Tagged: Janka Nabay
Janka Nabay Performs Prince Rama’s “Summer of Love”
Janka Nabay helped make Prince Rama‘s second Trust Now Karaoke video awesomely weird. Sierra Leone’s Bubu King put a regal, magically grounded spin on “Summer Of Love,” with the help of a cat and a … read more »
Janka Nabay’s Sabanoh Tape MP3 + Help the Bubu Man
Janka Nabay might be more of a myth than a man. In his homeland of Sierra Leone, there aren’t many who would challenge his self-proclaimed status as “King of Bubu“, he being single-handedly responsible for … read more »
Theophilus London, “Don’t Be Afraid” MP3
A few months ago we saw Theophilus London singing a little bit at a show and thought it was precisely the right move. It wasn’t a Drake/Kanye-style auto-croon but raw and shaky in a way … read more »
Video: Janka Nabay, “Eh Congo”
Last summer we saw Sierra Leone’s Janka Nabay do a show in Brooklyn that rivaled Sesame Street in unbridled joy. He didn’t really sing into the mic that much but danced and smiled and wore … read more »
Janka Nabay, “Eh Congo” MP3
Bubu used to be a sound you could only hear on one day of year, in one very specific part of northern Sierra Leone. Janka Nabay is the dude that took those traditional beats in … read more »
The FADER Issue 64 Free Download
With domestic issues weighing so heavily on every American’s mind these days, it felt appropriate to focus our sixth annual photo issue inward. We started by selecting two cover stories that represent seemingly opposing factions … read more »
