I think this may be the highlight of this year's finds, some supremely funky rumba from the Congo.  The influence of James Brown i...

Well, I've got to say I'm still pretty enamoured with the gorgeous music of Lucio Alves presented in the last SCP post (go ...

Here we have a fantastic compilation of swamp blues from Louisiana.  The album comprises songs originally released on the Baton Rouge...

Alphonse Mpassy, or Passy Mermans as he became known, was one of the lightning fingered guitarists from Brazzaville's legendary ru...

This chunk of late '80s juju is a bit infectious; the fidgety rhythms propel us at speed through the delightful wash of slide guita...

Jeffrey Lee Pierce died on March 31st, 1996 - just over 17 years ago, so now seems as good a time as any to post this little oddity tha...

Opinion is divided amongst aficionados of flamenco guitar as to the worth of Manitas' playing.  For some, he is the greatest f...

Hey people! Here is a crackly treat I picked up at this weekend's boot sale. Link Wray's eponymous comeback LP from 1971 was r...

    I picked up this lovely double LP in the bargain bin of local second hand shop, unfortunately the first disc was missing - m...

I first bought this album in '85 or '86 having read something in NME about Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his self-destructive ways.  I...

Here is a groovy slice of Ghanaian Highlife from one of the originators of the form. E.K. Nyame started performing in the late '40s, f...

The music on this unloved piece of vinyl from Kenya is simply gorgeous. Twelve fantastic songs featuring delightful guitar picking and v...

Black Sun Ensemble play the kind of unashamed ultra-psychedelia that can easily slip from the interstellar into fried cliche, but they alway...

Mbaraka Mwinshehe was one of the most popular guitarists and singers in East Africa in the late '60s and early '70s. It's beaut...

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a few old Spanish singles at a boot sale and I thought I'd share them here. Flamenco is the produc...

George Mukabi (Musical Career 1956 to 1963) Marehemu George Mukabi was born in Kisa near Kakamega. In his short musical career he rec...

A joyful noise from '70s Zaire! If you've never heard the lightning guitars and heavenly harmonies of Congolese rumba and soukous, t...

Robbie Basho 's album of heavy, exploratory guitar jams is probably available elsewhere on the internet, but I know you just love tha...