https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/arts/music/tshala-muana-dead.html
RIP Congolese singer Tshala Muana at too young an age. I liked her album Mutuashi
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 25 December 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
Looks like this new release of his early work has some of that xxpost Budget Downhall appeal, and maybe more:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mdou-moctar-niger-ep-vol-1-and-vol-2/
― dow, Thursday, 29 December 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
I just listened to new single from Fally Ipupa , Congolese rumba artist. He had a new album out too. Single was just ok but am still cute hear the album― curmudgeon, dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:21 bookmarkflaglinkgood luck with that lol, it’s 31 tracks, 3h30 playing time - has he gone amapiano, is what I’d like to know― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:58
― curmudgeon, dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:21 bookmarkflaglink
good luck with that lol, it’s 31 tracks, 3h30 playing time - has he gone amapiano, is what I’d like to know
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), dinsdag 20 december 2022 17:58
listened to the entire album over the course of this last day of 2022. I’ve never listened to Ipupa (or Congolese music in general) much, so can’t compare it to (his) other/earlier stuff, but I enjoyed this (I mean, I stayed the course until the end!) - the quality level stays comfortably high throughout. don’t expect modern beats, amapiano or otherwise, the whole thing is relentlessly old-school.
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 31 December 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2023 Thread (Often African bands)
2023 thread here
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 January 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
https://afropop.org/articles/new-africa-2022-video-playlist
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 January 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
https://afropop.org/articles/2022-afropop-best-of-amapiano-and-afrobeats-top-10
These afropop. org lists are kinda randomly chosen it appears , but y'all might still find them of interest
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 January 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link