Music Links

General Information

db.etree.org

A list of all known digital bootlegs in circulation.

World of Music, Arts and Dance— To bring together and to celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world. I hope I get to go to one of these one day.

Singing Wood Marimba Music

Bay Area-based marimba band playing high-energy dance music and polyrhythmic trance music from Zimbabwe, from traditional to contemporary.

Afropop Worldwide

Celebrating the musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora.

Africafest

Building a worldwide network of African artists who perform in venues worldwide.

The African Music Encyclopedia

Valuable resource for learning about African music.

Instruments

Pan USA

Performance, publication, education, and progression of the steeldrum artform

Fender Product Dating

Guide to dating your U.S. made stringed intrument.

African Musical Instruments

Purchace directly from the source.

Radio

Africa — South of the Sahara

Comprehensive list of African radio stations on the Internet, updated by SULAIR.

Africa No. 1

The name says it all. From Gabon via Paris and now broadcast over the Internet. Always on, but really swings late nights.

Soukous Radio

dj.henri spins this thumping mix of soukous, congolese rumba and other African hits 24/7 from New Kinshasa, NY. Check his other site: soukous.org

Afrodicia

Every Saturday from 4pm-6pm (Pst) Playing the Best in African and Afro-Caribbean Music on KPFK 90.7 FM

Upcoming Events in Los Angeles

Africa Mix

Music from africa and the African diaspora on kalw radio 91.7 fm San Francisco Saturday evening 6:00pm - 8:00pm Pacific. Listen on demand at kalw.org/music.