Thanx and a tip of the Hatlo Hat to Andy Healey , who alerted us to the existence of this incredible, mind-blowing sample of Igbo Roots musi...

Like Kiné Lam and Daro Mbaye , Ndeye Mbaye is a veteran of the Ensemble Lyrique Traditionel of Senegal's esteemed Daniel Sorano Nation...

Liitaal , by Aby Ngana Diop, is one of those recordings that sneaks up behind you, knocks you upside the head with a two-by-four, and leaves...

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 ...