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Fr Mildew (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Thanks. Thank you for all your prayers and advice. I changed to Co codamol as a painkiller yesterday but will go back to Paracetomol I think. The former is constipational. I cant take Nurofen because of my slight Asthma. I find it difficult to sleep properly and I started on this at 6.30am today. I dont expect any real change in pain until tomorrow at least. Dignity of Death. The programme Something...
Derek Sivers (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
When I was 17, in 1987, I went to New Orleans by myself for a few days. Guitar on my shoulder, I took a taxi to the airport, and the driver said, “A musician! What kind of music do you play'” After telling him, and asking where he's from, he said, “I'm from Nigeria! You must hear the best Nigerian musician, Fela Ransome Kuti.” He wrote it on a piece of paper for me. Back in...
wears the trousers magazine (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Norah Jones The Fall •••½ Blue Note In 2002 you couldn’t draw breath while watching commercial TV without exposure to an advert for Norah Jones’s debut album Come Away With Me. With an interesting back story (she’s the daughter of the world’s most famous sitar player, Ravi Shankar), a mellow pop-jazz sound that offended no one, and a [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
GUNTUR: Within a week of the devastating blast at Narayanpur in Dachepalli that killed 12 persons, Sub Inspector of Police, Dachepelli, D. Ramesh Babu was suspended by Guntur Range Inspector General of Police K.R.M Kishore Kumar on Sunday on ...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
When Makeba died on stage last year – the way she had always wanted to go – she was mourned all round the world.
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHENNAI: Osibisa means “criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness”. The pulsating poly-rhythms of this acclaimed British Afro-rock band have never stopped making audiences across the world go wild with joy. Founded by ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
KOCHI: The laidback waters of Kochi came alive with the British Afro-pop band Osibisa churning out legendary foot-tapping numbers that had its denizens sway to the African drumbeat in one exalted synergy. The band that arguably founded ...
SoundRoots (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baaba Maal's discography goes back more than a decade, and he's always shown an inclination to blend the sounds of his native Senegal with other influences, from reggae to funk and, on his latest CD Television , electronica. The Brazilian Girls co-produced the album, and you can hear their modern New York sound in there, as on the title track " Television ." To be honest, I don't think this...
PUT ME ON IT (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baaba Maal released his album "Television"
Young & Bossy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fela Kuti - Shakara After a tough week at work there is nothing like a blast of Fela to lift the spirit. Those BIG horn blasts bring a touch of sunshine into the current shitty English weather.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
It took almost 15 years, but longtime friends Sahr Ngaujah and Saycon Sengbloh are together again on stage albeit a much larger stage - in "Fela!" on Broadway.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Among other facts about Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, on whose life the Broadway musical "Fela!" is based - he had 27 wives.
Jewschool (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It’s time once again for my not-quite-weekly song of the week. This week, klezmer superstars (the only in existence) The Klezmatics sing “Holy Ground” from their 2006 Grammy Award-winning album, “Wonder Wheel.” All of the lyrics on the album are previously unrecorded lyrics written by Woodie Guthrie inspired by his experiences with Jews and Jewish culture. [...]
PostNews Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
(Story from Gef's football Club) The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will face the Panthers of Gabon in their opening group game at January’s Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. This follows draws made this Friday in Luanda that also place...
planet mondo (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
We've got a guest blog-spot today! So grab your boarding passes, pack your dancing trousers and prepare to be both shaken and stirred as Cocktails from Cocktails and Records takes us on a world tour of pan-continental funk and groovy global warmers…. Hello folks and thanks to Mr Mondo for letting me take over his fabulously Funky Friday! spot this week. Winter may be seeping through the doors...
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