Chip Tennille's blog

Extra Golden delivers an authentic taste of Kenyan Benga music with all its shimmering guitar melodies and exuberant polyrhythms, augmented by a modicum of American rock muscle. "Benga is almost entirely unknown," says Alex. "Hipsters with Fela albums are a dime a dozen, but show me one with an Okatch Biggy record and color me impressed!" [music video] (more)