This is an online find. Recorded live at the Bracknell (UK) and Willisau (Switzerland) Jazz Festivals. Zila Personnel: Dudu Pukwana (leader, alto and soprano saxophones and whistles), Pinise Saul (vocals, cabassa), Harry Beckett (trumpet and flugelhorn), Django Bates (keyboards), Eric Richards (electric bass), Paul Gamblin (guitar), Churchill Jolobe (drums), Thebe Lipere (percussion). Pukwana, who left [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Dudu Pukwana and Zila
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Assegai, Brotherhood of Breath, Chris McGregor, Churchil Jolole, Dudu Pukwana, jazz, Pinise Saul, South Africa, Spear, Thebe Lipere, Zila on February 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Arise Magazine
Posted in Not just about Africa, tagged Arise Magazine, Nigeria, This Day on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Nigerian media company This Day (they also had a short-lived South African daily newspaper version of the title) launched its new monthly magazine, ARISE, late last year. This is the first and latest issue for 2009. Here (You can look inside the magazine).
El Anatsui is coming to Brooklyn
Posted in art, tagged BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn Historical Society, cloth sculptures, El Anatsui, garbage, Ghana, Nigeria on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The work of the Ghanaian artist (and art professor in Nigeria) known for his cloth sculptures made from discarded garbage) is set for an exhibition at the BRIC Rotunda Gallery from March 25 and a lecture at the Brooklyn Historical Society on April 15. Here’s some background.
‘Cloud cuckoo land’
Posted in South Africa, tagged economics, inequality, politics, South Africa, The Economist, Tito Mboweni, Trevor Manuel on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“… The income of the top 10% of the population (still predominantly white but including a growing number of middle-class blacks) is nearly 100 times that of the bottom 10%.” The Economist on South Africa’s economic and political crises.
Gnawa
Posted in Music, tagged Algeria, black Algerians, Gnawa, gumbri, Khaled Louma, Maalem Benaissa on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted with vodpod I am catching up. Speed-blogging about lots of things and topics, especially music, I have spotted around the blogosphere the last month. Like this performance by Maalem Benaissa, a famous Algerian musician of Gnawa, a genre practiced by an ethnic minority in that country. The instrument he is playing, is the gumbri. [...]
Nastio Mosquito is dead
Posted in art, tagged Angola, CASA Africa, Luanda, Nastio Mosquito, Portugal, video, websites on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, the Angolan artist (performer, videographer, musician, poet, spoken word artist, provocateur), has a new website and he has a lot to say. The site includes his manifesto (where he announces, among others, the above) as well as a series of musical (?) performances.
The music of Adam Glasser
Posted in Music, tagged Adam Glasser, Caiphas Semenya, David Serake, Free at Last, harmonica, jazz, Pinise Saul, South Africa on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just discovered the music of the South African-born, London-based harmonica player Adam Glasser, who has just released his debut record, ‘Free at Last.” This is old school South African jazz. The tracks I liked–I bought them off iTunes–are an upbeat tune “Mjo” featuring Pinise Saul who performed with Dudu Pukwana and the two tracks [...]
Movaizhaleine
Posted in Music, tagged Bwiti, Gabon, hip hop, Movaizhaleine, MTV MAMA Music Awards, Mvet, Nous on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted with vodpod Lately I have been going on about how I mourn the demise of hip hop here in the US. As a result, I suggested, I am going into nostalgic mode (and will over the next few weeks and months list the best of what I consider hip hop’s best years). At the [...]
The Guitar and the Gun
Posted in Music, tagged African Internationals, Ghana, Guitar and the Gun, highlife, Likembe, music blogs, Noko Nya M'akire on February 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Via Likembe.
Musique du Congo
Posted in Music, tagged Baloji, Congo, DRC, Global Voices Online on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted with vodpod Global Voices Online recently had a great post with videos and links to songs, blogs, and audio reports that captures current developments in Congolese (DRC) music. It includes the music video, above, by the hip hop artist Baloji about Congo’s violent history.
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