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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

From the Banks of the Oubangui River

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The music of the Central African Republic is little-known. There are some excellent recordings of traditional music on the Ocora label ( Emp...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

l'ANPAC Presente Vol. 3

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Some sweet sounds conclude our presentation of the three-volume series l'ANPAC Presente with Volume 3 (AN 400 3, 1984). Like musicians...
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Sunday, September 4, 2011

l'ANPAC Presente Vol. 2

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Back in the '80s the three volume collection of Gabonese music l'ANPAC Presente was frequently on our turntable and, dubbed onto C9...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

l'ANPAC Presente: Vol. 1

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The small country of Gabon has never loomed large in the African music scene, although artists like Pierre Akendengue and Oliver N'goma...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Congo Memories with Bumba Massa

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Best-known for his work with the super-group Kékélé and last year's release Apostolo , the honey-voiced Bumba Massa is one of the great...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Happier Days

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Back with a reminder of much, much happier days in Somalia, our good friend Sanaag passes on almost 80 minutes worth of music by the legenda...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Lapiro de Mbanga Freed!

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By way of Makossa Original and Freemuse we receive the happy news that Camerounian musician Lapiro de Mbanga was freed April 8 after three...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

African Divas Vol. 4

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Once again I'm forced to apologize for the infrequency of my posts lately. As usual, I have several projects in the hopper, but all kin...
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

More From the Ministry of Information and National Guidance

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Note: This post was updated with better-quality rips of the original vinyl on July 26, 2012. Our good friend Sanaag comes through onc...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

An Igbo Minstrel

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There is a parallel universe of popular music in Nigeria that exists mostly unknown to the international audience that listens to Fela, King...
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