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Musician: Oludele Olaseinde
Location: Toxteth, Liverpool
Instruments: guitar, piano; composer, producer
Music: Nigerian/ Yoruba
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSIC听听听听听听听听听听WHERE I PLAY听听听听听听听听听听A FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 听听Listen (7'19) to an audio feature recorded at Oludele's home in Liverpool. Presented by Rita Ray. (Broadcast on Radio 3: 29/1/02)
听听Listen to Oni Dodo played by Oludele Olaseinde, with his daughters Yetunde and Seun on vocals and Emilio on sax.
Where I Play:
We sing a lot of folk songs at home. We tell stories and watch videos of various events like my sister's wedding back home, my father's investiture as Chief Sagwe and the children still find them interesting. They go back home to Nigeria at least every one-and-a-half years.
In Liverpool we have quite a large Nigerian community, and in particular a Yoruba community as well. But everybody's a bit disjointed, so it's more of every family for themselves. When there are events like birthday parties, people come together. For instance last February, my orchestra - the River Niger Orchestra - performed for the Nigerian High Commissioner at the opening of the Nigerian Community Association here. What we try to do musically (with the band) is we play music from all parts of Nigeria and West Africa as a whole.
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