Likembe
Saturday, September 27, 2008

African Divas Vol. 1

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With the kids back in school and monopolizing the computer, and me swamped under a ton of overtime, I just haven't been able to give thi...
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African Divas Vol. 2

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As promised, here is African Divas Vol. 2 , originally posted last year as African Serenades Vol. 47b at Matsuli Music . I apologize for th...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Mahmoud Ahmed Live in Addis Ababa, 1992

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As part of this blog's ongoing effort to bring to light obscure and hard-to-find recordings from Ethiopia , I present a 1992 cassette, M...
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Two Giants of Senegal Music

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What is the deal with Moos, over at Global Groove ? Can he read my mind? As I noted here , I had wanted to post the LP Somo Somo , but Moos ...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Village Voice Takes Notice

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This has been out a few days, so you may have seen it, but the latest Village Voice takes note of Likembe and several other African music ...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Some Somo-Somo

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Guitarist Mose Se Sengo "Fan Fan" was a crucial member of Franco's Orchestre TPOK Jazz from 1967 to 1972. In that year he lef...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

More Songs the Swahili Sing

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Note: This post was updated on September 20, 2008, to incorporate comments by reader/listener Iman . In response a to a request from reader/...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008

One Year of Likembe

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Today marks one year since Likembe first went online on August 9, 2007. One thing I've discovered in a year of blogging is that it'...
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Friday, August 1, 2008

A Heads Up

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Our friend Aduna is back from Madagascar with un petit cadeau , "Tulear Market Mix," eleven nuggets of wailing vocals and fren...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Before Coupé Decalé: Ziglibithy and More

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I mentioned to someone recently that with two teenagers headed off to college soon I just can't afford to plop down $17-20 for a CD anym...
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