A fantastic South African record — Philip Tabane's _The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds Of..._, from 1969 — is being reissued on LP only (boo, hiss) next month. Bandcamp link🕸It's a duo disc, just guitar and percussion for most of it, but Tabane occasionally plays flute and the percussionist, Gabriel "Sonnyboy" Thobejane, plays thumb piano. Tabane's guitar style is somewhere between Grant Green and John Lee Hooker, really raw-sounding but technically quite skilled. If you can find a digital version, or own a turntable, snap this one up.
― willem, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 07:22 (two years ago) link
yeah that is a gem
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 09:12 (two years ago) link
Listening to Femi Kuti & his 25 year old son Made on their album Legacy + , that came out earlier this year. Good not great
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
None of the Kuti kids has ever done anything that's impressed me. Most of it just slides in one ear and out the other.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
Same
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
Seun has made some great records imo, Many Things is my fave
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
For me a lot of it is the production/engineering, and that holds true for nearly all modern afrobeat. It's too clean-sounding, the drums in particular.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I've had a blast seeing Femi live, as a substitute for Fela who I'll never get to see. But have never had much use for his albums
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
New 2022 thread-
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2022 Thread (Often African bands)
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 2 January 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link