Time is always the issue here, and it is even this very moment.
I’ve got to run again but didn’t want to leave home without
posting this sweet album by Nyboma, enjoy it..

tracks;

1 Coeur à coeur
2 Les générations
3 Aïcha motema
4 C’est ci ou c’est cela

I felt like posting some salsa today and choose an album with
the voice of Adalberto Santago. Debut album of Los Kimbos,
good music, good voice, good atmosphere.

tracks;

1 Los Kimbos
2 Enamorado
3 Te soy sincero
4 Salamera
5 Canto a elegua
6 El lapiz
7 Bonco
8 Tras un vacio
9 La verdad
10 Los Kimbos

Today, 20 years ago, we lost ‘le grand maitre Franco Luambo Makiadi’.
I was going to post one of the ‘Le Quart de Siècle’ series but I saw
that one of my fellowbloggers posted all four of them. ( Worldservice )
Two years before his tragic death, Franco played here in the Netherlands.
Unfortunately I was not sharp then and missed it. Good thing we have this
live registration which I am posting instead. It contains a live version of
Lutumba Simaro’s ‘Testament ya bowule’ which I like so much.
Not Franco’s best live album but very appropriate for this day.
Clicking on the above text enlarges it.

tracks;

1 Mono Muntu
– Miguel
– Mandola
– Testament ya bowule
2 Cherie Obebisi Musi
– Papa Yeye
– Boya ngai

If you find an album on Eddy’Son’s label, big chance you’ll find
Master Mwana-Congo on it too. He participated in lots of Eddy’Son
projects. To honour this great guitarist they made him an album on
his own name. Master Mwana’s guitar style deserves very much to
have it, check out Master’s New Style !

tracks;

1 Mal eleve
2 Yoka
3 Mpassi-Zou Dio
4 Gouter laisser

Some Samba on the Saturday night guarantees your partymood. This is the
second album by the legendary ‘Originais do Samba’. It’s the fourth one
on this page. This group scored loads of hits in their days and their
records are still very popular among sambalovers. Hope you like it.

tracks;

1 Vou me pirulitar
2 Eu gosto demais da menina
3 Samba, de Holanda
– Tem mais samba
– Sonho de um carnaval
– Quem te viu, quem te vé
– Noite dos mascarados
4 Carnaval sem fantasia
5 Senhor Samba
6 Olha quem chega
7 Se papai gira
8 Em ritmo das 4 grandes
– Marquesa de santos
– Romaria à Bahia
– Salgueiro, berço de samba
– Jóias das lendas Brasileiras
– Exaltação à Portela
– Rio dos vice-reis
– Casa grande é Senzala
( Samba enrêdo da Mangueira )
– Semente do samba
9 Paticumba
10 Lá no morro
11 Com tristeza e sem poesia

It’s only just wednesday evening but if you put on this record, volume
up, you’ll be dancing around the room in no time. Pepe Kalle’s soukous
rocks like no other and sitting is just no option with this album.
Just down it, put it on, and get up from that chair..
By the way, the trackorder on the backsleeve is different from
the label. I believe the last one.

tracks;

1 Liya liya faina
2 Ekofo
3 Djamaica
4 Mandja

Look who’s back, King Sunny Adé is here with a killer album.
If you’re a juju lover do not miss this one, superb instrumentalists.
Talking drums, hawaian guitars, sweet beat.

tracks;

1 My dear
– E gbe kini yi laruge
– Iran akin lo nduro de ogun
– Enu o dun elenu a pon la
– Odu oteyi yato
– Emi nfe
2 Iya o se paro
– Ori o bami se temi
– Toju ebi e
– Ohun to ba gbin
– A mbo o

Sam Mangwana started out in the early 1960’s with Vox Africa and
Festival des Marquisards before joining Tabu Ley’s Afrisa. In 1972
he switched to OK Jazz for three productive years before returning
to Afrisa. Eventually he set up a splinter group in West Africa called
African All Stars, with whom he developed a pan-African sound with pop
and Caribbean rhythmic undertones, which has been the basic for a
successful globe-trotting solo career.
( Rough Guide to Worldmusic )

tracks;

1 N’simba eli
2 Reporter
3 Bolingo colle colle
4 Astrida N’de

About a year ago I found a bunch of Mecican 10″es on the Utrecht
bi-annual recordfair. The next one is in november and I’m already
waiting for it. Trio Tariacuri is a group I didn’t know before,
they play mariachi like we used to hear it in them old Mexican movies.
I particularly like this little album for it’s atmosphere, ooooy ooooy.

tracks;

1 Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo
2 Peregrina
3 Pelea de gallos
4 La llorona
5 La malagueña
6 El jinete
7 Plegaria Guadelupana
8 Costeña hermosa

For the past few days I’ve been working a lot and didn’t find the
time to make a post. Today I do but can’t decide what album to pick.
Since the GG is still some 4 months behind with it’s Samplers, it
seemed logical to use this moment to make the next one.
This Sampler covers posts made in the month of May. Hope U like it.

tracks;

1 Ramito – A los borincanos
2 Guillermo Buitrago – Grito vagabundo
3 Raphy Leavitt – Jibaro soy
4 Orchestre du Bawobab – Am saxul
5 Celina y Reutilio – Yo soy el punto Cubano
6 Trio Los Neutrales – El dolor de Micaela
7 Maria Tanase – Aseara ti-am luat basma
8 Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz – A.Z.D.A.no 1&2
9 Kyeremateng Atwede & Kyeremateng Stars – Never follow woman
10 Ramito el Cantor de la Montaña – Mujer traidora
11 Jean Bokelo & Ensemble Conga Succes – Bana conga baleli liwa ya Sinatra
12 Andrés Landero – Maria de Los Reyes
13 Verckys – Bankoko baboyi
14 Mayos Muana Ngombo – Nalembi-Kotuna
15 Joseito Mateo y su Orquesta – Perjura
16 Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros – La negra caliente
17 Kongo Retro Band – Air fluvial
18 Elio Revé y su Ritmo Changüi – Señores silencio