Daniel Kamau's Kikuyu-language benga  sounds a little different from the Luo, Kamba and Swahili versions of the music this blog h...

Here's an LP that my old friend Steve Kamuiru brought me from Kenya back in the early '90s. I have been unable to find out any...

Kenya's Maroon Commandos have been featured here on Likembe a couple of times. In March I posted their LP Mwakarabishwa na Maroon...

I promised this one a while back , and here it is! Tanzanian/Kenyan superstars Les Wanyika give us another scinitillating slice of Swah...

Orchestre Les Hi-Fives, originators of the popular Kibushi sound, were one of many Congolese dance bands who, fleeing political turmo...

The Tanzanian-turned-Kenyan orchestra Simba Wanyika gave rise to a multitude of offshoots, and offshoots of offshots, over its 25-year...

Mwakaribishwa na Maroon! That's Swahili for "Welcome to Maroon." It's also the title of today's featured recor...

I was all ready to post today's selection - Baba Gaston's wonderful 1983 release  Condition Bi-Msum (ASL ASLP 971) - when I re...

Now, this is an album I've been wanting to post for a long time! Orchestra Simba Wanyika (Swahili for "Lion of the Jungle...

Those listening to the album Muungwana (CBS ACP-CBS 1203), by Kenya's Sylvester Odhiambo & the Ambira Boys, may be reminded of the 1...

Major players in the '70s and '80s music scene in Kenya, Kakai Kilonzo and his band the Kilimambogo Brothers were one of the few ...

As a follow-up to my earlier post From Congo to Kenya Pt. 1 , here are some melodies courtesy of the Congolese diaspora in East Africa. ...

Ugandan singer/guitarist Sammy Kasule is present on many Kenyan recordings made during the 1980s. He was a member of Frantal Tabu's Orch...

Have you seen Alastair Johnston's website Muzikifan ? It's a must-go-to destination for anyone who's interested in African m...

I've written here before that twenty years ago I accumulated an archive of about 24 hours worth of East African music on 10" tape r...

Whoa! I just realized today is Halloween, and to mark the occasion, here's the only thing I could come up with that approaches being an ...

With the kids back in school and monopolizing the computer, and me swamped under a ton of overtime, I just haven't been able to give thi...

Guitarist Mose Se Sengo "Fan Fan" was a crucial member of Franco's Orchestre TPOK Jazz from 1967 to 1972. In that year he lef...

Reader/listener Tim Clifford has a big interest in East African music and is responsible for two of the best installment s in Matsuli 's...