Asa et la belle Afrique imparfaite
Asa talks about her new album, Beautiful Imperfection, with Jeune Afrique. HT to Bunmi, who also wrote about shattered glasses in the visual culture of activism.
Category Archives: Music
Kinshasa Symphony
A friend dragged me to a small arthouse cinema last Friday to see Kinshasa Symphony, a documentary about Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, a Kinshasa-based symphony orchestra. I thought it would be cheesy and all bleeding hearts, but it wasn’t. It shows the passion of some people who love classical music in a country that is not… Read More »
Saturday Morning Music – Asa’s Be My Man
Freshlyground and the Zimbabwean government
You probably already know about the Freshlyground music video. Well, in what is probably the least surprising news of the day, the Zimbabwean government has pulled their work visas. Upcoming concerts in Zimbabwe are cancelled. Listen to band members Zo and Simon talk on the PRI’s Global Hits programme here [mp3].
Sunday afternoon music – Nigerian oldies
I’ve been doing the oldies for a few hours now. Thought to share a bit of it. Enjoy.
Hank Crawford – I’ve Just Seen a Face
I’ve been looking for this for a few years now. On the cassette that I had it was mislabelled as Tico Rico. Today, I decided to look for all the tracks on the Hank Crawford’s Tico Rico album on Youtube. (Post PhD-submitted, trying-to-figure-out-what-I-should-be-doing-right-now-that-I-don’t-have-to-obsess-over-not-writing phase.) Imagine the joy when I finally found it. So, join me in… Read More »
Our Road – Lee Oskar
Part 1 Part 2 Enjoy with me!!
Lijadu Sisters in rehearsal and conversation
Via Naijablog
Friday music break – Nahawa Doumbia singing Banani
Is it because of too much coffee and too little sleep, or is this as hauntingly beautiful as I perceive it to be?
Johny Nash – Rock me baby
It is one of those evening. Enjoy the music, if you can graciously ignore the slides.