Franco

[Video] Franco & O.K. Jazz – On Entre O.K., On Sort K.O.

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Welcome back, friends! It’s been a while since I’ve bothered to post anything here due to traveling and work obligations. Time to make this little labor of love a bit more active!

We start out by posting a classic rhumba-and-calypso-influenced tune from what was then the Belgian Congo, then Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of The Congo). The bank, O.K. Jazz, were one of the finest exporters of this type of sound in South-Central Africa, and they gave the world one of the true giants of African music, the guitarist François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, know to his legions of admirers simply as Franco.

A Miscellany of Tasteful Music 05-03-2014

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AMOTM-05-03-2014 by Rudy Carrera on Mixcloud

 

Thanks to being busy, it’s been quite a long delay in podcasts. Here is the tracklist:

  • Test Dept – Sarff
  • Franco – Attention na SIDA
  • George Dalaras & Goran Bregović – Nychta
  • Shockheaded Peters – Son Of Thumbs Of A Murderer
  • Chris Cornell – Billie Jean
  • Randy Newman – In Germany Before The War
  • Valentina Goncharova – Ocean, Pt. 5
  • Milladoiro – A Bruxa
  • The Orioles – Is My Heart Wasting Time?
  • The Ink-Spots – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Enjoy!