Various Artists – Radio Martiko: Music For A Revolution Vol 1 : Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)

A massive debt of thanks goes to Radio Martiko, which has released a compilation I had always hoped would come out on vinyl and in digital formats. The Syliphone Recording Label was a Guinean government-sponsored record label active from 1967 to 1983 and one of Africa’s earliest post-colonial record companies. You can read about Continue Reading

Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band – Egyptian Jazz

How do such wonderful musicians get lost in the mists of time?  It boggles the mind, though I must say I’m happy to be living in an age of crate-divers and those who have the same passion of discovering music as I do. This particular artist, Salah Ragab, a military Continue Reading