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Africa

Hey Hey

January 7, 2009

Ho Ho. The flu is sucking the life out of me and so.
Luckily, there’s an easy remedy for life-suckage — you put the song in the coconut and mix it all together say DOCK-TAHHH
Esau Mwamwaya (a young Malawian singer now living in London) and Radioclit (a two-man European DJ/production/bootybouncer team) not only put together one [...]

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That’s Not Good Is Great

December 10, 2008

Welcome To Mali has gotten a fair amount of attention due to the fact that it was co-produced by Damon Albarn. Maybe Amadou & Mariam needed a PR boost?
They sold more than half a million copies of their previous album, recorded the official theme to the 2006 World Cup, and will be playing Obama’s inauguration, [...]

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Globe Fonk

December 2, 2008

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.
DJ Mujava – Township Funk (you like? buy on bleep.com)

http://www.myspace.com/mujava

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Fellows And Friends:

June 19, 2008

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 [...]

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Straight Outta Dakar

June 9, 2008

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 [...]

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Customs At LaGuardia

June 2, 2008

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 [...]

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