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Ethnomusicologist Brian Shimkovitz turned his African music blog into a record label, which distributes and promotes the work of artists from across the continent. Ethnomusicologist Brian Shimkovitz ...
Thirty years ago a frustrated drummer, burned out on playing Ghanaian highlife covers in a Toronto trio, decided to write and record his own music. The resulting homemade cassette, “Obaa Sima” by Ata ...