshala Muana: The Voice of Kasai

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Acclaimed as one of Congo's greatest female singers, Tshala Muana over four decades in the business has emerged as the internati...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The Morning Star Group

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Here's a mysterious Nigerian album, Idanre Makin (Idanre Makin EILP 002) I got not too long ago - by a Yoruba vocal/percussion grou...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Jack of All Trades, Master of All

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Footballer, guitarist and composer of many of the most memorable songs in Congolese music, Mayaula Mayoni (1946-2010) has often been ...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

An Èwi Deep Dive with Lanrewaju Adepọju

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Even if I weren't already a huge fan of Lanrewaju Adepọju, I would have bought this album for the cover art alone! Aláfọwósowópó...
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