Some years ago Sterns/Earthworks released a CD entitled Roots Rock Guitar Party . I remember thinking at the time: how can you assemble ...

A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi , a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lea...

Happy New Year! Once again I must apologize for the infrequency of posts here on Likembe.  There is no one reason why the spirit hasn...

Thanks to a tip from reader/listener Zim Bida, I was able to score from Ebay an almost-mint copy of the elusive LP Igba na Egwu Ndi Biafr...

Taking care of some unfinished business today. . . Many thanks to Ken Chijar Ekezie, who provides us with Part Two of the exceedingly ra...

What better to liven up a slow Thursday morning than another dose of Muziki wa Dansi , courtesy of Tanzania's DDC Milmani Park Orches...

Like a lot of people, I got into Nigerian jùjú music in 1982 when King Sunny Adé hit the international scene. In short order Ebenezer ...

Note: This post was updated and corrected on July 3, 2012. The rambunctious saxophone stylings of Kiamwuangana Mateta "Verckys...

If you've been around here a while you'll know that I have a major obsession with the 1967-70 war in Nigeria, when the Eastern Re...

A major force in the Zimbabwe music scene of the 1980s, the Real Sounds of Africa were in fact founded by a group of Congolese musician...