The usual suspects too this week: AfroCubism, Calexico, The Rootsman, Syriana, Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson, Kaïssa, Asmara All Stars, Natacha Atlas, Muntu Valdo and a bonus track by Haile Selassie I Feat. Bob Marley & The Wailers!! Enjoy it!! ;-)
All the usual suspects this week: Afrocubism, Jali Bakary Konteh, Idrissa Soumaoro, Kandia Kouyaté, Kaïssa, Etran Finatawa, Asmara All Stars, Cheikh N'digel Lô, a classic track from1994 with Baaba Maal, Lobi Traoré and Roland Tchakounte!!! Quite a show! All the best from rainy England! ;-)
Another show! This time filled with a reggae vibe to start with!, Asmara All Stars( see Out Of Africa #73)Bruno Blum, Tifah, a new French reggae band, spotted at the phenomenal Ard'Afrique Festival in Les Vans, Ardeche, France.... Another track by the exceptional Syriana, playing live in London on the 2nd of October! we finish off with a Latin Mix... Enjoy it! Check the playlist in my pages!
Hi, Special start to this week's show! The Asmara All stars from Eritrea. The album will be out on the 11th October... It is the best African album of the year so far, produced by Bruno Blum, famous for his Gainsbourg reggae remixes and his "War" remix featuring Emperor Haile Selassie' speech on Africa. Another track is featured in "Out Of This World" Some great female vocalists too, fom Cameroon, Kaissa, from the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahore, and from Burkina Faso... Kady Diarra and one track from the excellent Idrissa Soumaoro album, Djitoumou: Yere Djate. Plus a few suprises... if you can't wait look at the playlist on my pages!! Have fun!
World music at your fingertips!!! Kaissa, Syriana, Los Lobos, Grupo Fantasma, Novalima, Dr John and..... Alan Stivell... Eclectic! Check the playlist on my website!!!!
Great playlist this week!!! Fela, Idrissa Soumaoro, Kaissa, Nuru Kane, Cheikh Lo, and many others... Check the playlists on my website!!!
Special interview with Graham Steel, free lance events coordinator http://www.myspace.com/windsorartscentremusic and events manager at Jagz, Ascot UK http://www.jagz.co.uk/... Look at the websites for updates on this interview which took place around Xmas last year. Music by Mor Kabarsi, Yat-Kha, John Mayer's Indo Jazz Fusions, Paddyrasta, Tommy Emmanuel, Nigel Kennedy & The Kroke Band and Hazmat Modine.... Enjoy!
Special program on Mali and the diversity of its music, featuring Salif Keita, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, Amadou & Mariam, Bako Dagnon, Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni ba, Dejelimady Tounkara, Idrissa Soumaoro, Issa Bagayogo, Habib Koité & Bamada and Oumou Sangaré. For those interested in learning a bit more about Malian Music, check out this website http://www.mali-music.com/index_En.html available in French as well http://www.mali-music.com/index.html Have fun!
On the World front: Bethany and Rufus, Pacifika, Haidouti Orkestar, Novalima, La caravane Passe and Toubab All Stars.. Enjoy
Hi .....Back to tracks from a number of new releases: Munto Valdo, Diabel Cissokho, Roland Tchakounte and Tiken Jah Fakoly......and a new Cameroon discovery, Kaissa....
