Born in the suburbs of Abidjan around 1990, Polihet is just one of a dizzying array of styles that have made that city a musical hotbed to r...

Please join me in welcoming to the Blogosphere our good friend Fabian Altahona Romero of Barranquilla, Colombia. His new Africolombia blog...

In Ronnie Graham's Stern's Guide to Contemporary African Music (Zwan Publications, 1988, published in the U.S. as The Da Capo Guide...

Here's another long-lost cassette from the " Derg years " in Ethiopia. Bati (Ambassel Music Shop, ca. the early '80s), by...

I just had to share this with you as soon as I got it. Matthew's new blog is just incredible. It's great news for African music lov...

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...