Intense solo instrumental music from Upper West, Ghana. Stark, virtuosic, the hypnotic, magical music of S.K. Kakraba is performed on the gyil, a Ghanaian xylophone made of 14 wooden slats strung across calabash gourd resonators.
Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”.
While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release...
In the vibrant streets of Tembisa, South Africa, amidst the sprawling urbanity connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, the story of Moskito began. Formed...
"Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band...
Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the four-on-the-floor, ribald intensity of bikutsi. The Ewondo-language...
South African mbaqanga and bubblegum instrumentals for the dancefloor! Awesome Tapes From Africa focus on the second album release by one of the key players...
This sought-after tape from 1994 by Ghanaian musician Ata Kak gets a reissue on Awesome Tapes From Africa! The seven tracks on Obaa Sima touch on rap,...
Reissue of Noel McGhie?s only full length LP, released in France in 1975 at cult private label Disques Esperance! A true rare groove classic, a one of...