I hate to say this, but it's been ages since Ebenezer Obey has waxed anything worth listening to. For the last twenty years he's be...

Kudos to Siemon Allen at the always-worthwhile Electric Jive blog for Miriam Makeba - Tracks Less Travelled (1958-98), a fascinating overv...

Congo music doesn't get much smoother and more elegant than Bumba Massa's 1982 outing L'Argent et la Femme (Star Musique SMP601...

Ken Abrams does it again with Cameroon Fever Vol. 1 , a tasty collection of tracks from that country, mostly from the golden '80s, when ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...