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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

King Sunny Adé: The Message

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King Sunny Adé's 1981 LP Juju Music (Island ILPS 9712) was a revelation for many outside of Nigeria, making him a global supersta...
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Friday, February 22, 2019

King Sunny Adé: Juju Music of the '80s

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Kudos to the blog Music Republic for posting the great 1981 King Sunny Adé LP Check "E" (Sunny Alade Records SALPS 26). I...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Etoundi Aloa's Bikutsi

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The "Patriarch of Bikutsi," Etoundi Aloa Javis, joined his ancestors  on November 6, 2017. Shortly before his death he was hon...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

The Scandalous "K-Tino"

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Before last week I'd heard of Camerounian chanteuse Catherine Edoa Ngoa, aka Kotino Ateba, aka "K-Tino," and her notoriou...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

Bikutsi Traditions

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Making their first appearance here at Likembe are Les Veterans out of Cameroun, leading practitioners in the '80s of the rootsy, ...
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Friday, January 18, 2019

Sparkling Soukous

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I love this album cover! I love the music on the album! The group "Le Peuple" had its origins in a split from the legen...
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Friday, January 11, 2019

Eclectic Diva

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Elizabeth Finant, better known as Abeti Masikini, or just "Abeti," was a pioneer of the Congolese music scene - one of the fi...
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Sunday, January 6, 2019

A Couple More Rochereaus

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As promised in an earlier post , here are Volumes 5 and 6 of the series Rochereau Vols. 1-8 , released by Disco Stock in Abidjan in 1982...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Bonne Année!

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Happy New Year! Bonne Année ! And here with us to celebrate the new year are Lokassa Ya M'Bongo, Sam Mangwana and the African All...
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Thursday, December 13, 2018

A Village Interlude

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This is a quick and brief post, in response to a request. A while back I put up a post devoted to traditional Igbo village music ...
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