Current musical obsessions of pop R&B artist Jordanna, violinist and composer Lucy Little, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
Tag: Awesome Tapes From Africa
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A new compilation uncovers soulful treasures from 70s and 80s Somalia
Sweet as Broken Dates reveals a dazzling world of Somali pop, much of which was stashed away nearly three decades ago to help it survive the country’s oncoming civil war.
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The best of the 2016 World Music Festival
Highlights of the 2016 World Music Festival include Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, electro-rumba innovators Ìfé, and forward-looking Indian classicists Anjna and Rajna Swaminathan.
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Check out some sleek post-Golden Age Ethiopian jams from Hailu Mergia
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Eti Gual Blenai,” from the keyboardist’s overlooked 1977 classic Tche Belew.
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Awesome Tapes From Africa at Smart Bar Friday
Brian Shimkovitz plays tapes for dancers.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Shichangani,” a pioneering slice of South African shangaan disco
A track from the 1994 breakthrough album by South Africa’s Penny Penny
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The one-man-band futurism of Ethiopia’s Hailu Mergu
Awesome Tapes From Africa releases an Ethiopian obscurity from Hailu Mergia of the Wallias Band.
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12 O’Clock Track: Dur-Dur Band, “Garsore Waa Ilaah”
Forgotten music from Somalia’s better days
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Awesome music from Africa
The great music blog Awesome Tapes From Africa starts a record label with a reissue from Nahawa Doumbia.