African Regional and Ethnic Styles

African Regional and Ethnic Styles

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The music styles of sub-Saharan Africa.

Top: Arts: Music: Styles: Regional and Ethnic: African

See Also:

- Annotated directory of links.
- MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
- South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.
- Musical styles and profiles of artists.
- The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.
- Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.
- Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.
- Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.
- Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.
- African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.
- Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
- Includes history, instruments, musicians categorized by country and style, and interviews [Flash].
- Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
- African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.
- Information on African music and artists, with select song downloads and videos. Requires free membership to access most content.
- Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]
- Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.
- Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.
- African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.
- Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
- Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]
- Biographies, discographies, and reviews of African artists and bands. [English/Norwegian]
- Jukeboxes playing African styles and samples of traditional instruments.
- Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.
- Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
- Articles, reviews, recent releases, events in Germany, and obituaries.
- Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites.
- Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.
- Covering the roots of African-American music and influences, including audio samples of early African music.
- Newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. [English/French]
- African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.

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