Ali and Tam's together with Orchestre Malo wrap up our retrospective look at three interesting Congolese LP's released in the...

Here is the second of three "unorthodox" Congolese albums released by the Swiss label Plainisphare in the mid-'80s. Nsimba...

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 think the Pressmen Band, described as "teen sensations" in their heyday, are still extant and catering to the tourist tra...

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

Here's another in Likembe' s continuing series of releases by Tanzania's legendary DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra, this one a ...

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

A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi , a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lea...

What better to liven up a slow Thursday morning than another dose of Muziki wa Dansi , courtesy of Tanzania's DDC Milmani Park Orches...

The subject of many musical accolades over the years, South African liberation fighter (and President from 1994-99) Nelson Mandela r...

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 the last post , here is another ukumbusho (souvenir) from another great exponent of Muziki wa Dansi , Tanzania's Int...

Orchestra Vijana Jazz, one of Tanzania's top dance bands, was founded in 1971 under the sponsorship of Umoja wa Vijana Tanzania , then t...

Ronnie Graham's The World of African Music (Pluto Press/Research Associates, 1992) states that Tanzania's DDC Mlimani Park Orchestr...