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PLAY LIST #2: Mwalimu Express @sohoradio
October 25 2020 - GHANA
Special Guests KOG (Kweku of Ghana of KOG and the Zongo Brigade) and Tom Excell (MD, guitarist and writer of acclaimed jazz/ soul afrobeat pioneers Nubiyan Twist)
DON’T LET ME DOWN
Charlotte Dada
Highlife High Ups
Night & Day Records (2001 compilation)
VOLTA FANTASY
Echezonachukwu Ndukwa
African Pianism Prof Kwabena Nketia
EXPLORATIONS - HI-LIFE STRUCTURES
Pan African Orchestra
Opus 1
Real World (1992)
TAKE AM SO
Gyedu Blay Ambolley
The Shrine Afrobeats the funkiest music….
Ocho (2000 Compilation)
DREAMIN
Nardeydey (Shirley Tetteh)
Nardeydey EP (2020)
WE NO BE MACHINE
Onipa
Strut (March 2020)
YENMINO
Onipa
Strut (March 2020)
YENMINO (village cuts remix)
Onipa
We no be machine Remixes
Strut
KOKONSA
Onipa
We No Be Machines
Strut (March 2020)
SAFARI YO MUZIKI feat Pendo & Leah Zawose
Onipa
We No Be Machines
Strut (March 2020)
PASS IT ON
Sena Dagado and Wanlov
Lots of Trees
Soulbeats Records (2013)
ONE LIFE
Worlasi ft Sena Dagado
https://soundcloud.com/worlasigh/worlasi-ft-sena-dagadu-six-strings-one-life-prod-by-worlasi-mixed-by-qube (2016)
ODUMANKUMAH BOA MI
Nana Tsiboe
Assem Ni! Trouble Dat
World Circuit
MAWIE GA
Wulomei
Walatu Walasa
Agoro Records (1975)
BAMBALUMBA
Mustapha Tettey Addy
The Royal Drums of Ghana
Weltwunder (1992)
PLAY LIST: Mwalimu Express @sohoradio #1
September 27 2020
Ayo Bankole: Forest Rain
Rebeca Omordia
Ekele Piano Music by African Composers
Heritage Records 2018
Nigerian Wood 3.59
Keziah Jones
Nigerian Wood
Because Music 2008
Esu " Yoruba Spirit of Positive and Negative Energies."
Adedayo Ologundudu
Orin Orisa. Yoruba Traditional songs of praises for Orisa
Mills Record co 2009
Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe
Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National
Phillips West Africa 7” single (1971?)
Jailer
Asa
Asa (Asha)
Naive
2007
Koroba
Tiwa Savage
Celia
Universal Music (Pty) Ltd South Africa, Motown, Island Records
Come and See My Moda (feat. Yemi Alade)
MzVee
Lynx Entertainment single 2018
SEPTEMBER ZOOM GUEST - BREIS
Arise and Shine
BREIS
Arise and Shine EP
Solmusic
Right Here In Front Of You (feat. Ty and Bries)
Various Artists
The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble: Mixes Based On Tony Allen's Drum Pattern
Shanachie (2005)
Best Moves
Khadija Kamara
Best Moves 2020
Way Too Big
Burna Bo
Twice as Tall
2020
TRIBUTE - Adesose Wallace
Baba Adesose Wallace remains a legend of African music. Master percussionist, artist, teacher, philanthropist and social commentator, after coming to London in the early 80s, Ade formed IBILE, ( ‘Children of the World’) and they graced stages at Glastonbury and WOMAD leaving audiences in awe. Ade died in April 2019 ….As Freddy Macha blogged after his funeral on Mayday, ‘for over 40 years, Adesose Wallace, totally inspirational Nigerian-Sierra Leone master musician, has played a huge role , in making African traditional music a community activity, overseas’
E Go Betta
Dele Sosimi
Wah Wah 45s
2018
Wahala
BREIS ft Nneka
Arise and Shine EP
Solmusic (Aug 2020)
Heaven & Hell
William Onyeabor
Who Is William Onyeabor?
