From the lists of podcasts presented to me on the website, I choose the Afropunk, Afrojazz and Afropop( Special Podcast) because of my curious interest in African music. This podcast has a list of 7 artists (outside parenthesis) and songs (in parenthesis): Antibalas (Sare Kon Kon), Konkoma ( Senture), Janka Nabay & the Bubu gang (Feba), Orchestre Poly- Rythmo ( Tegbe), Andra Kouyate & Seke Chi( Yereko & Saro) and Malawi Mouse Boys( Palibe(it’s not there). The song ‘Sare Kon Kon’ by Antibalas features texture which is characterized by drums which is heard at the beginning of the song which is followed by sounds of trumpet and singing voices, this occurs all through the song harmoniously which is pleasing to the ears of the listener (Timbre). The song’s dynamics switches from soft to loud; it starts softly and becomes louder as the song progresses. In my opinion, language used in is this song Yoruba in this song most especially the song’s title, …show more content…
The language used in the song is Krio which is mixture of English and African languages. Also the song title ‘ Feba’ means ‘look alike’ in Krio. The timbre/ tone quality is a happy tone; in fact it’s a dancing tone because the song’s tempo is an uptown tempo style of hill music known as Bubu which is a traditional music from Sierra Leone. The dynamic of the song is moderately loud and lively all through the song. Janka Nabay is referred to as King Bubu because of his influence on Bubu music by modernizing the traditional music through electronic instrumentation. Also on the podcast is a francophonic song with Cuban influence titled ‘Tegbe’ by Orchestre Poly- Rythmo(from Benin). The song’s timbre is a happy tone because it makes the listener dance. Also, the texture of the song is characterized by trumpet, bass lute, drumbeats and singing voices; the quality is light. The song’s tempo is moderately