If it wasn’t for Twitter, Delicious and Facebook – where I am usually storing and sharing my bookmarks these days -I’d probably cough up a blog post.

For the moment, however, I’ll just post this lovely tune, name the sources (1 & 2) and also remind you of Kongotronic Vol.1, which I had blogged here almost [...]

CARAVAN RECORDS presents – Mzungu Kichaa ft Professor Jay and Mwasiti
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(Le compositeur DIANGIENDA WABASOLELE Armand) “DWA, en autodidacte, étudie le solfège jusqu’? maîtriser la composition en musique classique. Il a hissé l’Orchestre au niveau d’une grande formation dont la renommée dépasse largement les frontières d’Afrique. De plus en plus il établit les ponts entre son orchestre et d’autres orchestres du genre ? l’étranger.” [...]

When was the last time you bought a compact audio disc (CD)?
I just can’t remember when I’d actually bought such an audio CD – maybe 2003 or 2004. These days I only receive them a gifts on special occasions or when the content isn’t available anywhere else (such as this nice Mendelssohn recording as pictured [...]

“I ain’t go anywhere in the United States of America and see another black man and give him a power shake…and there’s unity there. There’s a beauty there that I can communicate with this brother…”
Right on.

(via on-point.be)
I’d seen this video (which is part (13/14) of a very nice documentary on? the Wattstax festival) two [...]

Ndanka ndanka mooy japa golo chi nyaay is a Wolof proverb meaning “slowly slowly (it) catches the monkey in the bush” (~ no hurry in Africa).
Ndanka ndanka…also is a running gag between my colleague Abdoulaye and me – and it somehow describes my pleasant anticipation for the really good stuff out there on the internet: [...]

I was actually browsing our favourite pop archive YouTube when I came across this:

["The Japanse Jacksons"]
A Japanese band from the 1970s (1967-1978) called Finger 5. Makes me think I should cover more Japanese content on this blog.
Now that’s the kind of undefinable material you come across when your plans actually included blogging some more Blaxpoitation [...]

Harr…maybe some of you like it as much as I do + can somehow relate to it.

Track #05 “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Have A Finger Of Fudge?”
(Cadbury’s Fudge jingle / Ad from the 70’s/ 80’s)
(The Beach Boys ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’)
..mixed by Mark Vidler // Go Home Productions:
I haven’t a clue if non UK [...]