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musical link: Baba Gaston

Today’s pick for the musical link is an obvious one really.

If you did not expect this, then . . .

Here is Baba Gaston‘s Orchestra Baba National with Kakolele Viva Christmas.

East African rhumba circa 1970/1980 Baba Gaston & Orchestra Baba National – Kakolele Viva Christmas

Orchestra Baba National  Baba Gaston

To wind up a great year, here are links to the most listened to tracks on ntwiga.net for 2006.

#3: Simba Wanyika’s Shilingi maua tena maua

#2: Bilenge Musica du Zaire’s Wazazi Wangu

and the most listened to track of 2006:

#1: Orchestra Super Mazembe’s Shauri Yako

AOB
 + For those among you who are photography buffs like myself, the XRez Gallery – ultra high definition images a la The GigaPixel project.

 + The race for the White house goes racial.

 + Bizarro 2.0. And his mum insists that “We know he’s not a criminal,” – “He’s a good kid.”

 + Bridezilla! And apparently, there is even a show and a book about them!

 + I have not had a chance to watch these yet but I plan to do so soon: The Elegant Universe (on Google Video).

Click here for all the other pre-1990 East African music I have posted in the past.

. . . and remember the rules people.

Merry Christmas all and do not forget the true meaning of Christmas – the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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7 Responses

  1. Nobrun says:
    January 1, 2007 at 3:07 am

    I just listened to Baba Gaston’s Kakolele Viva Christmas for the first time since the late seventies. YOU FLOORED ME! Thank you very much. keep this site alive.

    I will keep posting the music as long as there is still someone to listen to it.

    - Steve

  2. David Ochan says:
    January 1, 2007 at 8:03 pm

    A great site you have here. Could you post for us Baba Gaston’s “Ilunga Ilunga” and “Zai-Zai”. I have looked everywhere without sucess for those two great hits. My other BEST HITS I have failed to hear since the 70′s is “LOKWA” composed I think by Lutulu Kaniki. Any chance of that?
    Cheers.
    D. Ochan

    Look for Ilunga Ilunga in the next couple of weeks. Zai Zai I do not have.

    - Steve

  3. Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Africa: Dancing to soccer moves, Maasai Hip Hop and laughing at wealthy Americans says:
    January 19, 2007 at 7:49 am

    [...] Matt also has an end of year recap post – 2006 Rewound podcast – that contains the African tracks that listeners liked best in 2006 on Matsuli. But hurry as it will disappear soon. I also carried an end-of-year round up reviewing the most popular tracks on ntwiga.net for 2006. [...]

  4. Corine Bouma says:
    January 29, 2007 at 10:32 am

    Nice to read that my favourite Shauri Yako is still a succes.
    I collected African music on MP3 but one day the computer swallowed them all during a wrong installment. They’re hard to find, so keep on going.

    Nothing like a hungry computer to make one thing about what backups are all about.

    I lost a ton of music about a month ago in an install gone wrong and I learnt about the backup. Now, I have so many DVD copies of my stuff all over the place that I stopped being afraid of my laptop.

    - Steve

  5. Christian says:
    May 9, 2007 at 10:38 am

    Could you please repost Baba Gaston “Kakolele Viva Christmas”? I just discovered your website hence missed the last time you posted it. Where can I get the music on CD? Baba National was great!

    Christian, thanks for dropping by.

    Like I mentioned in the last comment, I will do an all-request post this coming Friday so look out for it then!

    - Steve

  6. Steve Ntwiga Mugiri » musical link: You request, I deliver … says:
    May 21, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    [...] Patrick asked for Baba Gaston, Prof. Omari and Les Bantous de la Capitale as did Christian [...]

  7. Mashariki says:
    July 24, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Many thanks and God should continue blessing you. Excellent.

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