I've recently returned from something that's become a ritual for many parents of high school juniors: The Spring Break College Tour ...

A brief note to let you know that I'm back from vacation and hope to be posting regularly soon. Problems with my internet service provid...

In the last week I've been afflicted not only by writer's block but by a mild yet persistent case of the flu. So let's make a ...

I have a number of posts that are just on the threshold of going up, but I seem to have been gripped by an inexplicable and debilitating ca...

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...