AN EMAIL TO MAGICMAN

I just tried to send an email to magicman and it got bumped so I'll post it here for him plus anyone else who might find it interesting. I was prompted by the huge interest in African music this week and his interest in Congolese music. Here 'tis:


Magic: Since the blog's closed I'll comment to you this way. There's a magazine I've been involved with since it's inception, it's The Beat, it started as the Reggae Beat, evolved into the Reggae and African Beat and is now just The Beat. They cover almost exclusively reggae, African, Caribbean and World music. They're online at www.getthebeat.com. They're published 5 times a year with regular contributors, The main reason I mention all of this is because of Martin Sinnock, he writes exclusively about Congolese music and has an encyclopedic knowledge going back to the origins, he introduced me many years ago and he's always the first article I read - always 2-3 pages. Plus there's another regular African column by Barry Eisenberg. Sinnock's at www. africasounds.com and www.totallyradio.com
Eisenberg's at: www.myspace.com/bellekinoise
As you might imagine with a magazine of this type most of the contributors are serious about African music, worth also checking are Bob Tarte and Dave Hucker at www.technobeat.com
If you find this worthwhile and know other African fans, pass it on. Hope you enjoy, GF.