Archives
Browse the archives by clicking on the years/months below.
- 23: Syria, before (4)
- 18: Pistas de rock (5)
- 16: A different Argentine (3)
- 14: The Bosphorus Underground (4)
- 11: The Future is Dansk (4)
- 10: Eastern London (6)
- 09: A night with Bachchan (7)
- 09: The (new) rules (5)
- 07: Coming soon… a new direction? (31)
- 16: Last Maurice: Serge Lebrasse (9)
- 15: More Maurice: Drums for the weekend (0)
- 14: More Maurice: Blakkayo (1)
- 13: More Maurice: MonAster (4)
- 12: More Maurice: Otentikk Street Brothers (4)
- 11: Fela Interlude (9)
- 06: Mauritius Week: Ti Frere (2)
- 05: Mauritius Week: Bhojpuri Boys (3)
- 04: Mauritius Week: Kaya (5)
- 03: Mauritius Week… maybe (3)
- 25: Andy Palacio, RIP (6)
- 24: Eritrea Week: Mixtape (16)
- 23: Eritrea Week: Tewelde Redda (12)
- 22: Eritrea Week: Tsehaytu Beraki (5)
- 21: Eritrea Week: Faytinga (1)
- 20: Eritrea Week: Yemane Baria (6)
- 16: Memories, not mystery (9)
- 15: Mysteries & Requests (11)
- 14: Helen of Congo (8)
- 15: Saharawi Saturday (7)
- 13: Vice and the mines (3)
- 12: Not in common (3)
- 11: Bambara rock (4)
- 10: Songs the Swahili Sing (3)
- 08: The Voice of Lightness (10)
- 07: Ice My Friday (10)
- 06: Dance me “Igbo” (10)
- 05: When mailmen bring me rumba (6)
- 04: Jamilia: Songs From A Somali City (4)
- 03: More innovation (5)
- 01: Another nice rip (8)
- 30: A wonderful rip (5)
- 29: Zambian ztrumming (3)
- 28: See you Friday? (8)
- 27: Six strings, adapted (4)
- 26: Grumpy Monday Mozambique (3)
- 25: Konomo Memories (6)
- 24: Shaabi Saturday (2)
- 23: Lucky stars, rosy Friday mornings (1)
- 22: Small islands, new nations (2)
- 21: An elegant krio-calypso Wednesday (6)
- 20: Blues Tuesday (3)
- 19: Champeta Mondays (9)
- 18: Sunday goals (4)
- 17: Before they juju’d (2)
- 16: A rock return (6)
- 12: Rumba, she spreads like wildfire (8)
- 11: Ex-pat rap (4)
- 10: A man of many strings (5)
- 05: E-mail notifications
- 05: Vieux makossa for a happy birthday (22)
- 07: Mystery Friday (10)
- 05: Zimfest reports (4)
- 29: Get out of my house! (5)
- 27: The Highlife Turntable Vol. 5 (2)
- 23: Afrobeat origins (7)
- 22: Benga in America (8)
- 21: Makes Me Wanna Xhosa (5)
- 20: Lullaby (0)
- 17: Missing the beach (4)
- 14: Adieu Madilu (20)
- 11: Hookers and benga (8)
- 10: No friends in Chad (11)
- 09: Multiple origins (4)
- 08: Slowly, Slowly (6)
- 07: Getting there (3)
- 06: Go-Slow Copter (4)
- 22: Congolese Kenya (12)
- 21: Guitars for the Grand-Place (2)
- 20: Love the Luo (8)
- 19: Chants of Cartagena (1)
- 09: Everybody do the Alcatraz (3)
- 27: Better live (7)
- 25: The intro (7)
- 22: Pre-benga, Pre-weekend (8)
- 21: Notes, shows and tracks (1)
- 15: Begging a remake (8)
- 14: Beja Blues (1)
- 13: The Zairean Island Life (3)
- 12: Original Music always wins (2)
- 11: The Queen Mother of Bikutsi (1)
- 09: 6-1, 6-2, Angola (7)
- 08: Coup for hire (2)
- 31: The Highlife Turntable Vol. 4 (12)
- 30: Sufi gambusi (1)
- 29: The Palme d’Or and a Zulu (1)
- 24: Highlife’s lasting influence (3)
- 12: Studio Gems (10)
- 11: A history of not separating (4)
- 09: The post-secondary pair (6)
- 07: Different vehicles (7)
- 06: Small truths (4)
- 05: Southern Rock (5)
- 03: A little polish (1)
- 18: Oscar Valdes y Diakara (2)
- 17: The Wolof rap talent pool (1)
- 13: It stays with you (1)
- 12: Concert season (1)
- 11: Tinariwen’s got a whole lotta love (3)
- 06: Collisions (5)
- 05: All the Falls, remixed (2)
