blog for fans of Malian music - old K7s and more

[e2c]

Here: http://wassoulou.blogspot.com/

Enjoy! (you'll have to scrounge a bit in the blog archives, but he's got some gems, so it's worth the effort.)

[bops]

Total awesomeness. Thanks for the tip!

[e2c]

De nada, bops!

Some other great African music blogs (old vinyl and K7s):

http://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/ (slant toward Malian and Congolese music)

http://likembe.blogspot.com/ - writer's wife is W. African; he gets to travel and pick up some great records and K7s from all over (including Mali, Guinea and Senegal)

http://aduna.free.fr/aduna.blog/blog.htm - in French; always has a great selection of tracks

http://seaneverdry.blogspot.com/ - mostly W. African vinyl

http://orogod.blogspot.com/ - Guinea, Benin and elsewhere - very good selection

http://electricjive.blogspot.com/ - South Africa; rare material - the blog owner's got great taste, too

http://globalgroovers.blogspot.com/ - some great African and Afro-Caribbean vinyl

http://highlifehaven.blogspot.com/ - mostly Nigerian vinyl

http://awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com/ - eclectic; always worth a listen!

http://afroslabs.blogspot.com/ - W. African vinyl with occasional live recordings

[e2c]

con'td. (spam filer will only allow 10 links per post) -

http://www.tpafrica-eng.blogspot.com/ - W. Africa, including the Casamance. It sometimes takes a while for the blog entries to get translated from Italian to English, so you might want to check the link to the Italian page...

http://groovemonzter.blogspot.com/ - highlife, juju, Afrobeat, fuji (vinyl & K7s)

http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/blog/ - the Voice of America's vinyl & K7 vaults; some really amazing music here!

[bubudi]

thanks for the links, e. here are a couple more:
http://www.freedomblues.blogspot.com
http://www.sahelsounds.com

[e2c]

http://www.freedomblues.blogspot.com

He has a lot of in-print stuff, which is why I didn't list his blog. (I do like his choices, though.)

http://matsuli.blogspot.com/ - one of the best long-time African music blogs; he's working on getting a lot of older recordings reissued.

http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/ - run by the owner of the Analog Africa label. Great info., usually some tracks and mixes for download - and terrific reissues label.

http://excavatedshellac.wordpress.com/ - his 78s come from all over the world. Has some really nice African tracks along with the rest - all very much worth a listen.

http://tambourdafrique.blogspot.com/ - focus is on music from Congo; radio show from NYC + extras.

http://afrosynth.blogspot.com/ - nice mixes and rare vinyl from southern Africa

http://acbia.wordpress.com/ - the blog's title is "Africolombia," and the posts are split between music from Colombia and music from Africa. nice selection.

http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/ - record collector scours W. Africa for good vinyl

http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/ - good stuff; mostly Nigerian. Blog has been dormant for a while, but he plans to get it up and running soon.