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Originals recordings from my private collection. Mp3 320Kbits only. Wav & originals on PM.

Ikenga Super Stars Of Africa Men of today

The Malian blues singer, Khaira Arby, belts out a classic hit with her rocking band comprised of Dramane Toure, Mahalmandane Abbanassane, Mohamed Ag Mohamed and others.  This track is on the about to be released CD of the same name: "Gossip" on the Clermont Music label.  Recorded mixed and mastered in NY.  Track 10 on Catalog number CLE011 and ISRC code QMPGD1500010.  CD release date: March 31.  

Khaira Arby - gossip

Awa Boussim - Mobidoré

TissilaWen est un jeune groupe originaire du Tassili N'Ajjer - Djanet dans le sud algérien qui concilie tradition et modernité, culture, identité et universalité. 

Le groupe se forme en 2008 avec la rencontre musicale entre Bakrin Timlfati et Cheikh Taberni, viendront ensuite Manou Othmani, le bassiste, excellent guitariste également, Abdelwahab Tonnsu guitariste, Smman Mefatih, Khamed Kadou et Oumeya Tagabou au djembé, cajón, calebasse et chant. 

TissilaWen reprend dans ses compositions l’essence même du legs de la musique targuie. 

Guitares électriques et costumes targuis, rythmes traditionnels et arrangements rock, folk ou blues, ce groupe innove et investit la scène depuis quelques années. 

Toumastine

issilaWen est un jeune groupe originaire du Tassili N'Ajjer - Djanet dans le sud algérien. 

TissilaWen concilie tradition et modernité, culture, identité et universalité. 
Le groupe se forme en 2008 avec la rencontre musicale entre Bakrin Timlfati et Cheikh Taberni, viendront ensuite Manou Othmani, le bassiste, excellent guitariste également, Abdelwahab Tonnsu guitariste, Smman Mefatih, Khamed Kadou et Oumeya Tagabou au djembé, cajón, calebasse et chant. 

TissilaWen reprend dans ses compositions l’essence même du legs de la musique targuie. 

Guitares électriques et costumes targuis, rythmes traditionnels et arrangements rock, folk ou blues, ce groupe innove et investit la scène depuis quelques années. 

Vous pouvez retrouver leur parcours et leur désert sur la page Facebook de TissilaWen 
www.facebook.com#!/pages/Tissilawen/145957665470002 

Tougdahine

Taken from Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba's new album 'Ba Power'
Order now: https://glitterbeat.bandcamp.com/album/ba-power

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power.

When asked what Ba Power means to him, Bassekou told us:
"Ba", in Bambara means "strong" or "great" and it also means "group.” I called the album Ba Power because I think the messages on it are very important and strong, and it is also definitely the album with the toughest sound I've ever made. I want these songs to grab as many people as possible.”

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture. Griots are esteemed musician/storytellers whose lineage stretches back centuries. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric) ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling it into the future.

Ba Power contains all the swagger, precision and wide-eyed excitement that the title implies. It is the album where Bassekou’s music engages with the world in ways he could have only imagined 10 years before. It is the album where he confirms his status amongst the 21st centuries most relevant musical artists.

I think African music and culture deserve to be spread to the broadest audience possible.
That is what I want to accomplish with Ba Power.
--Bassekou Kouyaté


Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Waati

Orchestra Baobab - Sibou Odia

Dub Mix of the song Pullo taken from the album "Crocodile Blues"

Samba Touré - Pullo Phil's dub mix

Habib Koite & Bamada - Kanawa

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.

Awa Boussim - Mobidoré

John Protox

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