Track 7 from 'At Kriol Junction'  2014
'No Lines No Separation' (7.28)
lyrics: Brown/Ghashghai/Karami/Okecho/Bilonda 
music:Tamizi/Ball/Carr/Bowring/Kouyate/Profa/Weye

A plea for unity in a divided world:
'Today's stories are played out on the streets, where children are writing with their tears and god ignores them with more wars, but.. ‘I am a man with open arms, with rivers that reach nations..who loves peace and freedom'.. and we say 'No Lines No Separation’'


No Lines No Separation

Track 6 from 'At Kriol Junction' KoniCDE010 2014

'Tokotoko Berimbau'(4.56)
lyrics: Tibirica/Brown/Ghashghai/Karami
music: Tibirica/Ball/Bowring/Carr

Capoeiristas Unite! from Tocantinia to Tehran..


Tokotoko Berimbau

A beautifully fresh version of one of Ethiopia's most treasured traditional songs 'Ambassel'

Lyrics by Hayleyesus Belete

Featuring:Haymanot Tesfa: vocals
               : Mina Salama: oud, ney & kawala flutes
               : Arian Sadr: tonbak, daf, cajon

Recorded live at Tesla Studios Sheffield Feb 2015
Produced by Arts on the Run with Platforma Arts & Refugees Network
Directed by Tony Bowring of Konimusic 
Engineered & mastered by Robin Downe
Mixed by Robin Downe with Tony Bowring

Haymanot Tesfa 'Ambassel'

From the album Aynama-Rtama out now on CD, LP (black and ltd. edition red 12" vinyl) and Download. 

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قومْ يا بيش
قومْ وَلَوْ نَعْسان
قومْ يا بيش
قَمَرْ يْدورْ ويْعيش
قومْ لا تْنام
طير وحَمام
راح الرِّيش
قومْ لا تْنام
يا بيش

قومْ لا تْنام يا بيش
قَمَرْ يْدور ويْعيش
صوت يصيح بِدانَك
نومَك بيِكْفيش

قومْ لا تنام يا بيش لادبَحْلَك
طير وحَمام والريش يِمْسَحْلَك
هالحيطان ويفوت بنومَك
قَمَر يدور ويعيش

قومْ لا تنام بَرْدان ما تِنسى
صُوَرَك عالحيطان يا بيش 
وصوت يصيح بِدانك يِعلى
نومَك بِيْكَفّيش

قومْ لا تنام يا بيش لا تنام
وَلَو هَلكان مَوجوعْ لا تنام
بَرد وخوف وريش يلومَك
وقَمَر يدور ويعيش

شَمس تنام دَفيان وادبَحْلَك
طير وحَمام يا بيش
شمس تدور وتعيش واضْويلَك
هالبُستان يا بيش
شَمْس تنام دَفيان وادبَحلَك
طير وحَمام يا بيش
شَمس تدور وتعيش واحكيلَك
يلا تنام يا بيش

كلمات من تأليف تامر ابو غزالة - 

Rise, Beesh.
Rise even if you’re sleepy.
Rise, Beesh.
A moon that turns and lives.
Rise, don’t sleep.
Birds and doves,
feathers gone.
Rise, Beesh, don’t sleep.

Rise, Beesh, don’t sleep.
A moon that turns and lives.
A voice screams in your ears:
It’s not enough to sleep.

Rise, Beesh, don’t sleep.
Else I’ll sacrifice the birds and doves for you,
their feathers will cover these walls, and
a moon that turns and lives
will circle in your sleep.

Rise, don’t sleep while cold,
and don’t forget
your pictures on these walls, Beesh.
The voice in your ears screams louder: 
It’s not enough to sleep.

Rise, Beesh, don’t sleep.
Even if  drained and hurting, don’t sleep.

Cold and fear and feathers reproach you.
A moon that turns and lives.

A sun to sleep in warmth,
a sacrifice of birds and doves, for you, Beesh.

A sun that turns and lives,
a garden of light, for you, Beesh.

A sun to sleep in warmth,
a sacrifice of birds and doves, for you, Beesh.
A sun that turns and lives, and a lullaby:

Close your eyes, go to sleep, Beesh.

- Lyrics by Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, English translation by Nariman Youssef

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Alif is Tamer Abu Ghazaleh (Vocals, Buzuq), Khyam Allami (Oud), Maurice Louca (Keys, Electronics), Bashar Farran (Bass Guitar), Khaled Yassine (Drums, Percussion).

Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Alif

Recorded and edited by Khyam Allami at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon, 19-22 Dec 2013 and in Cairo, Egypt May 2014, unless otherwise noted.

Drums recorded by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Boustros Palace, Beirut, Lebanon, 16-18 Dec 2013.

Bass recorded by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon, 18 Dec 2014.

Mixed by Alistair Chant at Toybox Studios, Bristol, UK

Mastered by John Dent at Loud Mastering, Taunton, UK

(c) & (p) 2015 Alif under exclusive license to Nawa Recordings.

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Alif - Yalla Tnam (Lullaby) الألف - يلّا تنام

Traditional, arr. Yaseen
Jhooli Laal Qalandar calls Rafiki Jazz to classic Sufi Qwaali music.
This rendition acknowledges Kiran Ahluwalia's version of traditional Qwaali song Mustt Musst, with Punjabi lyrics based around the poetry of Bulleh Shah and written in praise of Sufi mystic visionary & peacemaker Hazrat Lal Shabaz Qalandar (Usman Marvandhi). Singers Sarah Yaseen, with Sarah Sayeed & Mina Salama. English spoken word from Sarah Sayeed.

Live video https://vimeo.com/konimusic/rafiki-jazz-dam-mast-qalandar

HAR DAM SAHARA

Jhooli Laal Qalandar

This lullaby talks about the tailor's cattle, thimble and needle. This setting is from Tochar No.35 and the last verse, from Folksongs & Folklore of South Uist.

Kaitlin Ross - vocals/guitar
Ilona Kennedy - fiddle
Ailis Sutherland - whistle/backing vocals

EP Track 2 - Crodh an Tàilleir (Gaelic Song)

Rafiki Jazz celebrate unity in diversity with a unique shape-shifting and mesmeric sound. Rooted in modern Britain yet inspired by ancient musical traditions both near and far, Har Dam Sahara is a love-letter to this intricate world in all its beauty and complexity.

Har Dam Sahara

Har Chand Sahara

Searching for the perfect balance between crippling beautiful electronica & ambient music.
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Byculla

In 1991, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited made their second tour of the United States. It was a fascinating transitional moment in the band’s history. Mapfumo had recently added two musicians playing the metal-pronged, Shona mbira, enriching the band’s lineup of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, brass and percussion. The band had now evolved into a kind of folk orchestra in which everyone sang, allowing for beautifully layered vocal arrangements. This recording, made by Afropop Worldwide at S.O.B.'s in New York City during that historic tour, is a true gem in the Afropop archive. It captures one of Africa’s most innovative and unusual artists and bandleaders at the height of his powers. One listen to this sublime recording and you will understand why producer Banning Eyre devoted some 15 years to writing the new book Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe.

[APWW #55]
[Produced by Sean Barlow in 1991]

Thomas Mapfumo Live in NYC at SOB's

Should've Ducked feat. Pooh Shiesty

ROOTS & RITUALS ~ DANCING SPIRITS

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