Tamikrest feat Tinariwen sing Aratan from Toumastin album for Tamikrest.

Tamikrest - Aratan N Tinariwen

In the twenty years since Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré won his first Grammy, a whole spectrum of African Blues has become hugely popular with a global audience. The shades of Blues on this Rough Guide range from the deep indigo of the Saharan nomads to a vivid Madagascan cobalt.

For more information, visit www.worldmusic.net/africanblues

Africa is considered by many to be the home of the Blues, both musically and spiritually. Musically the connection is particularly evident in the music of Ali Farka Touré and other artists from Mali and Saharan West Africa. Elsewhere, the link to the Blues can be described as more spiritual – the intensity of the emotion comes across in the passion of the voices and the rawness of the music.

West Africa provides the first few songs on this Rough Guide. Ali Farka Touré himself said that he was ‘an absolute fool for the guitar’ in the 1970s when ‘Yer Mali Gakoyoyo’ was recorded for Mali’s national radio station, while ‘Dani Dou’ by his acolyte Samba Touré hints at the loping gait of a camel-train.  Tamikrest and Bombino represent further variations of the blues of the Sahara.

Senegalese artists Nuru Kane and Amadou Diagne are joined by musicians from their adopted communities in France and the UK and it’s English guitarist Ramon Goose who provides the springy electric riff to accompany Modou Touré’s vocals in the West African Blues Project.  Meanwhile, Zambian-born Dominic Kakolobango is joined by American Elijah Wald on the dual finger-picking guitars of ‘Gueza Tabiya’ (Change Your Habits) and an international band, including oud and piano, provides a lush backing for Amira Kheir’s jazzy exploration of her Sudanese heritage.

The complex traditional music of their native Madagascar influences the blues of both Nogabe Randriaharimalala and Lala Njava, while Menelik Wesnatchew’s ‘Teteza’ is a beautifully swaying version of ‘Ethiopia’s majestic hymn to the blues’. 

Dilon Djindji, from Mozambique, made his first guitar from an oil can when he was twelve years old, 63 years before his first solo album was released. The final track on the album is a unique unaccompanied vocal piece by La Reunion’s greatest maloya artist, Danyèl Waro.

Nuru Kane: Niang Balo (taken from The Rough Guide To African Blues)

Bisimillah, from the soon to be released limited edition 180 gram 12" vinyl, "LEILA" by Leila Gobi.  
Release date is 18 April 2015 in record stores only.

Leila Gobi - "Bisimillah"

Streamer & mps PILOT are StreamerPilot. Klezmer music has long had an important place in the Dutch musical landscape. Top exponents of the genre the Ot Azoj Klezmer Band asked StreamerPilot to select a track to electrify for the dancefloor. StreamerPilot chose the joyful instrumental frenzy that is Turkish Honga. Their Rare remix starts off unassuming enough, then surges into uplifting, progressive techno bass with crashing snares topped off by a wild virtuoso gypsy violin solo. 
Yet another track showing off StreamerPilot’s distinctive production style at its best.


Ot Azoy - Turkish Honga (StreamerPilot Rare Remix)

Majid Bekkas , Joachim Kuhn et Ramon Lopez

Toumani Diabate Playing The Kora In New Delhi Saturday, Dec 3, Nehru Park[1]

Makan « Badjé » Tounkara est un djeli, un griot, petit-fils du grand Djeli Baba Sissoko (1922-2001), qui fut reconnu par  ses pairs comme « chef des griots maliens » dans les années 1990. Badjé poursuit une riche carrière, jouant notamment avec des artistes renommés comme Salif Keïta, Baba Maal, Ami Koïta, Tata Bambo, Kandia Kouyaté ou sa tante Mah Damba. Makan Tounkara est également à l’origine d’une innovation instrumentale, puisqu’il a rajouté trois cordes à son ngoni, le luth des griots monté traditionnellement de quatre cordes. L’instrument est présent, avec de légères variantes, chez toutes les populations mandingues, sous des appellations diverses (koni, kontigo, gambare).

Daba

Secretly Famous

Indian Dope (feat. Ghalia Benali)

The Spy From Cairo- Indian Dope ft. Ghalia Benali

Joys abound introduces the golden voice of Anandi Bhattacharya on a contemporary exploration of her musical roots. With sublime accompaniment by her father Debashish and other leading instrumentalists, Anandi’s outward-looking approach imbues Joys Abound with real musical wisdom which belies her years.

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Joys Abound

Jai Ganesh

Joachim Kuhn   Majid Bekkas   Ramon Lopez - Asmaa

All the Same - Vieux Farka Toure feat. Dave Matthews

Tamikrest - Aratan N Tinariwen

Kotb Hammad