| Big Deal: Strut Records’ new Nigeria 70 Compilation and the legend of Sir Victor Uwaifo | April 2, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen on the momentous occasion of the release of a new Nigeria 70 compilation.
| All that Sunshine: Re-Introducing Sunburst | May 6, 2016 |
Strut Records is re-issuing music from the great Tanzanian rock band, Sunburst.
| One World, Many Sounds: An Interview with Pierre Kwenders | February 5, 2016 |
Lua Demeny talks with Pierre Kwenders about the stupidity of World Music as a genre, Igloofest, and high fashion.
| You Don’t Know the Blues: Bombino Returns with “Inar” | January 26, 2016 |
Bombino's new album promises to be great because the Black Keys are nowhere near it.
| Pyrex Pyramids: Egyptian Rap Keeps Cooking | April 14, 2015 |
The leaders of Egypt's Electro-Chaabi rap movement continue to thrive
| One World Under a Groove: Batida’s “Pobre E Rico” | July 22, 2014 |
Now Jordan Pedersen really wants to go to Angola too. “Write what you know,” they say. Great advice, except if what you know is boring as sin. Not that that’s a problem for Lisbon DJ Batida. According to an interview with iCrates, Pedro Coquenão was born in Angola but came up in Lisbon. He grew up […]
| It Began in Africa: Kasai Allstars | July 14, 2014 |
Peter Holslin was a pizza in a past life There’s hypnotic music, and then there’s Kasai Allstars. Hailing from the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this regional supergroup—whose 15 core members belong to five different ethnic groups, each with its own language and musical tradition—specializes in a mix of melodious xylophone, fuzzed-out likembe, […]
| Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Live in Paris, 2013 | September 11, 2013 |
For those who don’t know: Seun Kuti, the youngest son of god, continues to tour the world playing his father’s music with his old backing band, creating a own modern version of afro-beat. The affect is sort of like Dam-Funk if Dam-Funk was in the actual bloodline of Roger Troutman. A few days ago, Seun […]
| Shots Fired Episode 13: The Motherland Episode w/ Guest Femi Kuti | January 24, 2013 |
Another episode of Shots Fired, another blog post in which I awkwardly ramble about the title of said episode. But Nocando pointed out that Africa is the cradle of civilization, so technically, it is everyone’s Motherland. All qualifies aside, this is one of my favorite episodes that we’ve done. The first half is devoted to […]
| New Hyperdub videos from Morgan Zarate & LV | August 10, 2012 |
Son Raw is playing some tunes at Off The Hook Clothing in Montreal right now. Come pay him a visit. Hyperdub’s output has been so unpredictable over the past couple of years that this video from Morgan Zarate feels almost as surprising as a Laurel Halo album. I mean, DUBSTEP? On Hyperdub? You must be […]
