By Unknown Thursday, October 13, 2011 Ebenezer Obey Juju Nigeria Yoruba Adventures in Angularity I hate to say this, but it's been ages since Ebenezer Obey has waxed anything worth listening to. For the last twenty years he's be...
By Unknown Sunday, October 9, 2011 Miriam Makeba Other Blogs South Africa A Heads Up Kudos to Siemon Allen at the always-worthwhile Electric Jive blog for Miriam Makeba - Tracks Less Travelled (1958-98), a fascinating overv...
By Unknown Thursday, October 6, 2011 Bumba Massa Congo Lingala Soukous Smooth as Butter Congo music doesn't get much smoother and more elegant than Bumba Massa's 1982 outing L'Argent et la Femme (Star Musique SMP601...
By Unknown Saturday, October 1, 2011 Bikutsi Cameroun Makossa Cameroon Fever Vol. 1 Ken Abrams does it again with Cameroon Fever Vol. 1 , a tasty collection of tracks from that country, mostly from the golden '80s, when ...