juju/yoruba recommendations

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A spin-off from the King Sunny Ade thread. Please help me and ILM dive further into this entrancing music.

giraffe, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 09:43 (one year ago) link

search uncle toye ajagun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVtBrw4T7Zk

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link

admiral dele abiodun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzs7SqeTq8

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link

tunde nightingale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFFBhzQigc

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link

ayinde bakare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyxktAjhxA0

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link

thony adex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtugKlR2qv8

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link

Thanks. I'm coming at this from Sunny Ade's 80s stuff, so it's really interesting to go back further in time.

giraffe, Thursday, 15 December 2022 09:53 (one year ago) link

not heard a lot of the island era tbh!

budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link

here's emperor pick peters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D71q1ajPFO0

budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link

admiral, uncle, emperor, king ... and doctor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ILzNGboqYc
Dr. Orlando Owoh And His Young Kenneries

budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 06:38 (one year ago) link

The joy is in the talking drum, right?

giraffe, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 09:38 (one year ago) link

in my opinion, absolutely

budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link

ten months pass...

it doesn't get any better than prince adekunle's "aiye nreti eleya"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upiR84dK4C0

budo jeru, Sunday, 29 October 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link

eight months pass...

The Lijadu Sisters mix it up with soul/pop influences but the Juju roots still come through. I confess I've only heard of them because of an upcoming reissue campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2kr0xTYd7U

giraffe, Thursday, 11 July 2024 15:38 (three months ago) link

I first heard of Lijadu Sisters I think because of Christgau reviews . Good group

https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=6914

curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 July 2024 18:45 (three months ago) link

three months pass...

recommended: Juju Roots, 1930s-1950s (Rounder Records)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jkcx7Nb2D0

budo jeru, Monday, 28 October 2024 17:18 (five days ago) link

There are a bunch of Admiral Dele Abiodun albums on Tidal; I'm listening to Agba Wa Bura now. It's pretty rockin', somewhere between King Sunny Ade and harder Afro-rock (lots of guitar solos, some nice soul organ). Mastered from an old scratchy LP.

Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 28 October 2024 18:38 (five days ago) link

Admiral Dele Abiodun

Have seen his name a bunch over the years but have never really taken the time to dig in. I should

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 16:20 (four days ago) link

Highly recommend Ebenezer Obey (sometimes billed as Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey).

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 17:00 (four days ago) link


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