Likembe
Saturday, October 27, 2018

An Overlooked Genius

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Théo Blaise Kounkou is one of those African musicians who, while building substantial careers and achieving popularity throughout Afr...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

I Just Saved You $1350.71

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As more evidence that the collectors' market for used African recordings has entered Dutch Tulip Mania territory, I present the f...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

"The Otis Redding of Zimbabwe" (Eyeroll)

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Oliver "Tuku" Mutukudzi has been called "The Otis Redding of Zimbbawe," a comparison that has always irritated me....
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Friday, October 12, 2018

"Some Beautiful Woman Are Dangerous"

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The Okukuseku International Band, led by Sammy Koffi, was a Ghanaian group that made its way to Nigeria in the '70s and built an ...
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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Kiamwuangana Verckys, Producer Extraordinaire!

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No sooner had I posted Likembe 's last offering then I realized that I had another, similar pressing. Orchestres Kamale et Kiam ...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

Kamale et Kiam

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Today's post covers some old ground - classic orchestras from the stable of wunderkind Kiamwuangana Mateta, aka "Verckys,...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Voice of the People

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Cape Verdean musician Abel Lima (above) graces two recent excellent collections of music from that island nation - Space Echo: The My...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

A Couple of Rochereaus

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Just about everyone in the United States who started collecting African music in the 1970s and '80s is familiar with the producti...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

More Coastal Sounds From Kenya?

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Here's an LP that my old friend Steve Kamuiru brought me from Kenya back in the early '90s. I have been unable to find out any...
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Friday, September 7, 2018

Fifty Years of Xalam

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About ten years ago I devoted a post to the Senegalese jazz/funk group Xalam, then celebrating their fortieth anniversary. It seems th...
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