Two Niles to Sing a Melody: the Violins & Synths of Sudan — Peter Margasak

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Digging up lost music from Africa's war-torn eastern coast--brilliant sounds from Sudan and Somalia

Digging up lost music from Africa's war-torn eastern coast--brilliant sounds from Sudan and Somalia

In the last month two dazzling releases have made large contributions toward generating new appreciation for pop music from both Sudan and Somalia.

Peter MargasakOctober 5, 2018Mohammed Wardi, Sudan, Somalia, Dur Dur Band, Analog Africa, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Ostinato Records, Abdel Aziz El Mubarak, Blue Nile Records, Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa, Abu Obaida Hassan, Two Niles to Sing a Melody: the Violins & Synths of Sudan, Khojali Osman, Yabaal, Al Sourah, Malo Law Safeetna IntaComment

Peter Margasak is a long-time music journalist who has also programmed the weekly Frequency Series at Constellation in Chicago since 2013.