Documentary on Hiphop in Northern Nigeria
Check out the 22-minute documentary here. HT Kwame.
Category Archives: Music
Saturday night music
Discovered Ayo not so long ago. Check out her website. A colleague walked into my office about three years ago and dropped her cd on my desk. This is what I wrote after I listened to it. Her website. Discovered Joy Denalane on Last FM. Still exploring her music. Her website.
Amadou & Mariam – Sabali
I woke up to it this morning. Enjoy!
Join me to enjoy Ayo’s music
Ayo – Lonely von Ayo Check her out on her website.
Nigerian musician Nneka on Network Africa
This is really good stuff! HT Nyokabi
Music – Rokia Traore’s Dounia
The 20 Best Albums of 2009… So Far
Amadou and Mariam’s Welcome to Mali is number 6. The review by Spin’s Lindsey Thomas: In 2005, Dimanche a Bamako served as this blind Malian couple’s international breakout, but producer Manu Chao’s contributions — found-sound snippets, liberal use of his own vocals — sometimes overshadowed them. The follow-up (without Chao) is a more straightforward Afro-pop… Read More »
What I am currently listening to
Amadou et Mariam’s latest album, Welcome to Mali. Check out these two YouTube videos from the album. Sabali, the first track on the album. Masitéladi…. See this funny commentary on the video.
Two Versions of So What
Yea, it is a Miles Davis morning. And with Coltrane
On Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Guardian’s Richard Williams on Kind of Blue: It is the most singular of sounds, yet among the most ubiquitous. It is the sound of isolation that has sold itself to millions. Lovers give each other Kind of Blue, even though its mood offers no consolation, let alone ecstasy. But those who give it want to… Read More »