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They have incorporated elements from African culture into heavy metal music. \n VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMMwLcSyRFo\nInterview: https://echoesanddust.com/2022/01/skinflint-dark-tales-from-botswana/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3634392, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634392/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:29:02-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3634391, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634391/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:23:02-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Sound Of The Moribund", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Vale of Amonition", "artist_ids": [ "1cb2e82e-81e7-4743-bccb-e19884279e34" ], "album": null, "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Vale of Amonition is a pioneering Progressive/Doom Metal band formed in Uganda in 2009 by vocalist/guitarist Victor Rosewrath. Now operating between Uganda and Kenya, the band is known for its experimental \"tribal doom\" sound, blending dark fantasy, occultism, and intense, narrative-driven lyrics.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3634390, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634390/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:18:17-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Where Are the Kings of Africa", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "dcb77619-e50b-490e-8e13-36860ea1428b", "artist": "Metal Orizon", "artist_ids": [ "34aafde3-6eb8-4080-a2b9-60034f7b59d8" ], "album": "Kings of Africa", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "5aa73831-904b-4f56-b526-ac478464b898", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2018-02-08", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Check out Botswana legendary African Tribal Heavy Metal Band, Metal Orizon!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3634389, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634389/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:15:19-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3634388, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634388/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:13:18-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Babalawo", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "60d3a1d6-adee-47bb-bd2e-8c0146fd7a15", "artist": "Shadow Abraham With Mono Mono Friends", "artist_ids": [ "d0f4fe21-ec4b-4518-b5fb-936e33aa4897" ], "album": "Wake Up You! 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Outside of Kenya their output has been mostly invisible until a recent reissue and spreading through the internet, but they were quite popular among Nairobi youngsters in the 1970s.\n\nhttps://www.discogs.com/artist/4584276-Black-Savage", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3634386, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634386/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T21:05:52-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b4239660-b332-4f36-a5d9-695bd968cb22/31133554340-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b4239660-b332-4f36-a5d9-695bd968cb22/31133554340-250.jpg", "song": "Cler Achel", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0d88abd8-6b46-4f19-b74a-fd6eee624c6a", "artist": "Tinariwen", "artist_ids": [ "5c98fc12-be83-4246-ae5b-2184192913b9" ], "album": "Aman Iman: Water Is Life", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "46bddb86-91ba-39ed-a053-bafef73e1dee", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2006-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Tinariwen was founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, who grew up in refugee camps in Algeria and at age four witnessed the execution of his father during a 1963 uprising in Mali. 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With this album, the band attempted “to bring some freshness and the return of Raw Funk”.\nhttps://pan-african-music.com/en/this-is-marijata-one-of-the-most-accomplished-african-funk-album-is-reissued-in-vinyl-by-famous-english-record-label-mr-bongo/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3634382, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634382/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T20:46:37-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "The Hygrades!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3634381, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634381/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T20:42:56-07:00", "show": 66296, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66296/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Orere Elejigbo", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a20ca2b9-6933-4896-a93d-c6339c3ff0b1", "artist": "Lijadu Sisters", "artist_ids": [ "9c5c0632-dbef-4674-a90c-af04412a1508" ], "album": "Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "5caad029-bd47-3bfe-a8f1-cacf253f58ab", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2001-10-16", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Kehinde Lijadu and Taiwo Lijadu were identical twin sisters from Nigeria who performed as the Lijadu Sisters from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. 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