- 02: Late bloomer (8)
- 31: From the Baku desert to Canadian forests (1)
- 30: Post-War BOMB!!! (7)
- 29: Vaovy (9)
- 27: Rumba in prison (8)
- 12: Angolan Youngstas (7)
- 09: Rainy Day Luso (4)
- 07: The Lusophone Sound (1)
- 05: Pan-Portuguese West-Africa (2)
- 04: Completing Angola (4)
- 03: Cabo Verdian Struggle Guitar (0)
- 26: The Highlife Turntable: Vol. 3 (6)
- 16: Groovy Naija (5)
- 15: Strings for your paperwork (3)
- 09: Drive safely (2)
- 08: When all was rosy at the Zimpop revolution (3)
- 05: Highlife for domestic onions (8)
- 05: Vieux Farka Touré Remix Contest (0)
- 04: That’s not Breton (4)
- 01: No second fiddle (3)
- 31: Archives (0)
- 31: Teug ak naari loxo (2)
- 30: The African Costes (2)
- 29: If you build it, she will come (1)
- 28: The Mauritanian Appetite (1)
- 20: Perseverance (5)
- 16: The Elusive Charlotte (1)
- 12: Awesome. (8)
- 10: Fathy Salama (2)
- 09: Cheikh then, Cheikh now (4)
- 04: Diamonds and the laundry (7)
- 03: Keep it simple (5)
- 25: James Brown in Africa (13)
- 24: Not exactly Christmas music (22)
- 17: The Barber of Marrakech (5)
- 09: Malika & Militis (2)
- 07: The highlife listening booth, vol. 2 (5)
- 05: Les Espoirs de Corinthie (6)
- 04: Onwards, Algeria (1)
- 03: Give me some more, Maurice (4)
- 01: Exiled Algerian Jewish Salsa (6)
- 29: Clothes full of cash (2)
- 28: Kifoto links (2)
- 27: Kenyan Pitchfork (7)
- 23: Sarah Harmer’s Swahili Flamenco (6)
- 09: On your left hand side (4)
- 06: Something for the Monday (6)
- 03: Thiaroye, then up up (6)
- 31: Hallowe’en on the Nubian Nile (4)
- 26: Lebo R.I.P. (0)
- 25: Guests recovered (7)
- 23: Monday listening (6)
- 22: The post-mimosa sound (5)
- 20: Awadi, before (6)
- 19: Pre-theatre funk (12)
- 18: Benn loxo remixed (4)
- 15: Dakar Dispatch #8 (0)
- 15: Dakar Dispatch #7 (2)
- 15: Dakar Dispatch #6 (2)
- 15: Dakar Dispatch #5 (0)
- 14: Dakar Dispatch #4 (1)
- 14: Dakar Dispatch #3 (1)
- 11: Dakar Dispatch #2 (0)
- 08: Dakar Dispatch #1 (1)
- 06: Listener all-stars (5)
- 05: Swahili Disco in 1970s New York (13)
- 04: Phil & Kenny Rock Africa (8)
- 03: More Momo (5)
- 02: Cruisin’ 67 (1)
- 30: Happy birthday, Benn loxo! (7)
- 23: Escaping Sudan (2)
- 22: Nomads sport nice scarves (10)
- 21: Amharic in Harlem (8)
- 20: HOW COULD I (miss the Blue Spots) (2)
- 15: Jackets III (6)
- 13: More covers from across the continent (4)
- 10: Michael’s picks (2)
- 09: Your favourite African album covers (4)
- 08: Re-post Requests (16)
- 07: Tell your Thursday not to worry (6)
- 06: How to release 100 albums and be forgotten (14)
- 01: The highlife listening booth, vol. 1 (1)
- 31: Batman Samini (14)
- 28: Taarab, despite the drizzle (7)
- 25: Bodega Music (13)
- 24: Every day is like Christmas (7)
- 23: Ogopa Deejays (5)
- 22: Scholarships save lives (2)
- 21: Tom Waits in Guinea (11)
- 18: A man of a thousand stories (4)
- 17: Fra Fra Sound (0)
- 16: Semba to Samba (5)
- 15: Instrumental rentrée (1)
- 09: King of the Twist (7)
- 08: Travel Music (11)
- 31: Guinness à la Rwandese (1)
- 29: Nubia’s second soul (4)
- 25: More than a one-hit (2)
- 20: The Comorian Effect (5)
- 08: Relaxing in Sudan (6)
- 07: I will soon visit Zanzibar (1)
- 29: Harmony and drought (1)
- 24: Zola from Zola (3)
- 23: Ultimate relaxation in Zanzibar (2)
- 22: Tunisia, you’re still with us (4)
- 20: Uplifts from Niger (4)
- 19: Ghanaian Hip Life (16)
- 16: New domain: bennloxo.com (7)
