MUZIKIFAN LINKS

(please advise about broken links, or suggest additions)

LINKS TO NON-COMMERCIAL SITES

Concert photos

AFRICA GROOVES is another North American expate writing about his beloved music. News, reviews, and lots of info about African music.

NOSTALGIE YA MBOKA
A weekly radio show from London plus the home of the Papa Wemba website.

Doug Paterson's East African Music page

Sharp Wood Productions who are restoring the works of Hugh Tracey to our ears

BBC Radio3 Homepage

The latest Bollywood gossip

World Music Central, listener participation

Recordiversity, exploring vintage African music

Ya Congo is a cluttered site with tons of links to other stuff including a hot spot in Colombia

Busy Musique d'Afrique site, packed with info.

Stanford University's links to various African Music pages on the internet

The legendary Jamaican orphanage, the Alpha Boys School, offers a CD by the latest version of the school band with Don Drummond covers and a Mento medley.

Almost legendary Musa Juma and his band Limpopo have a regular gig at the Deep West club on Lang'ata Rd, Nairobi.

Culture and music from Cabo Verde is presented on Tabanka.

Cosmonote, a French site dedicated to recording traditional music in Benin and Burkina Faso.

VOICE OF AMERICA

Matt Temple's MATSULI is a happening site on blogspot.

seaneverdry has an interesting page with some rarities worth checking out, also at blogspot.

A 4-song Kekele concert from KEXP radio.

Rufus' Dutch-treat website where you can listen to his 45s.

Count Reeshard's NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT, a kindred spirit who likes Eddy Gustav productions and old Congolese rumba.

Johnny Spencer, a Brit with good taste in soul, R&B and Studio One 45s. (He's created individual artworks for his blank 45 sleeves that are wonderful.)

Rzewski's Four North American Ballads were part of the repertoire of the International piano e-competition in 2006 and you can hear the best one, number 4, played by the winner, Yung Wook Yoo, here. (Some of the contestants at the International piano-e-contest can be seen performing if you look around their site.)

Bollywood Brass Band

Unofficial Sam Mangwana Fan Site, with a true fanatic assembly of photos, covers and discographic information

Article about A.R. Rahman on BBC News

Music of Sao Tome's AFRICA NEGRA with some sample tracks!
Hear more Africa Negra here

Konono No 1

Thelonious Monk

Harry Warren fan site: check out some of his hits, like: Would you like to take a walk?