It is hard to believe that thirty years have passed since Franco died. Regular visitors of this blog (if there are any) probably recall my ...

Only a year ago we celebrated his 80th birthday with a selection of his work , today we mourn his death. There are no words for the sadness...

Yet another of my musical heroes has passed away, and once more too young. I still had high expectations from Kasse Mady Diabaté , who passe...

A tribute to Le Poète Lutumba Simaro, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Tracks (all composed by Simaro): 01. Na Lifelo Bisengo Ezali ...

I am well aware that it has been over a year since the last post on this blog. I hope to change this in 2018, but am making no promises. For...

I am still looking for a way to get some kind of logging of the changes and updates to earlier posts. In the meantime this update seems wort...

I have been plowing my way through the immense wealth of Guinean music, which is the result of Graeme Counsel 's efforts to retrieve wha...

Is there an element linking this and the previous post? The answer is yes. What both artists have in common is a unique and original singing...

A few posts to round off this disappointing year... In the first of these I would like to share with you a cassette by Hawa Dramé . Hopeful...

'Tempus fugit', often translated as 'time flies', actually means 'time escapes'. This is how I experience the passin...