From The White House Briefing Room. President Barack Obama: (Trumpet plays.) I like this. Thank you. Thank you. I think Congress needs one of those horns. (Laughter.) That sounds pretty good. Sounds like Louis Armstrong back there. (Laughter.) Good afternoon, everybody. It is a great honor for me to be in Accra and to speak… Read More »
For a Friday afternoon. Vieux Farka Toure – Ali Farka Toure’s son – paying tribute to his father by singing the father’s song ‘Ai du’, live. Enjoy!
I was in Amsterdam over the weekend, and my friends persuaded me to see Wouter Hamel – not like I needed a lot of convincing though. I went with them to Paradiso to see the concert. Really nice stuff… tuneful, soulful and unassuming. I got home this evening, got on Youtube, and found that there… Read More »
This Sunday morning, I am sitting on my bed listening to Iyawo Olele, by Dr Orlando Owoh. I remember listening to Orlando’s music on LP in our sitting room when I was growing up. It was one of those old record players that had to constantly have its pin changed… if you remember those. I… Read More »
Does anybody have any idea where I could get a CD by the Lijadu Sisters? I have been scouting the net but cannot seem to find it anywhere. Amazon lists a cassette and an LP but no CD. Any info?
I know, I didn’t decide to learn to play the guitar but the sax, but that does not mean I cannot show my love for these two brilliant musicians. I used to be a member of a jazz club when I was in the university. It was called the Jazz Nucleus. We didn’t play any… Read More »
Image via Wikipedia Sometime last year I blogged about Freshlyground, shortly after Dave Lucas drew my attention to them. I have been listening to Nomvula most of this week and I think they deserve another mention. I love the ease of their music, and the way it gently creeps up on you… and no, not… Read More »
I woke up this morning with Nine Million Bicycles playing in my head, and I thought that it might be a good idea to share a bit about Katie Melua, the artiste who did Piece by Piece, the album that has the Nine Million Bicycles track. Ketevan ‘Katie’ Melua is a Georgian-born British musician. She… Read More »
Sometime last year I wrote about Asa’s album. At that point I had only listened to a few of her songs, because, as I wrote, I was not able to buy the album on iTunes. I got it a couple of weeks ago in the market here in Cotonou, from a Nigerian-owned electronics/VCD/DVD/CD stall. I… Read More »