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Here’s a little story that must be told.
Straight outta Pretoria, from humblest beginnings, to a track that’s makin em stop, listen, and shake ass worldwide.

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Soooo hey yeah three years ago this guy Joe Tangari (whom you LOVE) wrote a piece for Pitchfork about Afrobeat that mentioned 100 songs. Then (and this is why you LOVE) he slapped together a torrent of 99 of the songs, plus liner notes (the text of his article). It’s called Africa 100, and if [...]

So Orchestra Baobab just came through town, and I read a review that was so over the moon about the show that I had to investigate. And hey guess what! Great band!
As you know, my chi is weak when it comes to non-Western music, but I’m starting to climb the ladder. The bottom rung [...]

Here’s a little story that must be told…
I was cooling it in this chocolate cafe (that’s right) reading a book, and I couldn’t help but overhear the couple sitting at the next table. They were talking about music, and I heard the woman say how much she liked an album by a Somali rapper. She [...]