About Obi
Software Writer with a deep interest in music from Hip Hop, Soul, Broken Beat/Nu Jazz to African Music (somehow missed my calling). I blog as Soul On Ice and write about whatever takes my fancy. I am from Nigeria and currently reside in London with my family, taking in the multicultural vibes of the Big Smoke.
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July 4th, 2006
Sounds of Africa
As you read this the World Cup is in it's Semi Final stages with Italy knocking the host Germany out. So far it has been a wonderful festival of football with heroes created and reborn. Ghana made it to the last 16 and made all of us proud. ...
June 20th, 2006
Musique Africaine
The Global football festival that is the World Cup. The best so far I've witnessed with a genuine feelgood atmosphere and a lot of goals. With Ghana the strongest African contender left in the competition my interest is still deep and I wish them luck. When an ...
June 5th, 2006
African Vibrations
The football fever is on with the World Cup finals round the corner. As is the tradition different countries have come up with their football anthems to cheer on their national teams. To quote Bob Marley "Football Is Music". A claim playup.org have taken seriously by releasing ...
May 23rd, 2006
African Music #9
There is nothing like a local library that truly caters for the community. Wandering around my local library I came across a CD "Africa Remix (Ah Freak Iya)" and the tracklisting was a delight. It was released to compliment the Africa Remix '05 exhibition, one of which i ...
May 9th, 2006
African Music #8
I recently had a discussion with a friend about fair trade and it threw up some deep questions about African music. Who really owns the rights to the recordings? Who brokers what? How connected is the artist to his/her audience market? Is the music industry inherently ...
April 25th, 2006
African music #7
Nothing beats a music festival. You meet like the music lovers, people interested in the genre and enjoy the good party vibe. And though you know the lineup in advance you have no idea what antics will be displayed on stage. With these musings I look forward ...
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