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This is not always the case, though. Stores like Plan 9 and others here in Richmond still stock African records and CDs where the browsing and listening and purchasing experience is still available.

Back in the day, this was the rule rather than the exception. From African record boutiques in USA lIke the African Music Gallery and the African Record Center that specialized in all genres or specific genres of music to mega stores like Tower Records and independent music stores like Sterns, African LPs were readily available for browsing and making choice purchases. The choices in cities like Paris were far greater.

The variety of great music was astounding -with the vast majority of LPs in most stores being Congolese recordings -and choices for purchase were often difficult.

Today I’m starting a two part series, to be continued in two weeks, of LPs selected and purchased in stores in DC, Richmond, Paris, San Francisco and New York, mostly during the 1980s, the heyday of great pan-African music.

This episode, I’ll play songs from Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana, the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Benin. You’ll hear some songs you may know and many that you may hear only on WRIR, including from rare LP by well known artists.

Next time we’ll sample records from Mali, Guinea, Congo, Senegal, South Africa and more.

Enjoy!

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The Motherland Influence: December 8, 2024 5:00-7:00 PM »

David Noyes The Motherland Influence December 8th, 2024

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Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

Some albums for today.

WELCOME!

This first day of December brings some new music, some classics and more.

We may not get to all of the albums above, we may play more. Two hours is a long time when there’s not enough music planned, but it’s too short when I’ve planned for too much.

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Ambiance Congo: December 1, 2024 3:00-5:00 PM »

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music December 1st, 2024

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The Motherland Influence presents:

A few of the albums spinning today

WELCOME!

African, Latin & Caribbean music every Sunday!

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The Motherland Influence: November 24, 2024 5:00-7:00 PM »

David Noyes The Motherland Influence November 24th, 2024

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Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

Welcome!

Celebrating the life of Antoine Nedule Monswet aka Papa Noel.

Music from the 1950s to 2012. One of Congo’s most prolific guitarists was on the scene for decades during the formative years of Congolese rumba and the decades to follow.

Music from Leon Bukasa, Rock-a- Mambo, Orchestre Cobantou, African Jazz, Les Bantous, Franco & TP OK Jazz, Sam Mangwana and, of course, the late star Papa Noel.

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