My good friend Liv is a big fan of African music. She loves listening to Jimmy Clegg and we actually met at a Mamadou concert in Canada. She traveled a lot around Africa and has become familiar with a lot of different music styles there, but I asked her where to start if I wanted to learn more about this genre.
She recommended I take a look at Joseph Odindo's blog, as after she went to a few local African music jams in her home city, she herself wanted to learn more and then found his online discussions. Joseph Odindo starts off by mentioning more about the varying styles of music, but also the accompanying dances and the history of the music's roots in that region.
I was telling an old college friend of ours to look up Joseph Odindo's blog because she was feeling a bit left out and wanted to learn about a new culture, too. There's a lot of info to go through as you're talking about an entire continent of music, but you have to start somewhere and it's a good idea to look at fusion-based musicians who are likely to be playing right in your hometown.
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