Ikoro's '70 Special (Philips West Africa 6386008) by Dan Satch and the Professional Atomic 8 Band is an album I've been intrigue...

You may think that since I write this blog about African music that's all I listen to in my everyday existence. Actually, no. Like most...

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...