Before we hear the funky B-Side we have to listen to the sound of brasil music which is very close to the poetic language and its rhythm. With Luiza Maniquim we even got a delicacy from Portugal. Música Popular Brasileira Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) is the name given today…
A journey beside of black music. The years of Yé-yé, Hippies and one hit wonders mixed in a row. Mother’s music and stuff I heard on radio when I was a kid. Pop Stories Yé-yé music was a mostly European phenomenon and usually featured young female singers. France Gall,…
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was a place filled with restrictive laws and extreme xenophobia. So, it’s not surprising that Communist officials would want to control just what music was broadcast on government-sanctioned radio stations. But there were a lot space for music in Poland, Ungaria, Yugoslavia and other…
“Manu Dibango Edition” A funky journey through Manu Dibango’s legacy.He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music. He was a member of the seminal Congolese rumba group, African Jazz and has collaborated with many other musicians, including Fania All Stars, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell,…
“Fela Kuti Edition” A polyrhythmical journey through Fela Kuti’s african and international heritage.The musical style of Fela is called Afrobeat, a style he largely created, which is a complex fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock and traditional West African chants and rhythms. Tony Allen (Fela’s drummer of twenty years) was…