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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Gospel Highlife from "New Calabar"

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As you may have noticed, I've been writing quite a bit lately about the music of Nigeria's "Eastern Minorities." By this I...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Return of The King

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Note: This post was updated on December 30, 2008 and January 19, 2009. Get ready for another blast of raw, uncompromising Ethiopian funk, ...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Awijiri: Ijaw Music from the Niger River Delta

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The Ijaw people , who number close to ten million people, are the fourth largest nationality in Nigeria. They are a majority in Bayelsa Stat...
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Monday, December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas!

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A glorious Christmas to our readers and listeners who follow the Christian faith! To commemorate this joyous occasion I present Oliver de Co...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Cross River-Akwa Ibom Sounds

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People seemed to enjoy the Ibibio tunes I put up in a previous post , so I thought it would be fruitful to return to the area, namely the...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Instrumental Break

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Pour a tall cold one, sit back and relax with this sweet track by Moges Habte , formerly of the Wallias Band in Ethiopia. The tune is "...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Something to Listen to While Eating a Puu-Puu Platter

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Uchenna over at With Comb and Razor posts a song by Uyo-based band Sunny Risky and the Vitamin Explosions, which he says is the "Best....
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Sunday, December 7, 2008

The King of Ethiopian Music

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In an earlier post I wrote of the brilliant Ethiopian singer Tilahun Gessesse , posted a couple of songs from a recent CD, and promised I...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Dawn of the Age of the Medley

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In the last twenty years or so there has emerged a trend in the African music scene toward "Greatest Hits" compilations rerecorded...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

The Mysterious Ali Chuks

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