Linos Wengara Magaya – Ndakakutaurira
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Linos Wengara Magaya is a UK-based Zimbabwean musician and bandleader. His band, Zimbaremabwe, covers a variety of styles, but specializes in the chimurenga style of electric mbira music pioneered by Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited.
Zig Zag Band, Chigiyo
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Zig Zag Band, a band from Kwekwe in Zimbabwe, fused traditional Zimbabwean rhythms with reggae to produce a hybrid genre they called “Chigiyo,” based on a traditional dance from Chimanimani, in East Zimbabwe. This was one of their biggest hits: “Makatukura” is a protest track against the rich and their corrupt accumulation of wealth. […]
RIP Thomas Chibade
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One of Malawi‘s biggest music stars, Thomas Chibade, dead at the age of 37 in October 2023. His compositions, between Reggae and AfroPop, were popular among young Malawians.
He started his carrer in the early 2000s with his album “Zatukusira”, a Chichewa word which could be translated as “It has come out”. […]
Sol X-RAY – Great Love
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Eklu-Natey Salomon alias Sol X-Ray est un artiste togolais de Reggae.
The Free Music
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“The Free Music” est un album qui reprend neuf morceaux du groupe éponyme formé par l’artiste libyen Najib Al Housh, soigneusement choisis au sein de leur discographie de dix albums autoproduits à partir des années 1970, offrant un mélange unique entre funk, disco, soul et reggae… […]
Harry Mosco – Step on
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“Step on” comes from Harry Mosco’s “Peace & Harmony” LP. Originally released in 1979 the album is something of a hidden gem that touches upon Disco, Funk, Boogie, Soul and Dub. Harry passed away in 2012.
Harry Mosco Agada was the lead vocalist of The Funkees, and after they split up, he released solo albums […]
Tommy T Feat. Mahmoud Ahmed – Anchin አንቺን
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Tommy T was Gogol Bordello‘s bass player (2006-2021) & was born and raised in Addis Ababa. “Anchin” translates to the feminine pronoun “you” in Amharic. The song features Mahmoud Ahmed, the Ethiopian crooner and was released in 2019.
Mista Savona – Havana Meets Kingston
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“Havana Meets Kingston” was an original release in 2017 – a world-first project bringing together musicians & artists from the two Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Cuba.
Recorded at Egrem Studios in Centro Habana, and Bob Marley‘s Tuff Gong Studio in Kingston, Jamaica.
Includes fresh versions of “Chan, Chan,” “El Cuarto De Tula,” and [...]
Alpha Blondy – Whole Lotta Love
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“Whole Lotta Love” comes from “Human Race” released in August 2018 by Alpha Blondy. It’s a revisited version of Led Zeppelin‘s original song.
Alpha Blondy – No Brain, No Headache
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“No Brain, No Headache” comes from album “Positive Energy” by Alpha Blondy & The Solar System in 2015. Reggae with a real Rock vibe…
Many invited artists on this album: two Jamaican big names (Ijahman on “Rainbow In The Sky” and Tarrus Riley on “Freedom”), the Zouk boss Jacob Desvarieux on “N’Teritche” and a promising young […]
Tiken Jah Fakoly – Dernier appel
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Tiken Jah Fakoly, de son vrai nom Doumbia Moussa Fakoly, né le 23 juin 1968 à Odienné, en Côte d’Ivoire, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et chanteur de reggae ivoirien. Il remporta le prix RFI Découvertes Afrique en 2000.
Dernier appel” est un album sorti en 2014. Nneka et Alpha Blondy sont invités.
Alpha Blondy – Sankara
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Thomas Sankara was killed on 10/15/87 in Ouagadougou.
This is the second track on “Jah Victory”, a 2007 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy, recorded with Jamaican musicians Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar and Sly Dunbar on drums. “Jah Victory” is his 14th album.
“The enemies of a people are those who keep them […]
Stephen Marley – Ghetto Boy
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Stephen “Ragga” Marley‘s track “Ghetto Boy” featuring Jamaican dancehall stars Bounty Killer and Cobra from album “Revelation Part II: The Fruit Of Life” in 2016.
Remembering Lucky Dube
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Commemorating the death of an African Reggae legend/icon: Lucky Dube was shot and killed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in October 2007.
Lucky Philip Dube (3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English, and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South […]
