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Monday, April 29, 2019

Kinshasa Acoustic: Orchestre Sim-Sim International

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Here is the second of three "unorthodox" Congolese albums released by the Swiss label Plainisphare in the mid-'80s. Nsimba...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Kinshasa Acoustic: Kawende et ses Copains

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Kinshasa! , by Kawende et ses Copains (Plainisphare ZONE Z1, 1984), was the first of three LPs released in the mid-'80s by the Swis...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Reggae Senegal

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Barry Allama Boy is a musician about whom I've been able to find nothing, and I mean NOTHING, on the internet or anywhere else. T...
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Friday, April 5, 2019

Music For Ramadan

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I just realized that Ramadan this year begins the evening of May 5 and ends the evening of June 4. It's a little early, but I thoug...
Monday, March 25, 2019

Back to the Village

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It's time for another deep dive into the world of "Igbo Blues"- real village music from southeastern Nigeria! I know no...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A Purloined Master Tape

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Back in the early days of online file-sharing, the 1973 album Destruction (Orbitone OT 005) by the Nigerian group the Nkengas achieve...
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Friday, March 15, 2019

Ebenezer Obey Sings For The People

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Singing For The People (Obey WAPS 578, 1980) continues the explorations in jùjú -funk that Ebenezer Obey started with Eyi Yato (Decc...
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Sunday, March 10, 2019

"This is Something Different"

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I was under the impression that Nigeria's jùjú legend Ebenezer Obey had retired from the music scene some years ago, but it turns...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

I Love Bikutsi, but I Love Makossa Too!

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The two major musical styles of Cameroun are bikutsi , centered around the capital city Yaoundé, and makossa , from the coastal metropol...
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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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