would kill a few hours playing guitars and writing songs. The two friends quickly pulled together the first lineup of musicians who, in 1974, would officially become known as the ‘Conjunto Africa Negra’. The group’s greatest hits were built around the melodic and languid lead guitar playing of Imidio Vaz, the steady rhythm guitar of Leonildo Barros, and the raspy voice of Joao Seria.....The 1980s were the high-water years for the Conjunto Africa Negra. The group performed frequently throughout Sao Tome and Principe, made regular trips to Portugal, visited Angola nine times (touring across Luanda, Benguela, and Cabinda provinces), and were a huge success in the Cape Verde Islands. It was through their constant performing that they perfected their version of Sao Tome Rumba, what their fans call ‘Mama Djumba’ music....
continue reading their story in v.o.a..'s blog and enjoy the songs there
and sure it is a serious cultural crime against yourself to still ignore this fine band ...
go to Lola Vandaag for Africa Negra 83
and then come back for Madalena meu amor
or the other way if you prefer
or the other way if you prefer
is just below
: )
ReplyDeleteyes...
So Horacio was a butcher! That explains this killing music! Thank you for this one, although i did not manage to download it. Vous devez vous rendre sur cette page afin de télécharger ce fichier. is the message i get. So pardon my French, but i am not sure what that means. If i click the link on that page i create a loop in the timespace continuum.
ReplyDeleteAvec les sinceres salutations de Lola
The download link does not work - please reupload! Apurva from Pune, India.
ReplyDelete" you must visit this page to download the file"
ReplyDeletewhich doesn't make any sense as we are in the d/l page
another internet koan as it seems
anyway for Lola and Apurva a new link is added hope this time works
otherwise a will call Horacio ...
please leave a message if the new link works ok ...
ReplyDeleteDownloading the file now. You need to do it a couple of times to get it to work. Many thanks! Apurva from Pune, India
ReplyDeleteVous devez attendre avant de télécharger ce fichier.
ReplyDeletei'll try again later :)
Nauma merci very much beaucoup heel erg bedankt!!!
ReplyDelete...take it as a small gift in return for the many wonderful things you post in your blog LolaRadio
ReplyDeleteI'm your fan you see..
:)
Ah, such words make my day bright and sunny. Thank you! The respect is mutual, as i am your faithfull follower the moment i discovered 'the spear'.
ReplyDeleteAloha!
Great album, thank you for posting it - I always love to hear Africa Negra! And thanks tfor the link to Lola's tape too (and to Lola for posting it!)
ReplyDeleteBut am I the only one confused by the track listing? Your ZIP lists the songs in the same order they were on the original 1984 LP (based on finding it listed here); the photo of the back of the CD which you included in the ZIP has the tracks in a different order (and only 9 of them!); and when I listen to them I hear a different order again! E.g. track 4 is supposed to be 'muala di be cuami gabon', but the words make it very obvious this is really 'Madalena meu amor'; or track 6 which is supposed to be 'gina me mu mole' but sounds more like 'um mece punta txi'. And so on...
Is it just me?!
Cheers, David