So, as I was saying... (or as I meant to be saying yesterday but didn't get a chance to come back to it) ...I had to insert a break and...

Still mega-busy, fam... Transmission will re-commence soon. In the meantime, check out this vid and enjoy the light-skinned gal's consis...

I've been slacking on the blog lately partly because I've been busy working on Now Again Records' upcoming Nigerian fuzz funk co...

It appears a lot of people enjoyed the clip from "The Stephen Osita Osadebe Show" I posted last week and want to see more.* So her...

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...

It's extremely rare to encounter live performance footage of Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe because like many musicians of his generation h...

Imagine the imagination of one useless small boy the other day... Just because I said that I'm not feeling most of the contemporary hip-...

Just a few quick picks today, folks... A random selection of rare pop tracks from the 1980s. Saint Emmy - "Something Real, Something Go...

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 went to high school at Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, one of the prestigious "unity schools" established from 1970 onw...

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

And like the last Bongos LP I posted, it's a bit rough. What can I say? Bongos' music was and is THAT adored in Nigeria--his records...

(Title being an eminently lame pun referring to this immortal jingle. ) UMUKEGWU BOYS OPINION with headquarters headquarters [sic] in AKOKWA...

Let's see... The last two posts dealt with Izon musician Echo Toikumo and guitarist Benjamin Otaru, who eared his chops under Ijaw bandl...

A few months ago, John B. posted a nice series on Likembe spotlighting some of the music from the Ijaw/Okrika/Izon peoples of Nigeria's...

We haven't yet taken a look at Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey but we will... at some point. Today we'll just check out a taste from a...

Yes, it's a placeholder... I haven't really had time to make any new entries, so for now just enjoy these 1980s Naija funk cuts pull...

(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...

The Calabar of my childhood was not today's affectedly quaint, glossily-packaged tourist trap but a city lost in time. Back then, the to...