Being a blogger you keep learning things all the time. Today we found out that very long titles sometimes frustrate the process. I now understand why I was unable to rip this LP before. It has all titles at the A-side glued together and at the B-side, same story. So I wrote all titles in[...]

When most people think about the music of Nigeria, the first thing that comes to mind is probably afrobeat, the darkly funky African jazz stew popularized by bandleader Fela Kuti, himself a Yoruba from the southwestern region of the country. Or perhaps they might mention other Yoruba musicians such as King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer[...]

When most people think about the music of Nigeria, the first thing that comes to mind is probably afrobeat, the darkly funky African jazz stew popularized by bandleader Fela Kuti, himself a Yoruba from the southwestern region of the country. Or perhaps they might mention other Yoruba musicians such as King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer[...]

Ik kreeg gisteren de smaak weer te pakken met die fijne Oliver de Coque plaat. Meestal doe ik het niet maar voor de gelegenheid nog eentje vandaag. In 1988 nam Afrodisia dit album op in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika. Samen met Ogene Records brachten ze hem uit. Hij heeft wel wat krasjes maar speelt[...]

All Samplers 01 - Pépé Kallé et Carlito - Verre cassé, Nasala nini 02 - Ebenezer Obey & his International Brothers Band - Gbe bemi oluwa 03 - l'Ensemble Abricot - Baila guaguanco 04 - Teta Lando - Cecilia 05 - Aloy Anyanwu & State Brothers International - Ndu ka aku 06 - Rafael mendoza[...]

Het was in december 2011 dat ik een verzamelaar maakte met uitsluitend liedjes van exact drie minuten. Een aardige formule die naar mijn mening opvolging verdiende. Vandaag verwen ik je met maarliefst twee opvolgers, volumes twee en drie. Ik had al veel plezier ze samen te stellen. Hopelijk beleef jij net zoveel ple- zier met[...]

Last week one of our loyal visitors pointed me to see that Amazon is making available loads of records taken from my beloved Global Groove. Not only complete albums but also my Global Samplers as well as other of my compilations. A firm called Kipepeo just downloads the files from my website and sells them[...]

It is a collector from 1988, it contains a range of songs in various styles and by various artists from Sierra Leone. Some of the recordings sound very dusty but that's just the way they are. Track #9 concerns a church song, not my cup of tea but I left it. After that it's mainly[...]

In this continuing story of juju craze I'd like to introduce Professor Y.K. Ajao (N.J.K.). He began his musical career in 1962. It kind of went downhill early eighties but with the help of Alhaji Ayinde Barrister he got back in the saddle. The good professor worships Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, of whom more later.[...]

Zo'n 30 jaar geleden kende ik slechts King sunny Adé en Chief Ebenezer Obey als we het over juju hebben. Ondertussen zijn er al iets van 9 verschillende juju artiesten vertegenwoordigd op deze site. Vandaag komt er weer een bij die we nog niet eerder hadden. Uit 1975 op African Songs Limited hebben we the[...]

This lp is a strange one, Joe Mensah borrowed the Sweet Talks Band, two members of Fela Kuti's Africa 70 Organization and thanks Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, various styles and musicians mixed and scrambled until this is what became of it, now you tell me.. file under..? tracks; 01 - Medza menya yi 02 -[...]

To make good digital copy's of my LP's I use a Sony Compact Disc Recorder, RCD-W100. It needs special CDR-Pro Audio recordables and yesterday I was supposed to go to the store to collect my order of them. Because I forgot to do so, I am out of material today and could not make a[...]

If we speak of Juju, we think of King Sunny Adé or Chief Ebenezer Obey. Admiral Dele Abiodun is quite famous too but have you heard of Femi Akinyemi's Juju Lucky Stars ? I never had untill I found this here album. I can't find any information on the web about Femi. He's from the[...]

Next to King Sunny Adé and Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, this is one of the greatest juju artists. Very sweet 1978 album by Admiral Dele Abiodun & his Top Hitters Band. Don't miss it. tracks; 1 Je ka jo jojo adawa system - Osupa o pe meji - Baby mi ma foya - Elemu nget[...]