Sanjay’s new single “Harder They Fall” is catching on and doing well on the airwaves, with hard-hitting lyrics. The single seems to be throwing jabs at a certain popular dancehall artiste, namely Vybz Kartel.

Some have been wondering whether Sanjay has something against the popular artiste whose name was mentioned in the first verse of the song saying “Me bad like Kartel and Eminem in him prime”. The hard-hitting lyrics of the song may suggest a certain amount of rivalry or resentment for someone. With lines like “A no punch line dat, no da line deh tickle. Every mickle mek a muckle, but you still nuh have a nickle cause da song deh couldn’t sell (cell) if it sickle!” it is no wonder why it may be suggesting a contention of some sorts.
 

A taste of nursery rhymes and catchy playtime songs

A new World Music Release takes the listener through a world journey enjoying and exploring the children’s world and music.

From clapping games to rhyming songs to dancing tunes, children all over the world whirl away their playtime making music. Children’s songs are an important link between generations and pass on language, history and culture.
 

He’s completed a 30-date tour of Europe with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, toured with Staff Benda Bilili and released his second album The One & The Many earlier this year. Here Cameroon’s very own Sawa boy, Muntu Valdo tells The Afro News all about the Sawa Blues.
 
Your music has been described as the “Sawa Blues.” What is “Sawa Blues?”

To be honest with you I’m not the one who said “Sawa Blues” in the first place. It came from journalists in France in early 2000, when I was there to try to sell and promote my first album. They said my music sounds a bit bluesy, a bit jazzy, but different from the Mississippi Delta blues.

When I said I’m from Cameroon, they said my music wasn’t Makossa or Bikutsi, so they asked me where I was from in Cameroon. I told them I’m from the coast, Sawa, I’m a Sawa boy. They said could we call your music Sawa Blues and I said that is it, you found the word, Sawa Blues.
 

Malian guitarist, vocalist and composer Samba Touré has just released a new album titled “Crocodile Blues”.

Samba’s distinctive style is widely regarded both at home and abroad as both reflecting and enhancing the enduring legacy of the legendary Ali Farka Touré.

This made Toumani Diabaté turn to Samba in 2010, to play alongside him on his ‘Ali Farka Touré Variations Tour’. It seemed a natural choice to pass the baton to Samba and have him represent Ali Farka Touré’s guitar style on the tour.