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African Music Forum (AMF)E.T. Mensah & His Tempos Band – FomFom<a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-tempos-band-fomfom/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-tempos-band-fomfom/</a>The original “Tempos” band was formed in 1946 as a “jam session” group by some European soldiers stationed in Accra. It played for army dances and at the Accra club. Over time, African musicians replaced the European ones, until finally it became an all-African band. Mensah joined the band in 1947. Shortly after this the […] …<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/50smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50smusic</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ghana</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlife</a>

Pottery by OsaBeen listening to this album all day, a recent release from Berlin-based Philophon label, "A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise in Unity)" by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlorenceAdooni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlorenceAdooni</a>. I'm hearing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#highlife</a> and frafra gospel, but also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiritualJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpiritualJazz</a> and experimental sounds that are hard to categorize. Vintage & futuristic at the same time. When the first single "Mam Pe'ela Su'ure" came out a few years ago, I was obsessed. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaxWeissenfeldt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaxWeissenfeldt</a>'s production is so extremely lush and beautiful. <a href="https://florenceadooni.bandcamp.com/album/a-o-e-i-u-an-ordinary-exercise-in-unity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://florenceadooni.bandcamp.com/album/a-o-e-i-u-an-ordinary-exercise-in-unity</a>

African Music Forum (AMF)Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do<a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/</a>Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”. Simigwa-Do – version d’origine (1973) Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the…<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/70smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#70smusic</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/AfroFunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ghana</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlife</a>

African Music Forum (AMF)Chief (Commander) Ebenezer Obey<a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-aimasiko/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-aimasiko/</a>Ebenezer Obey (born in April 1942), aka Chief or Chief Commander, began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar‘s band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. [...]<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/60smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#60smusic</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/70smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#70smusic</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlife</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/JujuMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JujuMusic</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nigeria</a>

African Music Forum (AMF)Kokoroko - Sweetie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDrS1qrHllE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDrS1qrHllE</a>London-based octet announce their second studio album, Tuff Times Never Last, with the release of “Sweetie.”More music: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=kokoroko" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=kokoroko</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Afrobeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/HighLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighLife</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/RnB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RnB</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Soul</a>

marc [sustain release] ✅I've just added "Nigeria 70 (No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987)" by Various Artists (12'', 2019) on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strut</a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@musicbrainz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@musicbrainz</a> database.💿 <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/release/2cb42a07-428f-47cf-841f-ce861694fcbe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://musicbrainz.org/release/2cb42a07-428f-47cf-841f-ce861694fcbe</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nigeria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#highlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/afrofunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#afrofunk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicBrainz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MusicBrainz</a>

りさく(auto post)♬〜 Victor Olaiya - Invitation Highlife 💿Three Decades Of Highlife - The Best Of... <a href="https://mastodon-japan.net/tags/Highlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon-japan.net/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#African</a> <a href="https://mastodon-japan.net/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon-japan.net/tags/Nigerian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nigerian</a> <a href="https://mastodon-japan.net/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NowPlaying</a>

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