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09 De La Soul  Buddy

Sand Dunes - Single

Sand Dunes

#724
Produced by Ned Sublette
air date 2/11/2016

In Africa, drums don't only play rhythms, they send messages. “Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World” explores an endangered tradition of drum speech in Nigeria, and how that tradition changed and thrived in Cuba, where large numbers of enslaved Yoruba arrived in the 19th century. Producer Ned Sublette speaks with ethnomusicologist Amanda Villepastour, language technician Tunde Adegbola, and drummer Kenneth Schweitzer about how language and music overlap.

Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World

Free download via Bandcamp:
https://kondiband.bandcamp.com/album/the-freetown-tapes-2006-2016

In 2006, blind Kondi (thumb piano) player Sorie Kondi was surviving by busking on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, abandoned by relatives and friends who had fled the rebel takeover of the city in the late ‘90s. Demos for his debut studio album had also been lost during that time. His sound was marked by his electrified Kondi, run through a small distorted amplifier that he carried on his back whilst performing on the street.

Since then, Sorie has recorded and finished five albums in total in Freetown, using whatever means available to him, culminating in the ‘Without Money No Family’ album, which happened to catch the ear of US producer / DJ Chief Boima (also of Sierra Leonean descent) after chancing upon a YouTube link.

The two joined forces as Kondi Band, combining Sorie Kondi's traditionalist performances with Boima's globally-informed electronic production. The duo released an EP this year on Strut, recently performed acclaimed sets to thousands at Transmusicales and Womex, and have received accolades from tastemakers including Gilles Peterson, leading to a recent takeover of Worldwide FM by Boima. With a Kondi Band album, ‘Salone’, coming in 2017, Boima has created a free mix to showcase Kondi's incredible history.

As well as collecting songs from across Sorie Kondi’s recorded music career, this mix also includes one original and two remixes of songs from the forthcoming debut Kondi Band album. 

For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/kondiband
http://www.strut-records.com/

FREE DOWNLOAD

Sorie Kondi - The Freetown Tapes (mixed by Chief Boima)

Here's a mix I made a while back.  Some of my all time favorite Smooth R&B jams.  Music to do it to.

Minnie Riperton: Inside My Love
Delegation: Oh Honey
Don Blackman: Holding You, Loving You
Dynasty: Adventures In The Land of Music
Blackbyrds: Mysterious Vibes
Donald Byrd: Wind Parade
George Benson: Breezin'
Heatwave: Star of the Story
Rufus: Sweet Thing
Teddy Pendergrass: Love TKO
O'Bryan: You and I
Mary Jane Girls: All Night Long
Sylvia Striplin: You Can't Turn Me Away
Isley Brothers: Between The Sheets
Leon Haywood: I wanna Do Something Freaky To You
Staple Singers: Let's Do it Again
Willie DeVaughn: Be Thankful for What You've Got

The Quiet Storm

Smooth Valentine's Mix

My first introduction to Omar was around the mid 90s, which were also my early teens, at a time when I was still scratching the surface of what would eventually become my musical taste. As the years went by, I realized that with each new album, his name would pop up whenever I would have conversations about who my favourite artists were. A few months ago I caught up with Omar to talk about his new album, family, music philosophy and life in general.
Read The Full Interview Here: http://bit.ly/2vnQfkj

Balancepodcast

Tribute to OMAR - Mixed & Selected by Spacewalker

an epic exploration of Meshell's career, covering a solid selection of album material, remixes, soundtrack cuts, production & collabo work spanning 25 years. free your heart and submerge into the sounds.

originally aired on 16/03 via Blue In Green radio >>> www.blueingreenradio.com.

