Habib koite - Fimani

On his recently released, self titled album, Dereb and his band, along with producer Tony Buchen, set out to  faithfully record the music of 1960s-70s Ethiopian soul. The resulting set of 11 songs was recorded using only gear that pre dates 1970 in order to recreate the feel of the dusty Ethiopian soul records that have once again started becoming popular worldwide. 

Setaleygn (Tilahun Gesese)

MDOU MOCTAR - TAHOULTINE

11 Only Love

‘My Head’ is an Ethio-Latin jazz track, which pays homage to John Coltrane’s "Africa Brass" album (McCoy Tyner on piano), with a nod to Horace Silver and Dave Brubeck. The piano riff-led sonic journey leads you through the east African highlands via a Latin nightclub in Addis Ababa and on to Brazil.

The track, like a lot of Ethiopian music, is in 3/4 and 6/4 time signature. The Afro-Brazilian 2/4 pulse gives it danceability! 

Samuel Yirga - My Head

“Deli” by Basskou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
Out on iTunes, Spotify and all other digital services on 14 December 2018.

Taken from the album ‘Miri’ out on 25 January 2019 on Outhere Records - CD (OH032 CD) / Vinyl (OH032 LP) / Download/ Streaming.

Miri

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - “Deli”

Afriki

Massakè

N’ba

This track is from the album Dangay (The North) and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/babasalah2

Baba Salah | Chérie

Vieux Farka Touré's beautiful latest album was recorded as an homage to his homeland. Being that his native Mali has been splintered by territorial fighting between Tuareg and Islamic rebels since January 2012, his new album, Mon Pays, is devoted to reminding the world about the beauty and culture of his homeland.

‘For me it is a statement for the world that this land is for the sons and daughters of Mali, not for Al Qaeda or any militants. This land is for peace and beauty, rich culture and tolerance.This is our heritage, what we must always fight to protect in any way that we can. For me, that means making music that reminds the world of who we are.’

Translating as ‘My Nation,’ this predominantly acoustic undertaking had been planned before the invasions began. Inspired by his work with Israeli pianist and vocalist Idan Raichel, Touré initially went into a Bamako studio to honor the acoustic blues tradition of Northern and Southern Mali. Since that time, Mon Pays transformed into an artifact of cultural preservation.

Two songs on the project -Future’ and ‘Peace’ feature Sidiki Diabate’s kora leading an emotional charge complemented by Touré’s spectacular guitar work. Both tracks represent an important generational "passing of the torch" as Sidiki’s father, Toumani is considered one of the greatest living kora masters and was a close friend of Vieux’s father Ali. Their two records together, In the Heart of the Moon and Ali and Toumani, were awarded Grammies. At the 2011 ceremonies, Vieux accepted the prestigious award for his father, who had recently passed from bone cancer.

Mon Pays is the most mature and lovely record yet from one of this generation's most exciting artists to come out of Mali and one of world music's true rising stars.

Setaleygn (Tilahun Gesese)

Dereb the Ambassador

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