Manu Dibango Africadelic 1973 (Original release) 2006 reissue Hi & Fly Records HF00019 RIP Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango, 1933 – 2020, a victim of COVID-19.
Tag: Afrobeat
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 with Ginger Baker – Live! (1971)
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70 With Ginger Baker – Live! (1971) As the newly-revived “Curb Your Enthusiasm” has made abundantly clear, it is far to late to wish you all a happy new year. In fact, I managed not to post anything at all in the first month of the new decade. I had…
Pablo Lubadika Porthos – En Action: Ma Coco (1981)
Pablo Lubadika Porthos En Action – Ma Coco Released 1981 Afro Hit Records Discafrique – DARL-019 (France) 1. Ma Coco 2. Mbongo Mokonzi 3. Madeleina 4. Bo Mbanda Pabulco Lubadika Porthos – composer, arranger, vocal, guitar, bass Lea Lianzi – lead vocal Jo John Mboutany – backing vocal Master Mwana – congas, guitar Domingo “Salsero”…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80 – Army Arrangement (1985)
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80“Army Arrangment” Released 1985 on Celluloid (CELL 6109) Reissued 2001 on MCA (314 549 381-2) I am too upset and angry to write a commentary for this album. I stayed awake all night watching online live coverage of the situation in Egypt, then woke up and watched their Vice President…
Thre Green Arrows – 4-track Recording Session 1974-79 (2007) {Analog Africa No.1}
This post is for Waltzing Matilda in São Paulo THE GREEN ARROWS4-Track Recording SessionReleased 2006 on Analog AfricaOriginal recordings made between 1974 – 1979 1 Mwana Waenda 2 Bambo Makwatila 3 Chitima Nditakure 4 Amai Mandida 5 Towering Inferno 6 Nkosi’s Intro 7 Chipo Chiroorwa 8 Dororengu Rinonaka 9 No Delay (Bullitt) 10 Nhengure 11…
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band – Take One 1974-79 (2006) [Analog Africa No.2]
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band Take One (1974-79) Analog Africa No.2 2006, Alula Records (ALU 2002) What a thing of beauty this disc is! Africa during the 1960s witnessed a host of incredible bands that came to prominence playing their music in the dim afterthoughts of colonialism, the sweat and smoke-filled corners of leisure found in…