I realize that not everybody observes the yuletide (I'm not necessarily a big Christmas guy myself these days) but we all like music, no...

Stumbled upon this on Youtube. After watching it like 12 or 16 times, I just had to share it! I don't really expect anyone else to get ...

(Someone requested The Doves' The Lord is My Shepherd in the comments, but it might be a while before I can rip that... So I hope this ...

It seems a lot of people really felt Henry Pedro's "Midnight Sun" above all the other songs featured on the "Naija Sound...

As 2008 winds to a close, I think I will spend the rest of the month mostly filling overdue requests and posting up old entries from the vau...

The Vitamin Explosions were a moderately popular local band in Calabar when I was a kid (though I think they might have actually been based ...

Are people still having trouble downloading the links, particularly Wednesday's? Please check in here and let me know if you're stil...

We've talked before about the immense popularity of "sentimental" country music in Nigeria, so just for kicks I just decided t...

Farofa, a meal composed of cassava flour toasted in fat or grease, is a staple food in Brazil. It is also the name of a musical movement la...

MsMak requested this one yesterday. As has been previously established, Nigeria had long been one of the world's most important markets...

BeninBoy requested this song, so here it is: Harry Mosco - "If Only I Could Fly" From the 1982 LP, Sugar Cane Baby.

Technical problems kept us away for a minute, fam... You might have noticed that none of the links on this blog were working for a while the...

So I wake up this morning and we've lost another legend of African music... And I mean, one of the titans. Over the years, the continen...

Orlando Owoh dies at 74 The legend of Kennery highlife music, Dr. Orlando Owoh on Tuesday passed on at 74, report. Victor Akande and Dare A...

Look, I'm not one of those people who thinks the world's gonna change overnight, but it still is history, ain't it? Besides, it...

Soundzzzzz of the 80s... And this time, it's a special guest mix by yours truly. (I apologize for the slightly ropey production... I had...

Back in this post, I wrote: I remember seeing [Martha Ulaeto] on TV singing "Everlasting" and "Ije Lovu" surrounded by ...

There's a song I've been trying to find for years now. It was popular around 1985 or so. Had kind of a calypso or dance band highli...

The band was officially called The Apostles (or The Apostles of Aba), but as some of their album covers announced them simply as "Apos...