I realize that it's been out for a while now but I heard Shakira's World Cup song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" for t...

On the real, I haven't felt much like writing anything since, y'know... the whole thing with MJ and everything, but I just thought I...

The photo above was grabbed from this video of Fela Ransome-Kuti performing at the famous Luna Nite Club in Calabar in 1971. I don't th...

The Apostles - "Feeling Happy" I almost forgot to mention: If you are in the market for some firsthand accounts of the 1970s Easte...

We've talked before about the Warri-based band Aktion (a.k.a. The Aktion Funk Ensemble) which started out as The Actions, one of the ...

Since I've not been posting that much lately, I didn't get to mention the passing of Clifford David Nwaire--a.k.a. "Cliff David...

I hate the way my updates have become increasingly infrequent, but I've got a couple of projects that have been taking up a lot of time....

Been super, super busy, fam... But keep checking in; things will be back to normal in a little bit, I think. For now, here's a little so...

A few months ago over on Likembe , John B. posted a few selections from Rusted Highlife Vol. 1, a compilation of forgotten highlife classic...

Found myself hankering for some country sounds, and since we all enjoyed the last Naija Sounds in Country & Western Music mix, I decide...

After last week's sustained surge of posting, I just had to drop the ball this week, didn't I? I think I shall give the "ever...

I don't know if it's a matter of Victor Uwaifo leading and everybody else following, or if it was just something in the air around B...

Well, not "rock" in the balls-out, yeh! yeh! yeh! sense--you'll find no searing solos here, no raucous drumming, no ecstatic ...

As I've said before, I love it when readers chip in around here. Our friend Melvyn was kind enough to share with us the very much in-dem...

Emperor Era Jenewari & His Globe Kings Dance Band - "Globe King's Special" Emperor Era Jenewari & His Globe Kings Danc...

This is another band with a name that is very sweet in the mouth, especially when you pronounce it with a proper accent: AWW-taard-OOSS. Th...

Actually, I don't know for a fact that Bob Aladeniyi is King Sunny Ade's younger brother, but I think he is (anybody in the know, f...

Singer/guitarist Danie Ian (pronounced "eye-AN" ) is perhaps one of the most tragically undersung heroes in the annals of Nigerian...

Who were Sons of Izzu? Wish I could say I knew. Hell, I wish I could say I knew what year their album Ago Follow You Go was released. But s...

(This probably shouldn't be a "Jake Sollo Is Awesome!" post, but it's been a while since I said Jake Sollo Is Awesome. And...