Well, not my memories, as I've never been there, but today's selection of tunes is bound to provoke some nostalgia among those of th...

I mentioned a while back that I recently digitized a number of 10" tape reels that I've had lying around for many years. I've ...

Nigeria's Oriental Brothers International were established in 1971-72 by Owerri innkeeper Chief James Azubuike, who needed a house band ...

As you would expect this time of year, things have been super hectic around here, and I just haven't had time to post. There's not ...

I wrote in my first posting that through Likembe I sought to educate but also hoped to be educated. The response to the post Somali Myster...

Taarab , the intoxicating Afro-Arab-Indian music from the East African coast, has been surprisingly available lately, if you know where to ...

I rescued this recording from the "bulk" pile at WYMS-FM many, many years ago. It was made as part of the "American Jazz Radi...

I'll never forget the first time I heard Ethiopian music. I was in a restaurant called The Blue Nile in Tribeca around 1982 or '83, ...

( Note: This post was updated considerably on November 29, 2007. The MP3s were replaced with new stereo versions on November 30, 2007.) I...

When Nigerian highlife king Stephen Osita Osadebe passed on May 11 of this year, it could reasonably be said that an era died with him. Ap...