Category Archives: Music
Amadou & Miriam – Masiteladi
Enjoy!
Oumou Sangare – Dugu Kamalemba
She is on the list of artistes I plan to see perform live someday.
Afternoon music break – Cheikh Lô
Cheikh Lô’s Set. Enjoy!
Osibisa – The Warrior
I’ve had this major Ohrwurm for the past two days. In any case, it is one I’m very happy with. Enjoy!
Sunshine Day – Osibisa
Let’s start the day with some sunshine!
Noon music break
Ali Farka Toure’s Allah Uya
Nneka on David Letterman
Nigerian-born singer, Nneka, performs on David Letterman’s show. Someone writes on Twitter, ‘it feels good to hear ‘Nigeria’ being mentioned for something good on US National TV. …’ I wrote about her first album a couple of years ago here.
Lionel Loueke
Just learnt of him through NPR’s A Blog Supreme. A short bio: Loueke was born in Benin, studied music in the Ivory Coast as a teenager, did further jazz-specific training in Paris for five years and finally ended up with a Berklee scholarship. In Boston, he met his trio: Swedish bassist Massimo Biolcati, who has… Read More »
Terry G….. Free Madness
The artiste, Gabriel Amanyi a.k.a Terry G, talks about the song: It’s a beat I did for my friend. His name is Black. I was making the beat for the song which we were supposed to do together. And as usual, before I begin every recording session in my studio, I usually test the microphone.… Read More »