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Saturday, September 25, 2010

More Desert Island Music

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Given that he's one of the most illustrious Congolese musicians of his generation, information about Côme Moutouari, better known as Kos...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Another Rockin' One-Off

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Roaring out of Kinshasa by way of Paris with drum machine in tow, it's Rigo Star and Josky Kiambukuta with Jotongo (Mayala MA4005, 1986)...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Still Another Re-Up

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I've been unable to find out much about Congo's Bobongo Stars, but their unique blend of funk, rock & roll, Soukous and Mutuash...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Disco Benga!

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Those listening to the album Muungwana (CBS ACP-CBS 1203), by Kenya's Sylvester Odhiambo & the Ambira Boys, may be reminded of the 1...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

From Congo via Nigeria

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Priscilla tells me that in the 1970s, when she was a girl in Awo-Omamma, Nigeria, the family used to sit around the short-wave radio almo...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Benin (The Empire, Not the Country)

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Back in Eighth Grade, my Social Studies class was given one of those typical assignments where we were supposed to pick out some country and...
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Somali Songs of the "New Era"

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Thanks to Roskow Kretschmann of Black Pearl Records for passing on a unique historical recording, the LP Somalia Sings Songs of the New Era...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

The Return of Toguy

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Here, as promised, is Elimbi na Ngomo (Production TN, TN 591), Toto Guillaume's 1985 LP that is rightly considered a monument of the ma...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Another Re-Up

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Occupying a location somewhere near the intersection of Afrobeat, Juju and garage rock, the album Uhuru Aiye by Bob Ohiri and his Uhuru Sou...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Down-Home Sounds of Kakai Kilonzo

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Major players in the '70s and '80s music scene in Kenya, Kakai Kilonzo and his band the Kilimambogo Brothers were one of the few ...
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