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Sunday, January 20, 2013

A Double Dose of Dembo

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Some years ago Sterns/Earthworks released a CD entitled Roots Rock Guitar Party . I remember thinking at the time: how can you assemble ...
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

More Memories of Maneti

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A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi , a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lea...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Echoes of Mogadishu Past

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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...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Fighting Biafra

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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...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Odds and Ends

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Taking care of some unfinished business today. . . Many thanks to Ken Chijar Ekezie, who provides us with Part Two of the exceedingly ra...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

More Mlimani!

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What better to liven up a slow Thursday morning than another dose of Muziki wa Dansi , courtesy of Tanzania's DDC Milmani Park Orches...
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

That Old-Time Jùjú Music

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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 ...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

The School of Verckys

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Note: This post was updated and corrected on July 3, 2012. The rambunctious saxophone stylings of Kiamwuangana Mateta "Verckys...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Birth of a Nation

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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...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Real Rumbira Sounds

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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...
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