Tag Archives: catherine barnes

Huuuuuuge: Edoheart

on August 31, 2010

This crazy track is only the tip of the iceberg… please run to Edoheart’s myspace page and soak in the pungent creativity! Poetry, music, choreography… the Benin empire of modern-day Nigeria is very much alive. You can grab this song Sosomoneycockplease from iTunes. Thanks to Catherine Barnes for turning us onto this one, follow her [...]

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Anlo-Ewe Drum Ensemble…on drum set!

on April 28, 2010

Hey African music fans! I’d like to take this opportunity to say “Miawoezor” (that’s “welcome,” or “akwaaba” in the Ewe language) to Benjamin, who has just arrived in Ghana. In honor of his trip, I decided to take a break from my samba-semba blog entries and write a little bit about traditional Ghanaian music. The [...]

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Angolan Semba vs Brazilian Samba

on April 13, 2010

Hey African music fans! My name is Catherine Barnes, and I’ll be contributing a series of articles to this blog on Angolan semba and Brazilian samba. I’m a percussionist and armchair ethnomusicologist fascinated by all rhythms African and of the African diaspora. I recently returned from studying samba in Rio de Janeiro, which is also [...]

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