That's a shout-out to my Calabar peoples. I was quite delighted when I found this LP--Well, actually I didn't exactly recognize it, ...

Have I ever mentioned that Maxwell Udoh is one of my favorite Nigerian singers? I can't even make out what the hell he is saying more th...

I just learned this evening that highlife musician Obiajulu Emmanuel Osadebe has died. This development is made doubly saddening by the fact...

Big bout yah!

If you subscribe to the Boogieheads Show (and if not, why not?) then you probably heard this about three weeks ago, but Obafunkie has been h...

Good afternoon. William Onyeabor - "Good Name" God bless you and your family.

Welcome to 2009, fam... I trust we all safely made the crossover and all are here and accounted for? Good... Then let's keep on doing wh...

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...