In the last twenty years or so there has emerged a trend in the African music scene toward "Greatest Hits" compilations rerecorded...

Some years ago an acquaintance passed on a cassette of a Nigerian musician who was previously unknown to me; the tape was simply labeled ...

We were all saddened to hear of the death yesterday, November 10 of the esteemed South African singer Miriam Makeba . She was 76 and suffere...

By way of Comb & Razor I've learned that Orlando Owoh, the Nigerian master of Toye music, passed away Tuesday, November 4 after a ...

As I explained in "Digital Ethiopia Pt. 1, " the last decade and a half have seen an explosion of Ethiopian musical releases recor...

Whoa! I just realized today is Halloween, and to mark the occasion, here's the only thing I could come up with that approaches being an ...

Back in the '80s Ethiopian music was extremely hard to come by outside of Ethiopia. Mahmoud Ahmed's brilliant Ere Mela Mela was r...

No sooner had I mentioned that I was lacking two of Nelly Uchendu's legendary recordings, Love Nwantinti (Homzy HCE 005, 1976) and Mam...

Note: This post was updated and corrected on January 4, 2009. Back in the early '90s I got it into my head that I would like to become ...

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...