Artur Nunes (17 December 1950 – 27 May 1977) was an Angolan musician, composer, and activist. In his time, Nunes was one of the most influential voices and composers in the pre-independence days of revolutionary Angola. Nunes, along withh David Zé, Urbano de Castro and many others, was a part of read more Artur Nunes[...]

Nine Angolan Singles Seven 7" de Angola vol. 1 All Angolan posts 01 - Jucas - Muxima kuiba 02 - Jucas - N'galassa iami 03 - David Zé - Maria rasgadora 04 - David Zé - Merengue s. antónio 05 - Luanda Show - Paxi ia kuá n'gola 06 - Luanda Show - Angola livre[...]

José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho is his real name, but we know him as 'Bonga'. When he was 23 years old he became the Portuguese record holder on 400 metres. Angola was still Portuguese in those days. In 1972 he quit running and started his musical career. This is his debut album. It is not[...]

Just a few days after we had Volume 1 I found the third volume of this great Angolan series. My friend Edo took off a fair part of the price and we agreed on the deal. You are the lucky ones today on which I share it. Let the globe enjoy listening to this rare[...]

From a crate digging trip in Portugal we find this quite rare collector of Angolan semba. An underrated type of music that can clearly use some more attention. Our dear colleague Stefan from Worldservice brought us 'Folclore de Angola' in 2009, an album which contains a few of the same artists and from the same[...]

We hadden al eerder een compilatie van Angolese Singles, dit is de tweede in rij. Zeldzaam in Portugal opgedoken 45 toeren spul welke je zeker niet zult willen missen. Ik heb de hoesjes en de labels in de file gestopt. Luister er weer fijn naar .. We had us a compilation of Angolan 45'son an[...]

Eentje uit Angola's 1975 is deze met Carlos Lamartine en zijn Conjunto Merengue. Zij brengen een relaxte vorm van semba, twaalf mellow songs op 'Angola Ano 1'. De elpee vertelt het verhaal rond de strijd om onafhan- kelijkheid. Angola ano 1, Angola jaar 1, alsof de jaartelling opnieuw begon in 1975. De onafhankelijkheid was een[...]

Het afgelopen jaar een mooie trip gemaakt naar Lissabon om Angolese plaatjes te vinden. Vandaag de eerste zeven 7" singles daar opgedaan. Moeilijk te vinden in Nederland, iets beter in Portugal maar ook daar moet je wat geluk hebben. Sla dit zeker niet over .. Last year I made this little trip to Lisbon to[...]

Op het Portugese Iefe label vinden we deze casette met muziek uit Angola. De tape is uit 1988 maar de muziek is volgens mij uit de jaren zeventig. Artiesten als Os Jovens do Prenda, Carlos Lamartine en Os merengues brengen mooie oude tunes op deze tape met slechts zes nummers. 'T is niet veel maar[...]

Na jaren in Nederland de beurzen te hebben afgezocht, nauwelijks een plaatje uit Angola kunnen vinden. Er zat maar één ding op, naar Portugal waar vanzelfsprekend meer te vinden zou zijn. En zo was het, in Lissabon vond ik diverse handelaren die me verder konden helpen. Wat een gelukje om deze pracht verzamelaar te vinden.[...]

On the 4th of may I posted Sofia Rosa which was more or less the first Angolan post here at the GG. Searching for Angolan music is a frustrating thing, hardly anything appears on fairs or markets. And if you find something, huge prices are asked. That's why I'm extremely happy to bring you this[...]

Today's post concerrns another album which was not ripped by me. It is a quite obscure record with Ngoma Jazz from Angola. On Discogs I didn't find it, only a single with this cover. The cover probably does not belong to the album, but since we have no other option let's use it for now.[...]

Early eighties the reggae/dub poetry movement took place. We saw Poet and the Roots, which was Linton Kwesi Johnson, Michael Smith, Benjamin Zephaniah, Oku Onoura and also Mutabaruka. This is his 1983 album we played a lot almost 40 years ago, time flies. The lyrics are still relevant today. Protest songs about war, rape, discrimination[...]

Third album of the late and great Teta Lando. Track 1 and 3 open with some background noise, until a better copy appears we'll have to do with this one .. Wikipedia Discogs Tia Chica 1974 Independencia 1975 Seven 7" de Angola Ritmo ..Os Melhores ..de Angola 1 01 - Eu vou voltar 02 -[...]