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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Mmmmmm . . . Sweet '80s Highlife Music!

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I've been going through my record collection, pulling out and digitizing Ghanaian LPs that I got hold of back in the '80s whe...
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Saturday, March 24, 2018

An Early Cassette by Cheikh Lô

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Cheikh Lô has been a sensation on the World Music™ scene since the release of his album Né la Thiass , produced by Youssou N'Dour ...
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Monday, March 19, 2018

Welcome to Maroon!

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Mwakaribishwa na Maroon! That's Swahili for "Welcome to Maroon." It's also the title of today's featured recor...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Groovin' with Touré Kunda

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In the early '80s, Touré Kunda, founded by brothers Amadou, Ismaïla and Sixu Touré in the Casamance  region of Senegal, were slated...
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Friday, March 9, 2018

Funky Jùjú Highlife From Ondo State

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Who is Tayo Jimba? I have no idea. I do know that I enjoy this 1988 LP, Ise Aje (Leader LRCLS 65), a great deal. The label lists the...
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Sunday, March 4, 2018

First-Generation Zouglou

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Over the last few months we've been exploring the origins and development of zouglou music in Ivory Coast, and listening to some ...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Coastal Sounds From Kenya

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I think the Pressmen Band, described as "teen sensations" in their heyday, are still extant and catering to the tourist tra...
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Sounds of Soweto

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There was growing interest in South African music during the 1980s. The initial impetus came from the Soweto uprising of 1976 and the s...
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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Return to Ihiagwa-Owerri

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It's about time we returned to Ihiagwa, just outside of Owerri, capital of Imo State, Nigeria and home of the Obi Wuru Otu Dance Gro...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Jùjú Music in the '90s

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I've been collecting Nigerian music since the 1970s, but never actually made it to the country until 1994 and 1995. By then it was...
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