Cool share. If anyone has more links to these songs, plz share here. The article just has one.<p>EDIT. Actually, the Soundcloud its from has a ton: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ostinatorecords" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/ostinatorecords</a>
I've received my copy of the CD a couple of days ago. Great music and the back story is incredible! According to the the liner notes this is the blog that inspired the whole project: <a href="http://tix-iyo-tiraab.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://tix-iyo-tiraab.blogspot.com</a><p>It's a small blog full of awesome Somali music from the 1970s and 1980s.
The Wire has more tracks from the same release. All good, but who'd believe that the last track by Waaberi Band is from Somalia of 1969!:
<a href="https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-tracks-from-a-new-compilation-of-somali-music" rel="nofollow">https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-tracks-from...</a>
A CD of this music on Amazon and you can listen to samples:<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-As-Broken-Dates-Somali/dp/B073MDHRZW" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-As-Broken-Dates-Somali/dp/B073M...</a>
I personally know vik, knew of the project, and so was so excited to see this article here by coincidence. He's personally investing great effort to rescue music that otherwise wouldnt be heard. Super recommend his other albums (one is like a Haitian Buena Vista).
Tangentially related, but it really makes me sad that what.cd died. It was a haven for these types of obscure music collections, tens of thousands of albums worth that simply aren't available via streaming services. I hope some sort of service finds a way to operate legally while still rewarding rarity like what did, otherwise more things like this will just be lost to the sands of time.