African music

I’ve had an obsession with African music since the early 1980s, after buying Hugh Masekela’s Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz LP (Blue Note 1973). I DJ’d an African music program on radio 5MMM Adelaide, Back to Black, in 1986-7. I’ve many 1000s of , African LPs, CDs & MP3s particularly from the golden age of early 1980s Congolese music. A large selection of favourite African tracks is on my Spotify page. All the music I played on Simon Marnie’s ABC Sydney Sonic Journey in May 2019 is here.

My review of the 2020 documentary on Congolese rumba The Rumba Kings

My Spotify playlists

Australian 60s-70s Australian & NZ 80s+ Blues Country/Folk Latin Jazz Pop Reggae/Soca/Carribean Rock Soul/R&B Surf 1960s World 250 Desert Island Tracks Weepingly beautiful UK/Ireland 60s-70s US 50s-70s

Annual 50 best discovered/rediscovered tracks: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

50 best discovered/rediscovered 2022 + Sisters’ twang, y’all + Wedding night specials

My Youtube playlists

African. Full concerts. Favourite single tracks

My bands: the Original Faux Pas, the Bleeding Hearts, the Stan Moore Six

The Original Faux Pas (2006-13): L-R Julie Leask (vocals), Dave Petroni (bass), Rob Heard (keys), Strat Mairs (drums), Trish Kirby (vocals), Simon Chapman (vocals), Mitchell Ward (guitar), Bob Cumming (guitar) Also at other times: Geoff McLellan (sax), Paul Grogan (guitar), Les McLaren (bass, keys), Cathy Sutcliffe (vocals), Bob Jones (guitar)

The Bleeding Hearts (2013-18): L-R Trish Kirby (keys), Simon Chapman (vocals), Suzanne Plater (vocals), Bob Jones (guitar), Rob Brennan (drums), Paul Grogan (guitar, drums), Dave Petroni (bass) Also at other times: Michael Surina (drums), Angelo Vardenega (bass), Adrian King (guitar), Mark Tanner (harmonica)

The Stan Moore Six (formed to play the Stanmore Music Festival 2022)