Yearly Archives: 2009

J.Period and Nneka Present: The Madness (Onye-Ala)

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If you follow me on twitter, you know that Nneka (@nnekaworld) is quickly becoming my favorite artist.  You can imagine my excitement when Talib of This Is Real Music (a maddope music site, by the way) linked to The Madness (Onye-Ala), J.Period‘s and Nnneka’s gift to the world.  I’ve listened to it for about 5 hours straight and I can’t begin to tell you all the things I love about it.  You can’t take my word for it, so you’ll have to listen to it for yourself.  Click on the image to download the .zip file.

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Fela Friday: Baaba Maal Giveaway Edition

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This Fela Friday, I thought I’d share my favorite track from the Red Hot + Riot tribute album.  It’s Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal paying tribute to Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am, here below in it’s ten minute glory:

And just who is Baaba Maal?  AfriPOP! has an excellent interview with this prolific Senegalese musician.  He latest album called Television features the singe Television:

And once again, courtesy of Giant Step, I have a Baaba Maal package to give away to a lucky commenter.  Contest ends at the end of the weekend and the winner will be announced Monday.

Trouble Sleep; Yanga Wake Am – Fela Kuti

Trouble Sleep; Yanga Wake Am – Fela Kuti

Trouble Sleep; Yanga Wake Am – Fela Kuti