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Vocabulary 29 Jul 2013 | 07:53 pm
In the past few days I have been in the precise mood for this classic album from 1984. I hasten to add that I am not a fan of this orchestra, Super Diamono (or Jamano) de Dakar, but I do love this lp....
On sort O.K. 16 Jul 2013 | 01:18 am
In this second commemorative post I am going back to the start of Franco's O.K. Jazz. The three EP's I would like to share were released in the early 1960s, but the songs on these were recorded betwee...
75 13 Jul 2013 | 01:47 am
I had intended to finish this post last Saturday, July 6, as it was the date on which Franco would have celebrated his 75th birthday. But both the warm weather here in the low countries, plus work and...
New links 12 Jun 2013 | 11:08 am
I have refreshed a few of the links that have 'died' in the course of time. In chronological order: 2008: - that seminal cassette by Abdoulaye Diabaté & le Koulé Star from Koutiala. An absolute must ...
Twist 9 Jun 2013 | 06:18 pm
"Danser le twist"(1965) © Malick Sidibé Although still at a 'tender age' I have consciously lived through the era of the twist. I have vivid memories of aunts making a total fool of themselves. And o...
Faja 14 May 2013 | 01:25 am
It has been quite a lot of work collecting the material for this post. In all I have spent nearly six months going through unlabelled videos, looking for what I was sure I had recorded. I was dangerou...
More videos 13 May 2013 | 12:58 am
I have updated a few videos. First I have collected all I have of the programme "L'artiste et sa musique" featuring the (unfortunately late) queen of kamalen ngoni music Coumba Sidibé into one video: ...
Videos 12 May 2013 | 05:15 pm
This post is mostly intended to draw your attention to this remarkable video posted on YouTube by Ngoniba: And if, like me, you can't get enough of these videos, please look around for more on Ngonib...
Money 30 Apr 2013 | 12:41 am
The processes of the mind are a mystery. In the last few weeks, ahead of the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander (April 30, i.e. tomorrow), a calypso from the 1930s has been continuously popping up ...
Union 26 Apr 2013 | 06:53 pm
In the aftermath of the death of Margaret Thatcher I have missed a documentary analysing the relation between Thatcherism and the present economic crisis. Perhaps it was broadcast and I just did not s...
