Hutchy - Welcome to the World Cup (2010)

Welcome to the World Cup - Hutchy

Welcome to the Dub - Hutchy

Thankfully I ran into Hutchy yesterday right after the England - USA game at Patty Boom Boom. He happened to have an extra copy of his new single, Welcome to the World Cup. Good timing, good single. When I asked him if I could post it here, I got an emphatic yes, so here it is.

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu

I can't remember who hooked me up with this track, but I'm hoping they don't mind me sharing. This is a beautiful piece of music that was very well sampled by Martin Solveig. I will post that track soon. Thanks to Awesome Tapes from Africa, I found this other amazing Frimpong track while researching this artist. Alhaji K. Frimpong is a Ghanaian highlife artist. I was unable to find much valuable information on him, so I'll leave it at that.

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache

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Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache

I was talking to my friend Mike over email one day and he brought up Hihache in passing and I didn't know what he was talking about. He was kind enough to send it my way with permission to share. Of course I had in fact heard this before, but didn't know the track title or artist. The Lafayette Afro Rock Band came out of Roosevelt Long Island in 1970, but moved to Paris where they felt they'd better stand out and found their niche in the Barbès district where americans tended to hang out. They put out Soul Makossa in 1974 after changing guitarists. This was one of the stand out tracks on that album, that's been sampled many times.