http://theusofafrica.com Un blog utilisant WordPress Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:45:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okayplayer.com is an online hip hop and alternative music website and community, described by Rolling Stone as a "tastemaker", the magazine also describing it as "an antidote to dull promotional Web sites used by most artists".The group was co-founded by The Roots' drummer Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson as a loose ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1254&lang=en Périphéria Productions annoncent la sortie canadienne de Présidents d’Afrique, nouvel album du pionnier sénégalais Didier Awadi ce mardi 15 juin 2010 et soulignent  aussi son passage  aux Francofolies de Montréal, le lundi 14 juin 21 h et mardi 15 juin à 23h sur la scène Le Monde urbain Vidéotron.Le rap ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1240&lang=en When you think about American hip hop media, we usually thing about established magazines such as  XXL Mag, The Source or the recent digital only Vibe Magazine but with the advance of the web,  blogs such as Nah Right, You Heard That New , 2 Dope boyz or  Rap Up ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1219&lang=en The Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMAs) is the inaugural awards held to celebrate African music and musicians achievement online. The power of the internet has enabled African musicians to market their music outside their communities and countries, to other African countries as well as to people outside the continent. Museke.com ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1202&lang=en Founded in 1994 by Ernest Adjovi, the Kora Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan African,  they are comparable to the American Grammy Awards in intent.  But in reality,  things have not gone smooth for the African musical event. The  last awards ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1187&lang=en Gil Scott-Heron is an American  poet, musician, and author  known primarily for his late 1970s and early 1980s work as a spoken word soul performer. The music of his albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1167&lang=en L’annonce de la nomination par France Télévision du chanteur Jessy Matador pour représenter la France au concours de l’Eurovision le 29 mai prochain fait débat sur le web. Dans certains forums Internet, le chanteur français d’origine congolaise, ainsi que la chanson interprétée, « Allez, Ola, Olé ! », ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1150&lang=en Youssou N’Dour, the Senegalese star, went to Jamaica at the legendary Tuff Gong Studios to record Dakar Kingston, a new album celebrating Bob Marley's legacy.  Youssou sings in English, Wolof and French and got together with producer and ex Wailer Tyrone Downie and features collaborations with Morgan Heritage, Mutabaruka, Patrice ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1129&lang=en As American radio stations spin pre-selected, money driven, play lists that revolve around money and misogyny Hip Hop artists outside of the U.S. have preserved the culture’s positive elements and infused the culture with new life mixing it with strands of their respective national cultures. ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1097&lang=en Beat Konducta in Africa is an instrumental hip-hop album produced & mixed with Madlib, featuring J. Rocc. This album bases itself on the obscure vinyl gems from the afro-beat, funk, psych-rock, garage-rock & soul movements of African countries as diverse as Zambia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, ... http://theusofafrica.com/?p=1078&lang=en