Ayinla Omowura was without any education, worked as blacksmith, driver, butcher, carpenter and park boy when he was discovered by Adewole Alao Oniluola, who later became his lead drummer. Ayinla worked with his superior Haruna Ishola and Ayinde Barrister among others. Read his Wikipedia page for further information. This is his vol. 5, National Census[...]

This is Waida Ayinla Yusuf Gbogbolowo, better known as Ayinla Omowura. Ayinla's apala is hot here at the GG. His album 'Ire Wole De' from 1974 is the download champion with 3138 times. Over a thousand more than the number two which is Arsenio Rodriguez' album 'Primitivo'. Ayinla Omowura has five records here, no idea[...]

We saw him on several earlier occasions. We have some solo albums, one with his firend Shina Peters with whom he worked under General Prince Adekunle. Segun Adewale reformed his juju to become Yoruba Pop music or in short Yopop. This is his 1984 record Atewo-Lara. Like yesterday's post an elpee on the outstanding Ibukun[...]

In the continuing story of Global Samplers we have arrived at No. 77. This one covers posts from around november 2018. Slowly getting closer to the present .. 01 - Arsenio Rodriguez - Que te parece juana 02 - Lamartine - Kimbemba 03 - Super Etoile de Dakar - Deugue la vérité 04 - Black[...]

"With wealthy Nigerian backers, Sir'' Shina Peters combined juju with elements of Fela Kuti's Afro-Beat style and the upfront drum sounds of fuji music into a style he dubbed Afro-Juju." ( Rough Guide ) This 1984 album on Makossa fascinates from beginning to end. Sir Shina Peter's afro-juju is full of surprising turns and sounds,[...]

I have been thinking to do this for a long time, now finally rounded up a compilation of accordeon music. It goes from Rumania to Puerto Rico and from the Netherlands to Brazil. The sound of Squeezeboxes warms us people all around the world, let's see how many countries we've got here. I gave you[...]

From the very East, tonight we move over to the very West. It was not very original of me to put together a collector of singles. Take a look at this one, Decca West Africa came with this collection of six ten-inch singles in 1963. Imagine that in one year, the record will be 50[...]

With over 1100 posts, the Global Groove is becoming quite a reference book. Lots of styles from lots of countries are to be found here. To help you find your way through all those LP's, there are several options. If you know what you're looking for, just type it in our search-bar on the left.[...]