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Michael Olatuja takes time to ‘Speak’

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Michael Olatuja is no stranger to the stage.  He has been performing for years and has played with Stevie Wonder, Lisa Stansfield, Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Terence Blanchard, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and The Lighthouse Family, to name a few.

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Siji: The making’s of “Yearning For Home”

Written by Prudence Chauke | May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yearning for Home” is a deliciously blended samba taken from the Nigerian-born, Siji’s sophomore album, ‘ADESIJI’. The single profoundly speaks for itself and, as one who is far away from home, I immediately fell in love with the song, as every line in the song took me miles away and had me reminiscing about the land that birthed me.

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ReCreation - Zap Mama’s New Album

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Zap Mama wants to send us  on a vacation…even if it is only in our minds. Her new album, ReCreation,  features, among others,  actor Vincent Cassel, Bilal and G. Love and offers up some spicy Brazilian rhythms. Performed in unique Zap Mama style, the album lives up to the unique style that makes Zap Mama.

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Oran Etkin - Bridging Bamako and Brooklyn

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Oran Etkin, a native of New York,  brings together elements of modern jazz with traditional African and Israeli music and features Malian, Israeli, and American musicians.   The notables are vocalist Abdoulaye Diabate, and Grammy Award-winning artists Lionel Loueke and John Benitez who are on a collection of eleven tracks that pay true testament to the essence of “kelenia,” the Bambara word for love between people who are different from each other.

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K’NAAN: The road to Troubadour

Written by Prudence Chauke | March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Allow me to present to you the top 5 single’s from K’naan’s new album, “Troubadour” in stores now! It is already creating big waves worldwide. ‘Troubadour’ is an album filled with organic songs, painting realistic pictures from a mind traveller’s point of view.

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Cloud Tissa: ‘Physically Fit’

Written by Prudence Chauke | March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Name: Cloud Tissa

Album:Physically Fit

Features: Nameless, Wyre, Risasi, c.I.d and Didier Uwayo

Produced by: Robert “rkay” Kamanzi, Julian Hruza and Eric Musyoka » Read more…

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Jonathan Butler: From Jazz to Gospel

Written by Prudence Chauke | February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Jonathan Butler is a born and brewed South African Grammy award nominee and an internationally acclaimed artist whose music has weaved hope and faith, inspiring fans all over the world.

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Carol Atemi: “Speechless”

Written by Prudence Chauke | February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

‘Speechless‘, in more ways than one, is the perfect title for this album that left me speechless after my one-on-one session with it. Ms. Carol Atemi, a neo-soul/afro-soul artist whose current album, ‘Speechless‘, spoke volumes to my soul, is a Kenyan daughter with a  flirtatious, divalicious voice that carries lyrics intertwined between the Swahili and English language.

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Sira - Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Volker Goetze is a musician and filmaker who has toured West Africa, Europe and Asia.  He has worked with many international artists, and has collaborated with Ablaye Cissoko, a master Kora-player and singer from Senegal.  What do you get when you team two world class musicians?  You get the album, Sira.

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WAYNA: “DayDream”

Written by Prudence Chauke | January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Happy New year fellow sons and daughters, I trust every soul alive is eager as I am about the new year as the Jamati family will again carry us through, bringing us the hottest and the latest African news that we’ve got to get in tune with in 2009.

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Akon: Freedom

Written by Prudence Chauke | December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The anticipated album, ‘Freedom‘ is now in stores and, in it’s first week out, the Senegalese entrepreneur and multi-platinum selling artist has done it again, claiming number one spots on music charts and radio stations with his story-telling album.  It features tracks like ‘Beautiful’, ‘Keep You Much Longer‘, ‘We Don’t Care‘ , ‘I’m Paid‘, and ‘Freedom’ etc.

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