Afropop Worldwide, The number one African music radio show in the US, but also a multi-speared organization constantly pushing the sounds of Africa, recently did a feature on Akwaaba on their show, and also picked 3 of our artists(Bradez, Alassane Sy and Rose Dede Tetteh) among their Under the Radar 2009 selection!
Our music is now available in the Mondomix store!
Our first release, Akwaaba wo Africa, was just reviewed by Mondomix, their poetic words are extremely encouraging. We in turn encourage you to practice your French and read the review!
For their Under the Radar 2009 selection, Afropop picked 3 artists featured on our first compilation Akwaaba wo Africa! Bradez and Rose Dede Tetteh from Ghana, and Alassane Sy from Senegal.
More and more of our favorite DJs, bloggers and radio hosts are showing a lot of love for Akwaaba and our music!! Nnamdi Moweta has been playing a few of our songs in every one of his Afrodicia shows on KPFK. Jon Kerzer, long time host of the Best Ambiance on Seattle’s KEXP and a familiar face for all things African, is into Kofi Sammy. Istanbul has been spreading the sounds of Mamou Sidibé via the great UndoMundo blog. As has DJ Rupture on his show Mudd Up! on WFMU, and Garth Trinidad on his new blog. Khiasma went for Dogo and Diata Sya on his Masala blog, Dutty Artz crew also did a quick piece on Diata Sya’s track Saria, and www.muzikifan.com went for a full (and great) review of Akwaaba wo Africa. Can’t go over the numerous other radio stations playing our music, but we will mention Richmond VA’s WRIR who posted an extensive playlist on Earbender, and The Transglobal Express show on Power 102FM in… Trinidad! And artists and DJs Radioclit, Chief Boima, Uproot Andy and more Chief Boima! Keep spreadin’ it!
KCRW‘s Garth Trinidad has been supportive of Akwaaba since its inception, asking for our music months before it was even released. He’s shown his continued support on his new blog, www.garthtrinidad.biz, where you’ll find a few kind words about Akwaaba and our mission, as well as a free download of the track Mali Mousso by Mamou Sidibé, off of Move it Chaleh. It’s also nice to see he picked us as one of his favorite indie labels, among the likes of Stones Throw, Honest Jons, Sonar Kollektiv and Strut… wowza!
You can listen to Garth every weekday from 7:30 to 10pm West Coast time, or listen to his recent shows on KCRW’s site.