Dear visitor, good morning. Yesterday we had a somewhat misplaced post. It was given to me by a friend and I should have done my homework. It concerned a Youlou Mabiala which was messed up. I decided to take it down and give you something worth the disc space. Let's see .. This is The[...]

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[...]

Number One Om de zoveel tijd bereikt mij het verzoek eens de meest neergeladen plaatjes van de Global Groef te etaleren. Nu, hier zijn ze dan weer eens. Je begrijpt dat door de jaren de volgorde wel eens verandert. Ayinla Omowura staat echter zo ferm voor op de anderen dat deze niet snel van z'n[...]

Yesterday I realised, far too little Lee Perry here at the Global Groove. I'm gonna make up for it straight away by doing a whole week of Lee Perry, Upsetters and such. This Heart of the Ark, vol. 2 features Lord Creator, Earl 16, Jolly Brothers, Henrick Nicholson, Righteous, Bro- therhood andTwin Roots. Nine cool[...]

Speaking of football, or soccer, whatever you prefer, I decided to make a collector about it. It begins with a track from a cd full of 78's collected by John Peel's wife. Nice old song, in the middle we have two African songs, one Colombian and another oldie with the Marx Brothers. On no.13 we[...]

tracks; 1 Gerard Kazembe et Jambo Jambo - Nsele paradis ya congo 2 Orchestre African Team - Monsieur largent 3 Etta James - The pick-up 4 Orchestre Lomeka - Kidiba 1 5 Robert Johnson - Kind hearted woman blues ( slow version ) 6 Master Bob Akwaboah - Wabo so 7 Ramito - En el[...]

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.[...]

It's been a while since we had us some Nigerian highlife. Together with Nico Mbarga, Ikenga Super Stars, Oriental Brothers and African System Orchestra, to call a few, these guys belong to the cream of the crop of the highlife scene. Everything about this album is right, good cover, great sound quality, perfect material for[...]

It is getting closer now, carnaval is on our doorstep. I took this picture in Rio, 2 years ago, time sure flies. This is Global Sampler vol. 20 already, it samples the LP's posted between december 13 and december 28. There's plenty variety on this one again, enjoy it. tracks; 1 Young Tiger - Tiger[...]