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Tunji Oyelana & The Benders

Tunji Oyelana & The Benders has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 4 July 2013. Tunji Oyelana & The Benders's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

But he also later burst out on his own as an ethnomusicologist, producing folk music which ruled the airwaves in the 70s and 80s with a group famously known as Tunji Oyelana and The Benders. Many of his albums would qualify as classics in their genre, deploying native wisdom, folklore and wit, mixed with sparse syncopation and antiphony, relying heavily on the human voice and its inflections to lift the spirit. Radio stations loved…

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Ifa
Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
EMI1976
Ifa
Tunji Oyelana & The BendersEMI1976
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To Whom It May Concern
Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
EMI1974
To Whom It May Concern
Tunji Oyelana & The BendersEMI1974
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Omo'Ba D'Eru Ri
The Benders
His Master's Voice0
Omo'Ba D'Eru Ri
The BendersHis Master's Voice0
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Ipasan
Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
EMI1974
Ipasan
Tunji Oyelana & The BendersEMI1974
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To Whom It May Concern
Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
Soundway2008
To Whom It May Concern
Tunji Oyelana & The BendersSoundway2008
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Eso Laiye Gba
The Benders Led By Tunji Oyelana
Ariya Productions0
Eso Laiye Gba
The Benders Led By Tunji OyelanaAriya Productions0
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