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Afro sounds in New York Times

Last week was a big one for African music in the New York Times. Check out Piotr Orlov’s feature on Township Funk the now internationally ubiquitous hit made in 2006 by South African producer/DJ Mujava. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5-zQlgoEE] Also peep the big reveal a few days prior in the same paper by Bill Hermes: “Like their international peers African artists are using digital technology to create musical hybrids and distribute them globally,” he says [...]

 

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What did Miriam Makeba mean to you?

Anyone who knows me knows how much Mama Africa means to me. What a treasure we have all lost. In fact there were a few times I was meant to meet her but something came up. I was meant to interview her for a magazine in South Africa a few years ago and she just never pitched, but no one – the photographer and makeup artist included – found it [...]

 

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AfriPOP + K'Naan, part deux

Here’s an exclusive interview with Somali/Canadian emcee, K’naan [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.741069&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D2163813%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A375145%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF] more about “AfriPOP + K’Naan, part deux“, posted with vodpod  

 

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Get to Know...Tumi and the Volume

Tumi and the Volume do London In their near-decade long existence Tumi and the Volume have maintained their reputation in South Africa as the most travelled band of their generation with just two albums to their credit – 2004′s Live at the Bassline and their 2006 self-titled set. Much has been said about the condescending attitudes that daunt the world music circuit, but its followers remain faithful and its purveyors [...]