- 15: Black stars and high hopes (2)
- 10: Il coupe, il décale et… GOAL!! (2)
- 09: Cogwheels, machetes and football (5)
- 08: The Togo Upset? (4)
- 05: If God Played Guitar (3)
- 04: Tuareg Help (2)
- 31: The Moorish example (2)
- 30: I am destined to love (1)
- 28: Let the machine decide (2)
- 26: Beats, not the kora (9)
- 25: Gnawa, a little further south (5)
- 14: Highlife and the ballet (6)
- 13: The sun is back, dance that living room (5)
- 12: Pan-Africa (in a tent in Paris) (5)
- 21: Island Accordimania (4)
- 20: More love from the Comoros (5)
- 19: Cane harvest expressions (1)
- 14: The Benn loxo community (39)
- 14: When World Music Goes Wrong (10)
- 11: Pure tones, island life (7)
- 10: Where it all started (2)
- 08: Tolinga Virunga (We Love Virunga) (3)
- 07: 1600m to Madagascar (7)
- 06: When you drop the Comoros (8)
- 05: Prince of the valiha (1)
- 04: 200 and still full of sabar (8)
- 03: Monday Mbaqanga (4)
- 01: How to put on a show (14)
- 26: Spreads like a lovely wildfire (12)
- 20: Shipwreck Africa (8)
- 13: A beautiful voice (2)
- 11: Concert season (8)
- 08: Searching for East Africa (2)
- 07: Rest in peace, Mali blues (17)
- 21: Your cousin is a rockstar (5)
- 19: Sunday morning music (3)
- 15: Catchy flat horns (9)
- 14: Four-part style (0)
- 12: Mali: full of surprises (2)
- 11: Pressure, purchase, pleasure (2)
- 07: Protest discovery (2)
- 06: The Ivoirian Middle East (5)
- 18: Oh.. wait.. there’s the break! Exhale. (7)
- 12: Unrelated Keita (5)
- 11: Progressively unplugging (5)
- 10: RFI All-Star (3)
- 08: Often imitated, never duplicated (12)
- 06: Twist like it’s Kiswahili (5)
- 05: The King down South (1)
- 05: Horn chops from the Gulf of Guinea (2)
- 11: Gnawa revival (11)
- 11: Landmines and a calming semba (4)
- 03: More acoustic mbalax (10)
- 02: Soothing headache music (7)
- 31: Afrique an Hallowe’en (1)
- 27: More mystery, more Cameroon (2)
- 24: I’m over it. (6)
- 22: Cameroon Week (13)
- 20: New Namib (4)
- 13: Franco remembered (9)
- 10: Lazy Gambian soirées (3)
- 06: Mande, Mali, Beautiful (8)
- 05: Burkinabé souvenirs (3)
- 03: Guinean Dance Bands and the Circus (10)
- 30: Sounds for a civil war (5)
- 29: Happy Birthday, Benn loxo (21)
- 15: Japan, Mali and the techno influence (6)
- 07: Pick me up, afrocuba (4)
- 06: Vinyl sabar (9)
- 05: Were mysteries, new fuji (4)
- 29: Synth-free Ivoire (15)
- 26: Gospel Friday (1)
- 25: Trombone reminisce (1)
- 24: A short-lived party (6)
- 23: Old haunts (7)
- 22: Moody Keita (1)
- 18: Off-continent (4)
- 17: From a Malian string (14)
- 16: Tanned and not ready (2)
- 12: Marabi jazz (4)
- 11: Laid-back highlife royalty (10)
- 10: Strumming for smokes (5)
- 09: Gifts from the Mainland (12)
- 07: Coming soon (16)
- 01: Rain dance (2)
- 30: Smiling Osei (2)
- 29: Tuscan sun, Sudanese tattoos (3)
- 13: Roots pre-revival (2)
- 10: “I am a griotte and I will not follow a cowardly man” (8)
- 09: Steamy poker (3)
- 08: Ticket love (5)
- 07: Rock Out (5)
- 03: Friday Night Hustle (3)
- 02: Mali Love and a Blind Bonus (8)
- 29: The Township Sound (1)
- 27: More Club for the w-e (4)
- 26: Afro-Allman (5)
- 25: More Seck, more portly mamas (5)
- 24: Afrobeat in a hurry (3)
- 20: Nubia, and the French Open (11)
- 12: Thirty Years & Counting (7)
- 11: Mbalax unplugged (6)
- 03: Dakar Paris (15)
- 21: History lesson (7)
- 19: This one’s for the xale yi (1)
- 18: Chamber Shona (4)
- 15: The Sound of Senegal (17)
