Freeload: Highlife, “F Kenya RIP” MP3
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“My dad listens to this all the time!” says our style editor Chioma Nnadi upon hearing Sleepy Doug Shaw aka Highlife’s “F Kenya RIP.” (We’re going with “RIP,” as in “rest in peace, guitar player F Kenya,” and not “rip,” as in steal—though if it is the latter, “tribute” probably would work better.) So she called Papa Nnadi over in London to explore. Official Nigerian dad verdict is that it is possibly a track from Sikyi Highlife by Dr K. Gyasi and His Noble Kings, but he couldn’t get the record player to work. We’re calling back in a half an hour to find out the exact song.
Download: Highlife, “F Kenya RIP” (via GvsB)
White Magic in New York City
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The return! We have been waiting since late summer of last year when Mira Billotte played solo for our dormant Piano Recital series on FADER TV. We hope she plays the jam from the video above, “Ethioking,” with the full White Magic band tonight at 92Y in Tribeca. We hope she’s got a new bag of tricks to display. We also hope she puts in some work with early opening group Highlife, Sleepy Doug Shaw’s blunted Ghana-saturated guitar songs. One to watch, people.
