Osibisa were among the first afropop bands to cross over to european and american audiences in the early 1970s. Find osibisa discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Ojah awake, osibisa s 1976 album half filled with disco beats, opens with total two covers, the coffee song and the warrior. Osibisa were one of the first african bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding world music. Provided to youtube by believe sas the coffee song osibisa ojah awake. Even though it is a compilation of songs from different osibisa albums, they might have been remastered excellently. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Song information for ojah awake osibisa on allmusic.
The very best of osibisa african dawn, african flight aka kakra acoustic. What are your favorite non christmas devotional songs. Osibisas eighth album, ojah awake, is also the best in imho. They continually released countless number of hit songs that went viral in the world of music. Osibisa was the first african band to notch up a whole series of bestselling singles and albums in the pop charts with its infectious fusion of styles referred to worldwide as crisscross rhythms that explode with happiness.
Hari om sharanmukund madhav kirtan namstegovindam sh. Hear three key members, robert bailey, dell richardson and gregg brown chat about their new forthcoming album, the boyhood. Enjoy what you take dont moan and grumble at something you get for free. This was the ghanaian groups great commercial success in their adopted home of great britain. Get all the lyrics to songs on the warrior and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. British afropop band, founded in london in 1969 by four expatriate african and three caribbean musicians members have included. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. This was the ghanaian groups great commercial success in their adopted home of great britain and all over the former british colonies. Ojah awake is an album by british afropop band osibisa released in 1976 by island records ilps 9411. Osibisa biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Osibisa s eighth album in only five years, 1976s ojah awake was the ghanaian afropoppers commercial high point in their adopted home of great britain. But this album is worth the price of the first three tracks and the finale woyaya.
Ojah awake is an album by ghanaian afropop band osibisa released in 1976 by island records ilps 9411. The bands members, hailing from ghana and the caribbean, came together in london and quickly made an impression on the university circuit. Osibisa is a jazz rockfusion progressive rock artist from ghana. Provided to youtube by castle communications ojah awake osibisa sunshine day the pyebronze anthology. Albums include osibisa, woyaya, and a monstrous psychedelic bubble vol. Osibisa s eighth album, ojah awake, is also the best in imho. All fisrt three osibisa albums occupy a special place in my collection, get played from time to time and have lasted the distance. Teddy osei, sol amarfio, loughty amao, mac tontoh, mike odumosu, nii tagoe, paul golly, potato darku, princess, robert abia, robert bailey, roy bedeau, spartacus r, teddy osei, wendell richardson kofi ayivor, kari bannerman, victor mensah, gregg kofi brown, colin.
Osibisa woyaya lp mca 1971 germany pressing jazzrock afro rock. Osibisa on colourful radio with gracie on friday 31st january 2020. The cd duplicates the ojah awake album in poorer fidelity with the addition of a track dubbed from osibisa s video. Osibisa are a british afrobeat band, founded in london in 1969 by four expatriate african and three caribbean musicians. The very best of osibisa is a 3cd set unauthorised compilation bringing together three osibisa s albums. Watch the video for ojah awake from osibisa s the very best of for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Cherryfield is a very good song and dance the body music sounds like a genuine disco. This recording includes osibisas hit single dance the body music.
Welcome home, ojah awake and africa we go go, released in. If you came straight to this page, click on the button below to explore the rest of this site. Find album release information for ojah awake osibisa on allmusic. Get all the lyrics to songs on ojah awake and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Recorded live in front of over 25,000 people at fairport conventions cropredy festival in oxfordshire in summer of 1997. We currently dont have any genres associated with this song. Issued in 1995 cd format by aim records aim 1056 cd.
The band was formed in the united kingdom in 1969 by three ghanaian. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Stream osibisa by osibisa and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Good music always deserves our thanks and osibisa were one of the. The warrior is a bootleg version of the album ojah awake 1976 by british afropop band osibisa, released without authorisation in 1992 by soundwings records mc102. Backing vocals osibisa bass guitar mike odumosu bells mac tontoh. Osibisa biography founded in london, uk in 1969 still active as of 2015 osibisa means crisscross rhythms that explode with happiness, and what a precise name, the first thing that anybody who listens this band admires is the fantastic rhythm section, combining drums and bass with tribal percussion instruments in a delightful way, even uriah heep couldnt resist the chance to add their. Flying bird makes a little more serious bridge to the obvious hit tracks of the album. Probably the leading pioneers of african rock music osibisa were certainly responsible for introducing afrorhythms to a mainstream rock audience, with tracks like sunshine dayand dance the body music. World group formed in london did much to raise awareness of african music in the early 1970s. Osibisa is a british afropop band, founded in london in 1969 by four expatriate african and three caribbean musicians.
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