- 14: I left my mbalax at the office (6)
- 13: Just get over the cheese (4)
- 12: Were Transformed (13)
- 08: Final requests (3)
- 07: 419 state of mind (6)
- 05: Fireworks and live music (7)
- 04: Modern mbira (1)
- 04: Re-post requests (3)
- 03: The Saratoga Sound (3)
- 01: The trouble with sisters (2)
- 31: Revue Noire (5)
- 29: Home Sweet Sahel (14)
- 10: Lady Soukous (8)
- 08: Percussive random wonderful (3)
- 07: Touba trip (14)
- 07: africanhiphop.com (1)
- 06: Lazy Sunday Request (1)
- 04: Unknown Nigeria (3)
- 02: 100 done, 100 more (10)
- 01: Anti-establishment flow (4)
- 28: Cotton Candy Congo (3)
- 26: I will never play like this (2)
- 25: Belle Bella Bella (2)
- 24: Malagasy polyphony (5)
- 23: Da Hop (0)
- 21: Reconstructed Kora (1)
- 17: Upgrade (11)
- 15: Straight outta Essaouira (6)
- 08: Hypnotic Xhosa (5)
- 07: Afro-jazz for dead kings (4)
- 04: Echo and culture (4)
- 01: Bend those keys (9)
- 30: West of Fela (3)
- 28: De retour (3)
- 27: Cuba, Congo, Kékélé (3)
- 25: And a Franco three (7)
- 24: Franco deux (5)
- 23: Sorcerer Guitar (0)
- 07: No thanks, Father (11)
- 05: The Kenya Now (11)
- 02: Out of Africa (7)
- 26: Highbeat (9)
- 19: Music for layovers (6)
- 18: Musique est un drogue, I am a dealer (5)
- 17: Rock, not War (8)
- 16: Africa elsewhere (8)
- 15: Burundi (8)
- 14: The soul before Bloody Saturday (6)
- 13: The Baroque Motherland (5)
- 10: Rocamambu Rhythms (4)
- 09: Hip Hop Galsene (16)
- 08: Sunugal (5)
- 07: Apolitical Sudan (6)
- 06: The Zairean Upsetter (6)
- 04: Pan-African Griot (7)
- 03: Raw, uncut Keita (8)
- 02: Don’t you know it’s gonna last? (16)
- 01: Are you a woman or an animal? (10)
- 23: Rumba before the war (9)
- 22: Big-band Broadway (7)
- 20: Share the beat (4)
- 19: Cross continental (5)
- 18: Dancing in the DRC (3)
- 17: East-coast diva (1)
- 16: King of Fuji (24)
- 15: Mystery Stephen (0)
- 12: The Jamaican Sahel (1)
- 11: Popular demand (3)
- 10: Soul Train RSA (3)
- 09: For love and money (7)
- 08: Tuku Light (2)
- 06: Pulp Fulani (4)
- 05: JB glace & a sweaty salsa (3)
- 04: Rap ci sama gox bi (8)
- 03: Marimba acrobatics (3)
- 02: Freedom for some (4)
- 02: Strumming in the south (2)
- 01: Accelerating the kora (1)
- 31: Baby Mandingo (5)
- 30: A friendly transition (1)
- 29: Sweaty diamond dance music (2)
- 28: 50 CFA (2)
- 27: And now we funk East (4)
- 26: More rock from out West (2)
- 25: The Soukous bandwagon (4)
- 24: The sound of exile (1)
- 22: A plan of action (7)
- 22: Rogie fulfilled (5)
- 21: Election Soundtrack (5)
- 20: Before the highlife (4)
- 19: No struggle here (3)
- 18: Langa Langa what? (5)
- 17: Trance for “loose women” (3)
- 16: Wah Wah Independence (1)
- 15: A call for requests (11)
- 15: South African lady guitar (4)
- 14: Tropics and snow (9)
- 13: Shona Struggle (4)
- 12: Never leave home without it (6)
- 11: Dreads and a soft mbalax (9)
- 10: Senegambia Rap (8)
- 09: See the sabar, shake that ass (4)
- 08: 21 string salute (7)
- 08: Not so smooth (0)
- 07: In the mouth of the crocodile (2)
- 06: Return to the throne (5)
- 05: Moussoulou Wassoulou (4)
- 04: From Vancouver to LA, via Dakar (1)
- 04: Not a griot (0)
- 03: Griot guitar (4)
- 02: Blind love, big blues (5)
- 01: He Who Carries Death In His Pouch (3)
- 30: Living the highlife (2)
- 29: The Other Chief Commander (5)
- 28: The Doctor of Hypertension (1)
- 27: The Minister of Enjoyment (2)
- 26: Funky Lagos (4)
- 25: Pop Nigeria (4)