It's time for another deep dive into the world of "Igbo Blues"- real village music from southeastern Nigeria! I know no...

This is a quick and brief post, in response to a request. A while back I put up a post devoted to traditional Igbo village music ...

It's about time we returned to Ihiagwa, just outside of Owerri, capital of Imo State, Nigeria and home of the Obi Wuru Otu Dance Gro...

Nwamara (Tradition TRAD 001, 1984), by the Nkelebe Brothers, is like no other recording of Igbo music I have ever heard. I don't k...

Despite his great popularity back in the day, information about the late, great Igbo bard Show Promoter (Nelson Ejinduaka) is as scarce a...

For many months now I've put off posting this in an effort to find out more about our featured artist, Bob Sir Merenge. Unfortunately, ...

There is a parallel universe of popular music in Nigeria that exists mostly unknown to the international audience that listens to Fela, King...

I've been meaning to post this recording for a while. Nwanyi Ma Obi Diya (Onyeoma C.Y. Records CYLP 016, 1984) by the Obi Wuru Otu Danc...

Comb and Razor's recent post on Onyeka Onwenu has put me in mind of another exemplary Nigerian female singer. I'm referring to Nel...

A few posts back I decried the current state of Igbo music, with its lack of true musicianship and over-reliance on synthesizers and drum...

Thanx and a tip of the Hatlo Hat to Andy Healey , who alerted us to the existence of this incredible, mind-blowing sample of Igbo Roots musi...

In Ronnie Graham's Stern's Guide to Contemporary African Music (Zwan Publications, 1988, published in the U.S. as The Da Capo Guide...

I've recently learned that several years ago the Igbo traditional musician Area Scatter was killed in an auto accident. Area was a p...