Tunde Nightingale
Earnest Olatunde Thomas, performing as Tunde Nightingale, was an early juju guitarist and bandleader in Lagos and Ibadan whose "So Wàmbè" style favored loose, praise-singing party music over formal dance-hall sets. Active from the mid-1940s until his death in 1981, he's cited as a direct stylistic touchstone for later juju stars including King Sunny Adé.
the sound in question
Omo AbilowoTunde Nightingale
we haven’t charted Tunde Nightingale yet
this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.