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Kiko-Kids – Patricia
The events of this week find me wanting to temporarily curtail my sojourn into woodwinds in world music and present something both fun, and from Kenya. So here we are, spending a little time with an...
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Excavated Shellac Fifth Year Anniversary
Well…hell, it’s been about five years. I’ll have a little more to say on that subject further down the page, but for now, the music – and why not make it special? I wouldn’t be surprised if a...
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Akech Oyoshi with Odongo Elly – Oyoshi Kitegi Timne
On the Opika Pende set, I included what I think is an excellent example of praise singing from Western Kenya featuring the nyatiti. This important instrument of the Luo people is an 8-stringed lyre...
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Traveling With the Taishōkoto
The roots of the instrument known as the taishōkoto begin with a trip to Europe and the US during the early 1900s by a man with the stage name of Gorō Morita (real name: Nisaburo Kawaguchi). A musician...
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