We’ll always remember (ho tsarovantsika) when we were children. When we played, were always together and happy. When Mother and Father were alive.

10 Ho tsarovantsika - extract

Without revealing her secret (sekire), a woman tells her husband she is leaving. His pleas for her to stay for the sake of the children are met with silence.

09 Sekire - extract

The song recounts the manipulation and crimes committed by foreigners in Madagascar during the colonial period.

08 Manipule-nareo - extract

When a girl rejects a marriage proposal from King Retsevere he decides to drown himself. She changes her mind, but too late. The humiliation has happened.

07 Retsivere - extract

A woman describes her guy (benaiky) with much admiration.

06 Benaiky - extract

Jihe
The song combines jihe, the ceremonial rhythm of southwest Madagascar, with vocal improvisation inspired by the Antanosy people of the southeast.


05 Jihe - extract

Of all the birds, Railovy has the sweetest voice. The others are jealous, but each has its own destiny.

04 Railovy - extract

The story of Voantsarotse, a woman who is sad because of a difficult husband.

03 Voantsarotse - extract

The iconic jazz standard – but not as you know it! The song is transformed in the tsapiky style of southwest Madagascar.

02 It Don't Mean a Thing - extract

Young men discuss a dispute over a woman that took place in the village of Ampasimahebo.

01 Ampasimahebo - extract

Island Jazz featuring Monika Njava & Linley Marthe – Exciting new album out now on Anio Records.

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