Recent blog posts about ayub ogada from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/ayubogada/ 2012-02-14T22:17:31+01:00 text/html 2010-11-30T05:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3007380/leftovers-one-word-kothbiro/
Ayub Ogada : Kothbiro [ purchase ] I had a lot of one-word songs in mind and no computer access when I was on vacation in June. This one in particular is a hauntingly beautiful ballad by the Kenyan musician, Ayub Ogada. I first heard it on The Constant Gardener soundtrack, but it was previously released in 1997 on the Putumayo label. The words are simple: "Dear children, the rain is coming, bring in the cattle, bring in our wealth." The instrument [...]]]> text/html 2009-11-16T20:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2129814/dj-evil-vince-africa/
Welcome to the second installment of the DJ Evil Vince curated Muzzle of Bees mix. If you missed the Latin Compilation , you can grab it here in full. This time through, DJ Evil Vince shares Africa , filled with standards and introductory tunes as well as rarities and gems. Listen/Enjoy: DJ Evil Vince :: Africa 01 Doudou N'Diaye Rose - "Cheikh Anta Diop" 02 Babatunde Olatunji - "Akiwowo" 03 Leon Mobley & [...]]]> text/html 2009-06-25T03:29:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1817186/the-philanthropist-an-englishman-in-abuja/
There was so many problems with the pilot to The Philanthropist , and yet it somehow still works. First off, the construct of telling the story at the bar to better allow narration was at best clunky, but James Purefoy (Marc Antony from Rome ) acts the hell out of it to make it go down easier. And that's how the pilot pretty much goes: something overly sentimental or contrived goes down and Purefoy works his magic to make it seem less so. I'm surprised at some of the problems [...]]]>