Simon Shaheen & Qantara-Waving Sands

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Carte de Séjour: La Rhorhomanie
Boussouar El Maghnaoui: Allo Allo
Mohamed Boulahrik: Thousa Yezkhom Erkhom
Ahmad Jabrane: Hbibi Diali
Hedi Lejmi: Ya Chibani
Ben Omar El Maghrabi: Daba Iji Ya Lahbiba"
Blond Blond: Le Père & La Mère
Line Monty: Nar Ehouakoum Lahab
Noura: I Djibouha

Une pensée à la grande Noura qui nous a quitté juste après que cette émission soit enregistrée, qu'elle repose en paix.

Toukadime Radio #17

Original sample by Bonga - "Ku Tando" off of his epic Angola 72 album. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/angola-72/id300430019

Beats, edits and re-works of classics from Angola, Cape Verde & Mozambique.

Available from:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/meu-kamba/id916179220
play.spotify.com/album/2U8azSEUS6RUH5BkBcxhba
www.deezer.com/album/8580776
www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH7TKXQ

Rocky Marsiano (@rockymarsiano) is the brainchild of Lisbon hip hop veteran D-Mars, the result of his passion for MPC head bobbin' beats, as well as Lusophone classics from Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique, which permeate the streets he grew up on in Lisbon.

"Esse Mambo" samples one of the greatest Angolan recording artists of all times, Bonga, and is a perfect introduction to Rocky Marsiano's playfully hybrid sound. "Both Angola 72 and Angola 74 are classic records from Angola. All the songs on both albums are just great: so much depth and rhythmical vibes"

Marsiano manages to tastefully expand the vibes of this classic record, as he does on the rest of his Meu Kamba project, which comes out online September 23.

Rocky Marsiano - "Esse Mambo" (Bonus Track Free Download)

Samba Touré: Gandadiko
Release date: January 30th, 2015
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com

His voice is resonant, the rhythms have a relentless groove and his guitar burns with the intensity of the desert sun. But above all, there’s a confidence and gravitas that reinforces the feeling that Samba is a man whose time has come.
**** Review of “Albala”/ Songlines (UK)

Samba Toure’s previous album Albala was recorded during the fear-laden atmosphere of 2012, when northern Mali (including his ancestral village of Diré) had succumbed to sharia law and radical Islamist control and Bamako, his adopted home, still reeled in the chaos of the recent military coup.

Albala received widespread acclaim and was rightfully recognized not only as the best album of Samba’s career but also as an undeniable musical statement about the human toll of war and political crisis. Samba had spent years honing his artistry (including stints playing with Malian blues master Ali Farka Touré and Kora genius Toumani Diabate) and Albala signposted a mature artist, full of sonic imagination and narrative fire.

Gandadiko, the title of Samba’s potent, diverse and ambitious new album, translates from his native language Songhai as: “Land of Drought” or “Burning Land.” The title seems to indicate a return to the dark textures that marked Albala but in fact Gandadiko is a more complex story than that. 

Philippe Sanmiguel, a record producer living in Bamako (Anansy Cissé, Mariam Koné) and Samba’s producer for both albums, provides the details:

“One thing I’m sure of is that we didn’t want to do a second ‘Albala’. For Samba that album was maybe a little too sad and he wanted something closer to who he really is: hopeful. So the challenge was to have something as strong as ‘Albala’, but with more variety in the rhythms and moods and colors. I think the album sounds musically less dark, it’s more danceable and up-tempo, but, sorry Samba, it’s not entirely a joyful album. Tension, troubles and danger are still there in many of the songs. 

The musical moods and textures found on Gandadiko often play against the moralistic, reflective and at times anguished tenor of the lyrics. For example, Touri Idjé Bibi (Black Fruits) breezes along with a straight-ahead, infectious dance groove, punctuated by soaring backing vocals. The hopeful sound that Samba had originally sought seems to have been found. But the final lines of the song are pointed and cautionary:

Oh earth, forgiveness, oh river forgiveness,
Everyday we offend you.

The songs on Gandadiko are framed by a restless eclecticism. 

Samba’s guitar playing has never been so anxious, exploratory and rock and roll and his voice has never been as smooth and relaxed. Samba wants to be many places at once and the accomplishment of Gandadiko is that by successfully navigating these sorts of “contradictions,” Samba’s artistry has reached an even higher level. 

Glitterbeat Records:
Homepage: www.glitterbeat.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Glitterbeat
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/glitterbeattv
Twitter: twitter.com/Glitterbeat_Rec

Samba Touré
Homepage: http://www.samba-toure.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SambaToureMusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samba.toure.official


Samba Touré - Touri Idjé Bibi

LOKOLAKE Ramata Diakite

NAHAWA DOUMBIA  FOLLY1

Émission de radio mensuelle consacrée aux disques vinyles en provenance du Maghreb sur www.radiohdr.com

Teldja : Ayat Laman Djani
Ali Khencheli : Salah & Ammi 
Mazouni : Chauffeur El Car
Chaou : Khaliouni Naich
Ahmed Saber : Douh Biha Chibani
Orchestra Baobab: Sibam
Karantamba : Dimba Nyima
Zao : Ancien Combattant 
Bill Withers : World Keeps Going Around
Aaron Neville : Hercules
Gill Scot Heron : The Klan
De La Soul: Buddy
Apache: Gangsta Bitch
Areski Guerroumi: Ya Roumia
Ahmed Hassan: Ouallah Man'ta Maana
Souad Ahmed: Choufou Hbibi
Rabah Driassa: Kbir el foum

Quelques lieux où vous pouvez nous voir jouer cet été:
-Le 29 juillet festival Emmaus à Pau
http://www.emmaus-lescar-pau.com/edition-2015--concerts_10_110_133.html

-Le 14 Aout La Plage de Glazart
http://www.glazart.com/LaPlage/

-Le 15 aout au festival Les Estivales Kremlinoises
http://www.kremlinbicetre.fr/rubrique/les-estivales

-Le 28 aout au festival Aoutside à Palaiseau
https://www.facebook.com/aoutsidefestival

Toukadime Radio Special "504 Breaks"

Dimi Mint Abba - Karssek Yeghlana

Franco & Le TP OK Jazz - Mario

With his strong, soaring voice, Sékouba "Bambino" Diabaté is the voice of Guinea today, and these new recordings represent his acoustic beauty at its most exquisite.



Simon Shaheen & Qantara-Waving Sands

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