Comprised of members of the Luhya Tribe, The West Bridge Band is a quartet of musicians led by Wamalwa Lusweti, who is the inventor and builder of the Litungu, a nine-stringed instrument. Each of the members […]
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Live Concert Review: Jungle with Ibeyi and Sunni Colon at SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park 6/20/15
Live Concert Review: Jungle with Ibeyi and Sunni Colon SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park June 20, 2015 As I’ve mentioned a number of times over a series of posts, this summer has arguably been one […]
Live Concert Photography: eKush, Benyoro and Los Hacheros at Brooklyn Bowl 3/30/15
Live Concert Photography: eKush, Benyoro and Los Hacheros Brooklyn Bowl March 30, 2015 As I’ve mentioned a few times on this site, things have been busy in the JOVM world with a lot of live […]
Live Concert Photography: Congo Sanchez, People’s Champs and M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at Brooklyn Bowl 3/9/15
Live Concert Photography: Congo Sanchez, People’s Champs and M.A.K.U, Soundsystem Brooklyn Bowl March 9, 2015 Last week, i was at Brooklyn Bowl to catch the Washington, DC-based Congo Sanchez and the New York-based People’s Champs […]
Comprised of 19 year French-Cuban twin sisters, Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz, the duo of Ibeyi (pronounced ee-bey-ee) take their name from the Yoruba word for twins – ibeji. The Diaz sisters are the daughters of the […]
Nigerian-born, Montreal-based producer Teck-Zilla received quite a bit of attention for his Son of Sade: An Ode, an 18 minute instrumental mixtape that honored the British/Nigeria vocalist, Sade and the producer’s own mother, who is also […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few weeks, you may remember a lengthy post on the legendary Malian griot Kassé Mady Diabaté, who has been recognized during his 50 year career as one of […]
Hard Proof at Rockwood Music Hall 9/28/14
Hard Proof Rockwood Music Hall September 28, 2014 Featuring members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Ocote Soul Sounds, Spanish Gold, the Echocentrics, and several other acts, Hard Proof is a critically applauded and award-winning Austin, TX-based ten member […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=544075005/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ Formed over a decade ago, the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have had one of the more incredible and inspiring stories you’ll likely hear of any act in recent memory. Starting out as refugees […]
Album Review: Analog Africa’s Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Africa 1974-1983
Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983 Various Artists Analog Africa Release Date: September 17, 2013 Originating out of Lagos and southern Nigeria, Afrobeat was created when it’s main (and most famous) creator Fela […]
With the African nation of Mali in the midst of a brutal and divisive civil war in which Islamic militants have banned music in the regions of that country under their control. And as result […]
Last year, San Francisco, CA-based label Stronghold Sound released Sembah Ma Fe Fe, a compilation of Guinean hip hop and reggae. As a compilation the album, the album managed to reveal the soul of a proud people who are […]
The present day Republic of Mail, was once part of three different African empires which controlled trans-Saharan trade – the Ghana Empire, the Mail Empire (for which the present day country takes it’s name) and […]
Although he’s best known for his involvement in the Playing for Change project as a drummer, Mohammed Alidu has been developing a reputation as a singer/songwriter and performer. He’s released two solo albums and is […]