Baka Beyond are organising a special event to raise funds for Baka forest projects. Baka Beyond support a number of projects in Africa through their record sales but with the global downturn in record sales they need to look at ways to supplement charity funds...So... Read more »
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News in from Freemuse : Lapiro de Mbanga wins global award. One song — three years imprisonment. Global award to the singer that the president of Cameroon fears for voicing peoples frustrations. Imprisoned musician Lapiro de Mbango is the 2009-winner of the ‘Freedom to Create’ Imprisoned Artist Prize. Image credit Gen Bell. Read more in the full article. 
New Release : Andre-Marie Tala and 
on Retro Afric demonstrating that Tala’s got Soul! André-Marie Tala has been at the heart of Cameroonian music for over 30 years. With tracks from 1972 to 1998, ‘Bend Skin Beats’ covers some of the most important phases of his career and helps introduce a key artist of the West African pantheon, sometimes known as the ‘African Stevie Wonder’ 
News in from Wrasse Records: 
is Richard Bona at his unidentifiable best, blending his own African musical roots, jazz sensibilities and poignant lyrical reflections on his life, which marks yet another broadening of the very definition of jazz and blues. 
Composer, producer, performer, film score writer and humanitarian, and a legendary figure in African music, Manu Dibango here pays homage to the sound of New Orleans and his hero Sidney Bechet. This album, originally out in 2007, is the sound of a superb musician in the company of friends, kicking back and thoroughly enjoying himself Dibango arranged the Bechet originals for tuba, vibes, piano, drums and alto sax. 
Adrian Phillips has a listen to not one but two new releases by Baka Beyond and aserts that western artists like Peter Gabriel, One Giant Leap and Simon ‘Afro-Celt’ Emerson have often used original field recordings as the basis for many a finished track, but never have they released them in their own right - cue a flood of emails to the contrary. 
Cameroonian singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist Blick Bassy connects the music of Central and West Africa and mixes it with bossa nova, jazz and soul. His guitar playing and his intoxicating, warm voice are enriched by the kora, calabash and a double bass resulting in a unique, haunting sound which is velvety with subtle harmonies, yet also raw with groovy rhythms. GondwanaSound: other content and links
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