Jun 1/09
Oh, Charlotte, I knew it would last
Who knew that the day would finally come when Charlotte Dada was revealed: http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/2009/05/charlotte-dada-revealed.html
You know it’s the only track that I never remove from this blog?
Many thanks to With Comb & Razor for this precious late night Sunday moment. I feel like we should throw a party. Wait, we will! I don’t want to steal the fire by re-posting Ms. Daddah.. so let’s celebrate another way.
While Charlotte’s Don’t Let Me Down may still be the unofficial theme song of Benn loxo du taccu, Maître Gazonga’s “Les Jaloux Saboteurs” is in many ways the theme song to my life.
First featured on Benn loxo in 2005 (thanks, Mr. Bida), this song-of-songs has rocked dance floors at parties in Bolivia, Ireland, China, Canada, France, Senegal and elsewhere. It broke a dance floor outside of Galway and brought everyone to their feet in La Paz. It’s a standard now in Paris and rung in the New Year in Toronto.
Friends, if there is any way to celebrate the Finding of Charlotte it is by dancing to Maître Gazonga.
As Franco once said to Sam Mangwana, “on danse!”
Maitre Gazonga – Les Jaloux Saboteurs
Tags: chad, charlotte dada, ghana
I’m determined to eventually get a post in for every single Original Music release. I know that many of you, or at least those who read often, may already have these albums, but bear with me. It’s a personal goal to collect and post a sample from every album in the OM catalog.
Today we have the fifth edition of the Highlife Turntable by Benn loxo listener, ubulujaja:
One of my favourite Benn loxo readers, one who is responsible for introducing me to a lot of the music on this site, recently turned me on to Ignace De Souza.
A while ago the people at
More today from the seemingly endless of supply of great music on the Original Music series.
A couple weeks ago Benn loxo reader, Andrew, hooked me up with a couple more precious Original Music compilations. Man, they’re always such a step above pretty much anything else out there covering the same eras.
Today we have a fourth guest post by dedicated Benn loxo listener and contributor, ubulujaja:
Benn loxo listener, curm, asked in the comments of the last post whether young people were still producing guitar highlife in Ghana. The general consensus seems to be: not much.
Lately I’ve really been into the Bokoor Beats compilation by