
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 to play his music and listeners derived much pleasure from them.
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Ifa (Album Version)
Ifa
To Whom It May Concern
Ipason
To Whom It May Concern - Tunji Oyelana and The Benders
Ifa - Tunji Oyelana and The Benders
Ipasan
Iwo Ko La Dami
Iwo Ko La Dami - Tunji Oyelana and The Benders
11 - Ifa
Ipasan - Tunji Oyelana and The Benders
Iwo Ko Lo Dami
It's Not Your Fault Brother (Niks Mukat Edit)(Forthcoming On Soundway )
Omoba D'eru Ri
Ifa (Tunji Oyelana & The Benders)
I.F.A.
Alakowe
Oloti
Ogun Adubi
Alaru T'onje Buredi
It's Not Your Fault Brother (Guynamukat Edit)(Forthcoming On Soundway )
Enia Bi Aparo
Jewele-Jewele
E Gbe Mi
Pambola Mbola
Okete
Omonike
Lisabi Egba
Fiya Jemi
Lenle
To Whom It May Concern - Tunji Oyelana and The Benders (from Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76)
To Whom It May Concern -
LFA
Double face
To Whom It May Concern [Pidgin English]
iwo kolo dami
Tunji Oyelana And The Benders - Ifa
I Love my Country
11 To Whom It May Concern
Sanjina
Guajira Van
Zinabu
Tunji Oyelana and the Benders
To Whom It May Concern / Tunji Oyelana and The Benders
Omoba to da eru
To Whom It May Concern - Tunji O...
It's Not Your Fault Brother (Guynamukat Edit)
Tunji Oyelana And The Benders - To Whom It May Concern
Ojo
Osekere
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