Taraf de Haidouks live on French radio
Romania’s Taraf de Haidouks will be making a special appearance on the France Inter radio show “Le Pont des Artistes”
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Last minute: African rap in Norway
In terms of diversity and colour, nothing beats African rap. We just got news that the South African band Black
Read moreUman adds hip-hop to ragga stylee
We just heard the first single from Original Uman’s album “L’aventure c’est l’aventure”. Uman made a mark for himself first
Read moreKoçani Orkestar announce French dates
Macedonia’s incredible Koçani Orkestar have just announced a series of dates in France. YouTube has a video of them playing
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Pascal Schumacher European and Australian dates
We saw the Pascal Schumacher Quartet again just before the summer. What can we say? They are still as tight,
Read moreMamadou Konte remembered in Marseilles and Paris
As mentioned below, the death of Mamadou Konte was a great loss to African music (and indeed the US and
Read moreFela Kuti son kicks up a live storm
Reviews of the Seun Kuti live shows with Egypt 80 in North America have been very good, with reviewers again
Read moreCheckpoint 303: Free music from occupied territories
Apart from the Chehad̩ brothers, I had never really thought about Palestine as a source of music Рand certainly
Read moreSummer festivals, Part 1: Africa Fête
We’re beginning to get a lot of press releases concerning summer festivals. One we thought we’d highlight is the annual
Read moreVisa problems for Konono N° 1 in Europe
The bad news this week is that the Konono N°1 European tour has been hit by the visa blues. The
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