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KG Omulo – ‘Ayah Ye! Moving Train’ LP

Posted: January 11, 2012 by treylord in Afro-beat, Afro-Soul, Downloads, Kenya, KG Omulo, Video
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For those who are unacquainted, check out KG Omulo hard-hitting Afrofunk. He is heavily influenced by a rural Kenyan childhood spent listening to Motown grooves and East & Western African classics. A subsequent move to the States found him tackling new arrangements alongside some of Central Florida’s chief brass and string players. This guitar-laden, horn infused Ayah Ye! Moving [...]

KENYAN IMPORT: Just A Band – KUDISH! (The Sound of Soup) Mixtape

Posted: April 22, 2011 by treylord in Downloads, Hip Hop, Just a Band, Kenya, Mixtape
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Kenya’s electro-art-indie-afro band, Just A Band, recently bandcamped their latest mixtape, Kudish! (The Sound of Soup). JAB’s Blinky writes in: From the first time we ever went on stage (in August 2008 – nerve-wracking!) for live performances and/or DJ-sets, we’ve always prepared some remixes of our own songs (and other Kenyan songs we like) to play before we start or [...]

Reuters: Kenya to plant 7.6 billion trees to check deforestation

Posted: August 14, 2009 by treylord in Africa, Deforestation, Environment, Kenya
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Reuters: NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya said on Wednesday it would plant 7.6 billion trees over the next 20 years to redress decades of chopping down forest cover, the effect of which is now being felt in acute water and power shortages. Just 3 percent of land in the agriculture-based east African economy is covered by [...]