Of course, this song is in my head like 60% of the time, anyway. Feels like an eternity since I've blogged with any regularity... It...

Just heard the news. More to come as I learn it. R.I.P. Thanks to John B. for furnishing us with this mp3 of Oliver's biggest hit, ...

Sorry I was so slow on the uptake identifying this song when N.I.M.M.O. mentioned it in the comments... Of course I remember "Highlife...

The Sylvers - "Wish That I Could Talk To You" > S I G H

American disco music has taken over Africa. During the days of Victor Olaiya, the Uhurus, the Ramblers dance-bands there was jazz music from...

It's not like Sonny was just all anti-apartheid all the time, holy war, Africa for Africans, liberation for the people, fight the power ...

I should probably mention at this juncture that the above photo showing Sonny Okosuns having a larf with Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Jonny Woode...

sigh Man. I'm gonna have to skip the Okosuns post tonight. Tomorrow, we'll talk a bit about Nigeria's foremost music historian a...

Well, more like 24 hours, really. I just got hip to her yesterday and I have since been unable to stop thinking about this song: I really li...

It was in the 1970s and 80s that Sonny Okosuns achieved his greatest success, forcefully projecting through his music a message of African u...

I've got an elephantine backlog of entries to put up, so I hope I get the chance to post 'em all this week. And of course, we will b...

Yes, I stay bigging up Boogieheads because it's one of my favorite podcasts and Obafunkie jR is a really cool dude to boot. I just start...

According to Nigerian gossip blogger Niyi Tabiti , Sonny Okosuns died this morning (apparently at Howard University Hospital in Washington D...

Well, this is a bit of an oddity. Throughout the 1980s, the name "Nkono Teles" (or sometimes "Nkono Telex") was a regul...

To the millions of music lovers in West Africa, the heart warming sounds of the PEACOCKS INTERNATIONAL span every big town and city. You may...

By request: George Ema - "You Lie"

When I picked up this album in a Lagos market about eight years ago, I was motivated less by any curiosity about the music it contained than...

For the Anonymous commenter who requested it: Dizzy K. - "Sweet Music"

William Onyeabor - "When The Going Is Smooth & Good" Sorry it's not really the best quality... Every copy of this record I...

It's been quite a while since our boy Obafunkie jR posted up a new show on Boogieheads Radio, and I for one have been left feenin' f...