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Mar222016
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An introduction to the funky Ghanaian afrobeat of Ebo Taylor
By Anton Spice | March 22, 2016
Merging highlife with jazz and funk to create his own brand of Ghanaian afrobeat, Ebo Taylor is a giant...
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Feb102015
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Hear Fela Kuti’s first ever recording, unearthed after over fifty years
By Anton Spice | February 10, 2015
Originally posted on FACT. The good folk at Soundway Records, the label responsible for countless inspired reissues from Africa...
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Jan052015
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Awesome Tapes From Africa finally tracks down Ghanaian singer Ata Kak for reissue
By Amar Ediriwira | January 5, 2015
Ghanaian highlife artist Ata Kak tracked down after 12 years of searching. Ethnomusicologist Brian Shimkovitz, who runs the Awesome Tapes From...
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Oct242014
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Poll: Tell us your favourite highlife record
By Amar Ediriwira | October 24, 2014
We invited Mogadisco to share their top 10 highlife tracks and records, giving us some fresh African sounds to add...
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Oct242014
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Top 10 highlife songs (& the records that hide them) with Mogadisco
By Amar Ediriwira | October 24, 2014
African music specialists Mogadisco collect the continent’s finest sounds from afrobeat to soukous, Nigerian jùjú to Ethiopian jazz and...
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