Slim Ali and the Hodi Boys – You Can Do It
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Slim Ali was born in Mombasa, Kenya back in December of 1947 and started playing music while in high school at Hamisi Secondary School. He played some stints with the Kitale Hotel Band and the Tusker Band before deciding to join the Hodi Boys — a band formed in 1966 by Geoffrey Ngao, Nick Kim […]
Two Niles to Sing a Melody
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“Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan” is a journey through the golden age of Sudanese music and a restoration of this forgotten heritage. […]
Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band
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The first full length album by The Walias Band & Hailu Mergia, recorded and released in 1975 by the band’s own label.
At Zula Club he and his mates formed Walias Band and did something no other band in Ethiopian nightclub history had done: they started buying their own musical instruments. Until then the club […]
Grace Decca – Munyenge
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Grace Decca (Ndom’a Deccah Grace) is a Cameroonian singer from Douala, the younger sister of Ben Decca, a well-known Makossa singer. She performed alongside her brother between 1984 and 1989, before starting her own solo career.
Doï La Mulema is an EP, her second album, released in 1993.
Thirteen years after her last release, she […]
Mombasa Vikings – Kibe Kibe
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The short bio for the Mombasa Vikings on Discogs says: Kenyan funk, benga and afrobeat band from Mombasa, recording one LP in Switzerland in the early 1970s.
Destination Mombasa Reef Hotel, 1970s. The prestigious resort had a fittingly unique in-house band in the form of The Mombasa Vikings. Casting afrofunk and benga spells with raw […]
Baba Bhy-Gao Dombia – Bintou
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Bhy-Gao fut un énorme succès dans son pays, avant de quitter la Centrafrique pour l'Afrique de l'ouest, puis la France aux débuts des années 80.
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako – Mali Denou
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The original version of Mali Denou, by Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako.
In 1969, an ambitious army lieutenant, a key member of the new junta which had seized power only the previous year, decided that a band was needed to entertain customers at the Motel De Bamako, […]
Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux – Mandjou (TV)
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Avec Salif Keita au chant et le guitariste Manfila Kanté, le titre “Mandjou”, extrait de l’album éponyme sorti en Côte d’Ivoire en 1978, est un hommage au Président guinéen Ahmed Sekou Touré.
C’est ce titre qui va révéler Salif Keita et propulser le chanteur au rang d’idole.
Le contenu de cette chanson est à rapprocher […]
Djelimady Tounkara – Fanta Bourama
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One of Africa’s most admired guitarists, the virtuosic Tounkara was the longtime lead player in the Rail Band (a.k.a. Super Rail Band), a popular Malian group that was born out of Africa’s midcentury craze for Latin music. On “Fanta Bourama,” a sparkling acoustic track, Tounkara plays a romantic, flamenco-style lead, showing off his chops for […]
Yoruba Women Of The Drum
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Not a lot of information on this album from 1995 with Madam Comfort Omoge and Madam Mujidat Ogunfala, called ”Yoruba Women Of The Drum”. It’s best to listen to it…
Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music […]
#70smusic #Compilation #Drums #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic
Nguenang – Wouck
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Cameroonian singer, arranger and composer N’guenang Myke Maurice aka Nguenang recorded his album Doty Gouock in 1980 in Abidjan.
Nigeria Soul Power 70
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Compilation “Nigeria Soul Power 70 (Afro-Funk ★ Afro-Rock ★ Afro-Disco)” […]
Mad Man Jaga – Wakabout
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The “Wakabout” LP by Mad Man Jaga was originally released on Sir Victor Uwaifo‘s label JOROMI, in Nigeria, in 1978.
Musically the LP is a fairly unique collection of slightly off-killer percussive afrobeat funk; the arrangements are brass friendly, slick on the keys and framed with a rich resonant deep soul vocal and to complement […]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #FullAlbum #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae
Bembeya Jazz National
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Tout au long de sa longue carrière, jusqu’aux années 90, le Bembeya Jazz a compté dans ses rangs de nombreux grands musiciens : son fondateur et chanteur Aboubacar Demba Camara, le grand guitariste Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté (aka “Diamond fingers”), et le chanteur Sékouba Bambino qui y débuta à 19 ans.
Le Bembeya Jazz National (créé […]
Bobo Yéyé – Belle Epoque in Upper Volta
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Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a compilation available as a 3-disc, 37-song box set.
Burkina Faso was called The Republic of Upper Volta. Then came Thomas Sankara. During this period of cultural revolution, in the ’60s and ’70s, the nation exploded with new bands and sounds, mainly across its large cities. Centered […]
Soir Au Village – Manu Dibango
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In 1974, Manu Dibango is at the top of his art, 2 years after the explosive release of Soul Makossa. His EP “Soir au Village,” of course on the Fiesta label, is quite différent but also contains a hit. The B-side is Mwasa Makossa (from his album “Makossa Man“). […]
The Free Music
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“The Free Music” est un album qui reprend neuf morceaux du groupe éponyme formé par l’artiste libyen Najib Al Housh, soigneusement choisis au sein de leur discographie de dix albums autoproduits à partir des années 1970, offrant un mélange unique entre funk, disco, soul et reggae… […]
Cameroon Garage Funk
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“Cameroon Garage Funk” is a compilation of “obscure” tracks from 1964 to 1979.
Yaoundé, in the 1970´s, was a buzzing place. Every neighbourhood of Cameroon´s capital, no matter how dodgy, was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise those musical riches. The country suffered from a serious lack of proper […]
Kabasa – Unga Pfula A Chi Pfalo
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From the compilation Next Stop Soweto Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco, & Mbaqanga 1975-1985.
#Compilation #Disco #Mbaqanga #Rock #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya
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Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation.
Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from Arabic musical [...]
#60smusic #AfroFunk #Ethiojazz #Jazz #Sudan #OldAfricanMusic
Youlou Mabiala – Carte Postale
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Born Gilbert Youlou in the French Congo on the 3rd of March, 1947, Youlou sang with various groups in and around Brazzaville, but was still a comparative newcomer when “Le Grand Maitre” Franco heard him there at a club in 1966. Franco was in exile from his native country, the Belgian Congo, soon to be […]
Abranis – Chenar le blues
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“Chenar Le Blues” released in 1977 has been a big hit on Algerian national radio. This album marked the band response to the Doors.
Pioneering group of Algerian music, which was the first to fuse Berber and Western sounds, using Rock, Folk or Funk to celebrate its Kabyle heritage. The starting point of this adventure, […]
Nana Kwame Ampadu – Yaa Amponsah
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Nana Kwame Ampadu (31 March 1945 – 28 September 2021) was a Ghanaian musician and composer credited with numerous popular highlife tracks and he is known to have composed over 800 songs. He was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and founder of the “African Brothers Band”. He is regarded as a pioneer of highlife music […]
Ogyatanaa – Yaa Amponsah
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In the 1930s, Sam’s Trio, led by Jacob Sam, was the most influential of the highlife guitar-bands. Their “Yaa Amponsah”, three versions of which were recorded in 1928 for Zonophone, was a major hit that remains a popular staple of numerous highlife bands.
The Ogyatanaa Show Band, aka Burning Fire Show Band, was one of […]
Harry Mosco – For You Specially
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The late Harry Mosco was the lead vocalist for legendary 1970s Nigerian afro-funk band The Funkees.
The best way to take you right back to 1970s Lagos.
After unsuccessfully moving back to London, the group disbanded (after just four years) and Mosco released his first solo EP Specially For You in 1977.
Mosco had already formed a new […]
