Okay, here we go trying out Megaupload for the first time.
I received lots of advice and it’s hard choosing the right one.
A try-out seems to be the best way to find the best solution.

Since Rapidshare attacked my juju posts so massively, a Chief
Ebenezer album seems at place today. This Lp on Shanachie is not
the least, Shanachie Records always stand for quality recordings
and so is this one. I found it in mint condition and it sounds
just great. Let me know if you have problems downing it, check.

tracks;

1 Awa ewe iwoyi
2 E ma se lo
3 A fi eni oluwa koyo
4 Ohun oju ri laiye
5 Asiko mi ti to
6 Ko easy lati je omo okunrin
7 Oro mi ti davo

Always great covers on Oliver de Coque’s LP’s. Like this album
from 1982, it is a bit worn out but spins like it should.

tracks;

1 Ekwueme youth club of Nigeria
– Ndi amama nenuwa
2 Onye aghana nwanne ya
– Onye nwelumadu nuwa kene chukwu

Lanrewaju Adepoju was a Poet in the Yoruba tradition.
This music is called Ewi, it sounds a bit like Juju but not
exactly. Try out Lanrewaju Adepoju.

tracks;

1 Itumo ayé
– Igbesi aye omo eniyan
– Alhaji Danjuma Haruna ( agege )
2 Wonyosi
– Oba William Ayeni
– Oba Tijani Oyewusi
– Alhaji Alimotu Sadia

Good afternoon groovers, today I have another Nico Mbarga for you.
African music, and specially West African, is ruling at the GG, no
other part of the world attracts so many listeners. Prince Nico is
back and he’s kind of restless.

tracks;

1 No die, no rest
2 Forgive me
3 Celibataire avec des enfants
4 H.N.B. Explosion

On the Nigerian RAS label I recently found this LP.
Smahila’s work was unknown to me untill this album.
It contains a couple of great songs among which, ‘All Stars’,
an ode to Roger’s All Stars, and they deserve it, very nice.
Unfortunately the soundquality is not so good, but still..

tracks;

1 Love
2 Help
3 Ils n’est jamais trop tard
4 All Stars

With the Nigerian civil war, late sixties, Highlife practically
came to an end in Nigeria’s western region. Tribal discrimination
forced all Igbo musicians to move from Lagos as guitarband highlife
was more and more identified with the east as Igbo-Highlife.
One of the diehards, keeping guitar highlife alive, was Stephen Osita
osadebe who recorded more than 30 albums. Here’s one of them.
( Info from the Rough Guide on Worldmusic )
By the way, this dish starts a little crispy
but mellows out along the way.

tracks;

1 People’s club special A
2 People’s club special B

Goodafternoon, summer is really breaking through in the Netherlands.
Temperatures rise to far in the twenty’s ( Celsius ), weather for
a little Nigerian Highlife I’d say. Check this.
I found this LP on a recordfair not so long ago, an item that does
not give us the information we’d like to find. Backsleeve just tells
us titles, a year and nothing else. Nevertheless, the music is
worth a spin, or two.

tracks;

1 Izu kamma na nneji
2 Chukwu kere mmadu
3 Chineke wetuo ekwensu
4 Mangala special
5 Ichere chi amaghi onye iwu
6 Ajam ashi-mi

Look who’s back. Prince Nico Mbarga scored a huge hit in 1976
with Sweet Mother and eversince he sings about social and
family related matters. On this here album we hear about his
view on polygamy. Worn out cover but the LP itself
is still in quite good condition. Enjoy Nico Mbarga.

tracks;

1 Polygamy
2 Njikoka
3 Experience 001
4 Simple truth

When I find another Oliver de Coque I always get exited, if
it’s his exentric way of dressing, the covers are always great.
Or the uncomplicated highlife, interlarded with Congolese style
guitars, it thrills me playing this stuff time after time.
Listen to this gentleman, listen to Oliver de Coque !

tracks;

1 Anyi cholu uwa silili welele
– Ozo emezinam
2 Egwu bu ife chi nyelanyi
– Ngozi si naka ndi okenye abia

In two days, this blog celebrates it’s first anniversary.
We are not as big as our fellowblog Loronix who had about
a million visitors in it’s first year but no complaints.
Global Groove is alive and kicking. Check out this great album
by Dr. Victor Olaiya, it was the first post on this blog.
Classic highlife and hard to find, enjoy it once more!

tracks;

1 Omo pupa
2 Pariboto riboto
3 Yabonsa
4 Ewa
5 Opatarisius
6 Kiriji Kenkeluke
7 Omo lere aiye
8 Lafia san wa
9 Kale san wa
10 Aigana