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...

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

Back in the early days of online file-sharing, the 1973 album Destruction (Orbitone OT 005) by the Nigerian group the Nkengas achieve...

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 ...

As more evidence that the collectors' market for used African recordings has entered Dutch Tulip Mania territory, I present the f...

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...

Some years ago I discussed the former Benin Empire (not to be confused with the present-day "Republic of Benin"), its prem...

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

Thanks to a tip from reader/listener Zim Bida, I was able to score from Ebay an almost-mint copy of the elusive LP Igba na Egwu Ndi Biafr...

If you've been around here a while you'll know that I have a major obsession with the 1967-70 war in Nigeria, when the Eastern Re...

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'll admit to being a little mystified by the current fascination with the cheesier byways of African music - '70s and '80s Afro...