Luaka Bop (2013) ,..originally released 1977 on Crashes in Love LP (Wilfilms )
Omo Pupa
2:48
Dr. Victor Olaiya
High Life Kings Vol 1
Premier Music
FIFTEEN MIN. MWALIMU MASH UP
Young
Raysmuzik
51 Lex Records
2020
The Willing (feat Tony Allen)
Ty
Upwards
Big Dada/Ninjatune (2003)
Happy Survival 3:08
Ifeanyi Eddie Okwedy & His Maymores Dance Band
Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump
Strut 2008
Single and Searching (feat. Falz)
Yemi Alade
Single 2019
Di Bombs
Ikwunga Mr Something Something
Deep Sleep
World Records 2007
Our Back Pages: Live Performers @Mwalimu Express in 2016 - 2020
Feb 2020 MOSI CONDE
Jan 2020 LONDON ZULU
Dec 2019 Diabel Cissokho with Joff Watkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ssLihOyqCQ&list=RDEMpTXKFRpFDUx_YL6Lg_6jpw&start_radio=
Nov 2019 DELE SOSIMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufe-uLKfEXw
Oct 2019 OTTO AND THE MUTAPA CALLING
Sept 2019 ABDUL TEEJAY's PALM WINE AGOGO
May 2019 COCO MBASSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr4R95sPrnI
April 2019 ATONGO
Mar 2019 ABDOULAYE SAMB
+ MINNJIARABY
https://youtu.be/KKVn5Ju96qQ
Feb 2019 BREIS
https://youtu.be/bVr3AYvf4ko
Big thannx to BREIS for a mighty fine show and this vid too
Dec 2018 Biram Seck & the Jhant Band
Nov 2018 EFG London Jazz Fest Sesh: JASON YARDE (saxes) BEX BURCH (gyil) Batch Gueye (percussion,vox, dance )
Oct 2018 Medioni Quartet feat YAZID FENTAZ I ( oud ) SIMO LAGNAWI ( gimbri and karakab)
LYNDON OWEN (horns and pipes ) CRAC DOWNES (basses)
& Maurice El Medioni: The Birth of PianOriental (UK 2018 dir. Clive Myer & Lynda Myer-Bennett)
Sept 2018 NAMVULA & ATONGO ZIMBA
https://namvula.bandcamp.com/ https://youtu.be/vQQ53FCtCSc
May 2018 LONDON ZULU
Apr 2018 SEBY NTEGE
Mar 2018 KADIALY KOUYATE 4TET
Feb 2018 MODOU TOURE
Jan 2018 THE SCORPIOS
Dec 2017 Mulele Matondo Afrika's KONGO DIA NTOTILA
Nov 2017 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017:
Mwalimu Express Afro Jazz Allstars
CAMILLA GEORGE
KADIALY KOUYATE
MULELE MATONDO AFRIKA
PAT THOMAS
Oct 2017 MUNTU VALDO
Sept 2017 WIYAALA & SABBEY INTERNATIONAL
Mar 2017 GRUPO LOKIT0
Feb 2017 ABDULAYE SAMB
Jan 2017 ABDUL TEE_JAY & ASABI HAWAH
Dec 2016 LONDON ZULU: Transglobal Underground Collective & Ingrid Webster
Nov 2016 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016
Orphy Robinson (vibes)-Misafiri Zawose (vocals/zeze/limba/ngoma/flute)-
Magnus P.I (percussion/beats)-Sam Jones (electronics)
Oct 2016 DIABEL CISSOKHO
Sept 2016 SEBY NTEGE + NAA ADJELEY KWEI's Homowo festival images
May 2016 KONGO DIA NTOTILA
AFRICAN CINEMA presented by SCREEN STATION www.screenstation.net
Dec 2017
THE STORY TELLER
( 2017 - dir. Alex Emmanuel https://vimeo.com/alexemanuel
Oct 2017
SEMBENE!
The Inspiring Story of Ousmane Sembene
Father of African Cinema
(2015 - dir. Semba Gadjigo & Jason Siverman)
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
(2013 - dir. Justin Chadwick)
March 2017
MAHALEO
(2005 -Dir. Marie Cesar Paes and Raymond Rajaonarivelo)
Jan 2017
Mama Africa
(2011 - director: Mika Kaurismäki)
Watch the trailer here:
Dec 2016
Martha & Niki
(2015 Director: Tora Mkandawire Mårtens)
Oct 2016
Soul Power
(2008 Cert PG-13 Director: Geoff Levi-Hinte)
'a riveting glimpse of another time and another place, when things were more radical and more gloriously ramshackle' The
Guardian
*****
Sept 2016
Abouna Our Father
(2002 Cert PG Direction
' This beautifully gentle and lucid film rises head and shoulders above the rest of the week's new releases.' The Guardian
*****
May 2016
AKOUNAK TEDALAAT TAHA
Rain, the colour of blue with a little red in it
dir. Chris Kirkley
“a gentle bliss-out of a feature” The Village
Voice
“ charming and rag-tag” The Atlantic
EVERY MONTH
DJ's Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray
behind the decks.
Babies toddlers Kids and parents dance sessions
with Lucy Angell John
Hone your Oware skills with Seth
and the junior pebble demons
Dom's cd stall
Plus all your favourite Open The Gate
African Market stalls
and Kunle's African street food fresh from the pot