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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Jùjú-Àpàlà Roots!

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Jùjú music, so popular in the 1970s and '80s, seems to have gone into eclipse in southwestern Nigeria, the land of its birth. Even ...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

Lions of the Jungle

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Now, this is an album I've been wanting to post for a long time! Orchestra Simba Wanyika (Swahili for "Lion of the Jungle...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

Easy Ambiance

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Two cassettes from Ivory Coast, both by the outstanding ensemble Système Gazeur, one of the many zouglou groups that emerged in th...
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Monday, August 14, 2017

Hot Dance Music from Côte d'Ivoire

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Popoko (EMI EO173292-4, 1992) is a lively cassette from Ivory Coast by the group Les Woanthios. All I know about them, and the cassett...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Speaking of Fújì....

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A few days ago I posted an album by King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal 1, one of the reigning triumvirate of fújì  music in the 1980s. The other...
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Saturday, August 5, 2017

I'm Glad to Be Back!

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Unbelievably, my last post here on Likembe was on April 23, 2013 - more than four years ago! There's no one explanation for the h...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

A Dutiful Wife, An Inconsiderate Husband

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Despite his great popularity back in the day, information about the late, great Igbo bard Show Promoter (Nelson Ejinduaka) is as scarce a...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Four Famous Singers

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Many many thanks to Andreas Wetter for translating the liner notes of 4 ዝናኞች ሲያዳምጡ በልብዎ ላይ ሰላምና ፍቅር ያገኛሉ - When You Listen to the 4 Fam...
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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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