I don't often join in the Monday's Long Song thing as there are several other top notch blogs that already have it well covered, as you can see from the list on the right. But when I do I like to go proper long. There's none of those weedy seven or eight minute efforts here.
It is that spirit that we bring you some vintage Hausa Afrobeat from Kano in Nigeria. If you have 17 minutes 44 seconds to fill there won't be many better ways of doing so than giving this a listen. And after that you can go over to the BBE label's Bandcamp page and listen to some more.
"Wakar Alhazai" - Tabansi Studio Band
Needless to say I could not find any videos of the Studio Band, so here instead are their fine compatriots Mad Melon and Mountain Black with Monday's Long Video. Nine minutes long, the music starts about a third of the way in.
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