sounds of Nigeria Fela Kuti, live (filmed by Ginger Baker), Nigeria (Calabar), 1971 More? Here. ********** lagniappe art beat: yesterday at Chicago’s Art Institute Oda Kazuma, Catching Whitebait at Nakaumi, Izumo (1924) ***** Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1953-54 ***** reading table . . . life, that storm before the calm. —Wislawa Szymborska, from “Negative” (trans. Clare Cavanagh [...]
Archive for the ‘Nigeria’ category
Friday, 8/19/11
08/18/2011Friday, 7/8/11
07/07/2011It takes a village, in Fela’s world, to put on a show. Fela Anikulapo Kuti, October 15, 1938-August 2, 1997 Live, Paris, 1981 Part 1 *** Part 2 ********** lagniappe 1938 Born 15 October in Abeokuta, Nigeria to politically active and middle class family. 1958 Sent to London to train as a doctor, but instead [...]
Tuesday, 5/31/11
05/30/2011favorites (an occasional series) She’s going to be a big star someday. Nneka, live (Originally posted 2/15/11.) ********** It used to be that music came from a particular place. No more. Whether it’s Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (the Iranian saxophonist who’s lived in Germany, in Japan, and now in New York City [2/18/10]), or Burkina Electric [...]
Tuesday, 2/15/11
02/14/2011She’s going to be a big star someday. Nneka, live More? Here.
Monday, 1/3/11
01/03/2011Perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived . . . —Brian Eno Tony Allen Live, “New Morning” *** Secret Agent, 2010 ********** lagniappe When I sit down there [at the drums], that’s what I’ve been waiting for . . . —Tony Allen ***** reading table The time to make up your mind about people [...]
Saturday, 2/27/10
02/27/2010It used to be that music came from a particular place. No more. Whether it’s Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (the Iranian saxophonist who’s lived in Germany, in Japan, and now in New York City [2/18/10]), or Burkina Electric (whose members come from Burkina Faso, from Germany, and from New York City [by way of Austria] [2/22/10]), [...]
