Good morning fellow music lovers, as you might have seen Jillem at HTD just posted Lucho Bermudez' collector that was released by my friends of Radio Martiko from Gent , Belgium. Wonderful music, in a later stage I will post some old originals from his hand. Another famous orchestral leader from the same period was[...]

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[...]

The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Vincent Okoroego, a former member of Steven Osita Osadebe’s Nigeria Sound Makers were a leading Igbo “guitar highlife” group of the seventies and eighties in Nigeria. The Ikengas called their style of music “Ikwokilikwo”, a fast-paced form of highlife popularized by Oliver de Coque and Godwin Kabaka[...]

01 - José Basso - La cumparsita 02 - Orquesta de Jorge Dragone - A la luz de un candil 03 - Jorge Caldara - Uno 04 - José Basso - Viejo café 05 - Fulvio Salamanca - Tu angustia y mi dolor 06 - Trio Los Modernos - Cuesta abajo 07 - Armando Pontier[...]

From Colombia we have this record with 'musica parrandera' or just 'parranda' today. We have had some albums with it before. The greatest in this style was without doubt Guillermo Buitrago but we also had Efrain Gonzalez, Bovea, Pedro Quinta, José A. Bedoya and others. These musicians used to go around from bar to bar[...]

Gisteren beloofd, vandaag maar gelijk de koe bij de horens gevat. Het was een beetje een bevalling, drie keer opnieuw begonnen omdat het opnemen de mist in ging, eigen schuld, dikke bult. Wat is het geworden ? Na wat single dozen door te hebben gespit viel de keuze vandaag op deze zeven singles uit Panama.[...]

For your lazy sunday afternoon we've got this 1975 album with the great Celestine Ukwu and his Philosophers' National. Gentle and lyrical Igbo highlife. It has this ultra relaxed feel like the sound of Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe and Ali Chukwumah. Chillin' .. Speciaal voor je luie zondagmiddag hebben we vandaag dit zeer relaxte album[...]

We know him as Lucho Bermúdez, his full name was Luis Eduardo Bermúdez Acosta. He was a Colombian musician, composer, arranger, director and performer. Lucho Bermúdez was perhaps the the main person responsible for having made cumbia and porro become stan- dards of Colombian music internationally since the 1940's. Matilde Diaz sang in most of[...]

tracks ; 01 - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Ndi afu 02 - The Latin Brothers - Bailame como quieras 03 - Kiland & Orchestre Mabatalai - Dernier voyage nassali part 2 04 - Tião Motorista - Manhã de Carnaval, A felicidade 05 - Andrés Landero y su Conjunto - La pollera rosada 06 -[...]

The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Vincent Okoroego, a former member of Steven Osita Osadebe’s Nigeria Sound Makers were a leading Igbo “guitar highlife” group of the seventies and eighties in Nigeria. The Ikengas called their style of music “Ikwokilikwo”, a fast- paced form of highlife popularized read more tracks ; 01 -[...]

Over ten years ago we had this one album by Nigerian heroe called Muddy Ibe with his Nkwa Brothers System. What a great artist. So happy to finally follow up on that one. His style makes me think of Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe a little bit, not a bad thing. Wonderful rhythmic break, sweet stuff[...]

Ik moet hoog nodig inlopen met de Samplers die verwijzen naar hoogtepunten in het oeuvre van de Global Groove. Met deze vol.62 bereiken we december 2016 en lopen dus zo'n twee jaar achter op de feiten. Voordeel is dat je op deze manier weer even wordt gewezen op al het moois uit het verleden en[...]

This is Prince Nwafili Ezekude who also calls himself Ali Chukwuma Junior. No idea if he is somehow related to the old Ali Chukwuma but he honours him with this LP. One way or the other, this sounds kind of fresh and young. A little bit like the style of Stephen Osita Osadebe. Incredible rhythm[...]