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Monday, April 9, 2012

Rest in Peace Jerry Hansen

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Jerry Hansen, founder of Ghana's influential Ramblers International Dance Band, passed away in Accra Saturday, April 7th. He was 85...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

The Alasa of Ibadanland

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To an outsider, Lanrewaju Adepoju's Èwì would seem to be just another one of the many Yoruba percussion styles that are so popular ...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Sabar Attack!

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Bonne Année! Sixty-six minutes of red-hot Mbalax from Senegal's master of the sabar , Mbaye Dieye Faye, help us kick off the New Ye...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

In Praise of "Mami Wata"

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For many months now I've put off posting this in an effort to find out more about our featured artist, Bob Sir Merenge. Unfortunately, ...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Adventures in Angularity

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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...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

A Heads Up

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Kudos to Siemon Allen at the always-worthwhile Electric Jive blog for Miriam Makeba - Tracks Less Travelled (1958-98), a fascinating overv...
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Smooth as Butter

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Congo music doesn't get much smoother and more elegant than Bumba Massa's 1982 outing L'Argent et la Femme (Star Musique SMP601...
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Cameroon Fever Vol. 1

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