I would like to start this week with a dose of high energy from Senegal. Although I have had this album by Orchestre Gorom for years, it is ...

Words fail to express the sadness I felt at the news of the death of another great human being, talented musician and friend: Mamaye Kouyaté...

I have been busy digitising another batch. Unfortunately this resulted in another 'issue' which had to be resolved: lack of disc spa...

I am hoping that this post can shed some light on a mystery that's been bugging me ever since I have heard "Bilombe ya mindule...

Let me start this post by drawing your attention to the update of an earlier post, which dealt with a delightful collection of songs from I...

I copied this cassette from Ali Farka Touré in the early 1990s. He used to bring cassettes along on his travels, usually from local celebri...

I would like to begin this post by referring you straight away to the site of Muzikifan , which not only offers a concise discography of Sup...

A quick midweek post now, and one in a very different mood and from a different culture. In an earlier post I have already mentioned the in...

In 1981, celebrating the 25th birthday of his orchestra, Franco released a series of four LP's: Le Quart de Siècle de Franco de Mi Amor...

I can imagine that it can very tempting to write about James Brown and his influence of Congolese and African music in the context of this r...