You may have noticed that I have a soft spot for female singers with unique, over-the-top vocal styles. Kiné Lam is one. Daro Mbaye is an...

This is the final installment of "Mali Cassette Grab Bag," and this one really is a mixed bag. We've got some highlife, some...

We continue our "Mali Cassette Grab-Bag," a series of clips drawn more or less at random from the recesses of my hard-drive. Next ...

Since I started this blog I've been trying to post at least twice a week. Lately I've been so caught up in other things (namely ...

Note: This post was updated on September 20, 2008 to incorporate a translation of the song "Marashi ya Pemba" by reader/listener...

Most people who have a passing acquaintance with African music are familiar with juju music from Nigeria, and its most famous practitioner,...

I just came across this - real Ethiopian music the way it was meant to be heard, played on real musical instruments and not cheap synthesize...

A reader/listener requested some music by Mbaraka Mwinshehe, and I'm more than happy to oblige! Mwinshehe was the great Tanzanian guit...

The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Victor Okoroego, weigh in here with a funky slice of Ikwokilikwo . The Ikengas were born in 1973 as...

Although I love the new generation of female vocalists out of Senegal - ladies like Viviane and Aby Ndour - there's still a special p...