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The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, later repackaged as The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume One, is a compilation album released in 1985 on the Earthworks label, featuring musicians from South Africa, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mahlathini. In 2020, it was ranked number 497 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The album was initiated by Sahel Sounds, a Portland-based record label founded in 2009 that specializes in music from the southern part of the Sahara desert. As a way to accurately unveil songs popular amongst local West African residents to audiences abroad, the music was digitally extracted off cellular phone memory cards containing stored ...
Between 1965 and 1971, Simone released 5 singles under the artistic name Monsieur Afrique: [5] [6] Black Dynamite in 1965 on Ariola, El Matador (with Mosquito, Simone's first self-composed song, on side B) in 1969 on Teldec, Washboard man in 1970 on Polydor Records and Ich bin der grösste Lacher also in 1970 on Telefunken; and Feuer Feuer Feuer in 1971 at Hansa Records.
"Skokiaan" is a popular tune originally written by Zimbabwean musician August Musarurwa in the "Tsaba-tsaba" big band-style that succeeded Marabi. [citation needed] "Skokiaan" ("Chikokiyana" in Shona) [1] is an illegal self-made alcoholic beverage.
Zamrock is a musical genre that emerged and gained popularity in Zambia during the early 1970s. [1] It has been described as a fusion of traditional African music and psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock, blues and funk, taking influence from popular bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Cream.
The group was offered a recording contract to Gallo Record Company, the largest record company in South Africa, in 1973. They accepted, and remain with the studio today. Ladysmith Black Mambazo's first release Amabutho (1973) sold over 25,000 copies and became the first release in South Africa by Black musicians to receive gold status. [1]
OFA (Oxlade From Africa) is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Oxlade. It was released on 20 September 2024, through Troniq Music and Epic Records . The album features guest appearances from Flavour , Dave , Fally Ipupa , Wande Coal , Ojahbee, Popcaan , Tomi Owó and Bobi Wine .
A few days before the album was released, Harmonize announced on his Instagram that he would not promote the album because he had "done everything in the studio". [17] The album was critically acclaimed. Music in Africa's Charles Maganga dubbed the album the most personal album by Harmonize to date. [18]