tracklist

01. meshell ndegeocello - adam
02. meshell ndegeocello - interlude/6 legged griot trio (weariness)
03. meshell ndegeocello - love song #1
04. meshell ndegeocello - outside your door (remix)
05. meshell ndegeocello - let me have you
06. meshell ndegeocello - isolation
07. meshell ndegeocello - criterion
08. meshell ndegeocello - dred loc (skins i'm in remix)
09. meshell ndegeocello - soul searchin' (i wanna know if it's mine)
10. meshell ndegeocello - lovely lovely
11. meshell ndegeocello - remember
12. meshell ndegeocello - stay (soulpower mix)
13. meshell ndegeocello - the teaching
14. meshell ndegeocello & keb mo - my soul don't dream
15. meshell ndegeocello - may this be love
16. meshell ndegeocello - andromeda and the milky way
17. meshell ndegeocello - earth
18. meshell ndegeocello - loyalty
19. meshell ndegeocello - bittersweet
20. meshell ndegeocello - forgiveness & love
21. meshell ndegeocello - tom
22. meshell ndegeocello - ecclesiastes: free my heart
23. meshell ndegeocello - love song #2
24. meshell ndegeocello - folie a deux
25. meshell ndegeocello - blood on the curb
26. meshell ndegeocello - fantasy
27. meshell ndegeocello & chris dave - the national anthem
28. meshell ndegeocello - michelle johnson
29. meshell ndegeocello - white girl
30. meshell ndegeocello - time has come today
31. meshell ndegeocello - if that's your boyfriend (existential meditation on the probability of you kissing my mind mix)
32. meshell ndegeocello - hot night (feat. talib kweli)
33. marcus strickland's twi-life - alive
34. meshell ndegeocello feat. herbie hancock - nocturnal sunshine
35. marcus miller - rush over (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
36. soulive - doin' something (remix) (feat. akil, chali 2na & meshell ndegeocello)
37. the rh factor - kwah/home (feat. anthony hamilton & meshell ndegeocello)
38. guru - for you (feat. kenny garrett & meshell ndegeocello)
39. freedom (theme from panther) (rap version) (feat. mc lyte, meshell ndegeocello, nefertiti, queen latifah, salt n' pepa, tlc, yo-yo & patra)
40. rahzel - steal my soul (feat. branford marsalis & meshell ndegeocello)
41. chaka khan - pain (arranged by prince) (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
42. joshua redman elastic band - greasy g
43. robert glasper experiment - the consequences of jealousy (georgia anne muldrow's sassy geemix) (feat. meshell ndegeocello) 
44. meshell ndegeocello - pocketbook (j dilla remix) (unreleased)
45. steve lehman - logic - meshell
46. meshell ndegeocello & yerba buena! featuring ron blake - gentleman
47. zap mama - african diamond (feat. meshell ndegeocello & tony allen)
48. miguel migs - tonight (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
49. shirlette ammons - dear nora
50. the funk brothers - you've really got a hold on me (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
51. myron & the works - star
52. laika - visions
53. terri lynn carrington - get to know you (feat. ledisi)
54. jason lindner - worrisome
55. mark guiliana - strive (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
56. basement jaxx - feels like home (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
57. blind boys of alabama - oh come all ye faithful (feat. meshell ndegeocello)
58. meshell ndegeocello - love song #3
59. meshell ndegeocello - akel dama (field of blood)
60. meshell ndegeocello - liliquoi moon (non-album version)
61. meshell ndegeocello - love you down
62. meshell ndegeocello - make me wanna holler
63. meshell ndegeocello - the chosen (feat. cassandra wilson)
64. meshell ndegeocello - fool of me
65. meshell ndegeocello - pink moon
66. meshell ndegeocello - oysters
67. meshell ndegeocello - hair of the dog
68. meshell ndegeocello - sometimes it snows in april
69. meshell ndegeocello - turn me on
70. meshell ndegeocello - papillon.

CONFESSIONS OF A CURLY MIND - Episode_019: Meshell Ndegeocello

N.O.R.E. - Let Me Show You How Your Pussy Works (Prod. By Scram Jones)

Miguel-Saturday-Night

Pass It On

Pass It On (feat. Terri Walker)

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 