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The beat goes on
Life, John Clewley, Published on 19/12/2023
» Molam continues to evolve with time. Musicians, especially from Isan, are experimenting with new musical combinations, creating new hybrids and sounds.
Paraplegic Congolese act take on the world
Life, John Clewley, Published on 23/10/2012
» Staff Benda Bilili rocketed to fame a few years ago on the back of an incredible story and their take on Congolese rumba music from the 1970s and 1980s. Their debut album, Tres Tres Fort (Crammed, Belgium) has so far sold more than 150,000 copies, topping the European Broadcast Union's World Music Charts for several months and a documentary on the band played at mainstream cinemas on general release.
Get the party going
Life, John Clewley, Published on 03/01/2012
» In 1987, I bought a Charley label reissue called Soul Mine, a double vinyl LP that featured some of the hits of the New Orleans-born R'n'B and soul singer Lee Dorsey. I was interested in the album because I'd read in John Broven's wonderful book, Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues (Flyright, UK/Blues Unlimited, USA, 1974), that Dorsey recorded many of his best tracks not only with my favourite New Orleans funk band, The Meters, but also with producer and piano virtuoso Alan Toussaint.