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...

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

George Iboroma--was one of the most popular proponents of 1970s dance band highlife--well, in Eastern Nigeria, anyway. I still remember this...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I love it when readers send stuff in... Not just because I'm genuinely interested in other people's insights, experiences and inform...

KANYE WEST "Welcome To Heartbreak" Directed by Nabil from nabil elderkin on Vimeo . Say what you will about the man, but Kanye a...

NYC salsa band leader Joe Cuba dies at 78 By Laura N. Perez Sanchez, Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN — Salsa band leader Joe Cuba, dubbed t...

(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...

(Consider this an unofficial companion piece to John B.'s great post on the golden age of Ghanaian highlife over at Likembe. ) When Ghan...

from the Independent Online State witness Mpho Maruping said her husband had confessed his involvement in Dube's botched hijacking and g...

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...

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, ...