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)

Azam Ali - Endless Reverie



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Arto Tunçboyacıyan & Ara Dinkjian - Sadana (Martyn Zij Pangaia Remix)

guitar : F.Hiemenz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAygBx7o50&hd=1
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This recording  was part of my very first studio production, long long time ago...
Listen to all tracks of this production at http://soundcloud.com/fhgitarre/sets/affettuoso-assai-old-archive
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Recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld '85
Restored from old analog tape with WaveLab7 by FHgitarre

Vals Venezolano by Raul Borges

La cantaora flamenca Rosario Amador canta por Malagueñas y Abandolaos

Malagueña

this little tongue in cheek song  was written and recorded by myself and Marc Eagleton, and additional arrangements by Ricardo in LA

George Clooney

A mix of traditional, dance, electro, hip hop, and folk songs from around the Sephardic world makes up the Sephardic Music Festival’s first compilation album! Grammy-nominated artist Matisyahu combines a suite of Middle Eastern inspired hip hop riffs with a time-honored Yemenite chorus sung by Yehuda Solomon. Yasmin Levy’s impassioned song “Mi Korasón” (My Heart) emphasizes the underappreciated romantic side of the Ladino language. The Moshav Band — an L.A. based group of expatriate Israeli musicians — contributes a powerful rendition of the Yemenite wedding song “Abba Shimon” in Judeo Arabic. In addition, Yair Dalal, the world-renowned Sephardic musician who performed at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Gala in Oslo, offers a memorable interpretation of the classic Shabbat song “Ya Ribon."

Tracklisting: 1. Matisyahu - Two Child One Drop, 2. Moshav - Abba Shimon, 3. Smadar Levi - Ghali Ya Bouy, 4. Brody – Yalda Metuka (feat. Y-Love), 5. Yasmin Levy – Mi Korasón, 6. Yair Dalal – Ya Ribon Alam, 7. Electro Morocco - Joe Pill, 8. dJOoKRoO & Diwon – Rak Tavi Esh, 9. DeScribe & Shmoolik – Modern Day Moses (Stolen Casios Remix), 10. Sarah Aroeste - Hija Mia (Tamir Muskat Remix), 11. Shi360 & Yamanz – Kapayim, 12. Diwan Saz - Who is She that Looketh Forth as the Dawn, 13. Pharaoh’s Daughter - Ven Hermosa, 14. Levi Mordechai - Ani Maamin, 15. Michal Cohen - Ode L’eli, 16. Jon Madof - D’ror Yikra, 17. Galeet Dardashti – Michal (DJ Vanjee Remix), 18. Benyamin Brody, Diwon & Dugans - Yehi Razton (final prayer)

Smadar - "Ghali Ya Bouy"

This is track no. 9 on our first album 'Imam Baildi'. It is a remix from a 1930's rembetiko tune by Stelios Keromytis. The lyrics are about a guy saying he likes his girl because she dresses like an 'arhodissa' (classy lady) while on the same time she  'drinks like an old drunkard' and 'smokes like a touch guy'. That's the first remix we did, back in 2005.

Arhodissa

Jon Lord - Sarabande

Two Dollars to Ride the Train

Moliendo Café-Martin Zarzar

Jacob Gurevitsch returns with the single ‘Breathe’ off forthcoming album. His familiar Spanish guitar billow along a slow jazz beat accompanied by coiling violin and vocals by Mark Linn.
Together, the elements compose a hazy vibe. The music of smoky lounges, fog draped lakes and moonlit streets tracing uncertain destinies.
Mark sings about being in it, this mysterious, incomprehensible life of ours, about sensing its magic, breathing it in and perhaps disarming some of the anxieties of its endless doubts and absurdities.

The single is available in all digital stores: https://music-for-dreams.lnk.to/breathe

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Jacob Gurevitsch - Breathe (feat. Mark Linn) - s0433

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The Sephardic Music Festival showcases the remarkable diversity that exists within the Jewish community. Its tapestry of harmonies, rhythms, and cultural motifs are as rich, vibrant, and diverse as the Jewish world itself. Popular perceptions of Jews and Jewish culture are dominated by Ashkenazi images and symbols like bagels, gefilte fish, klezmer, and Yiddish. This is the first music festival to focus exclusively on the less familiar but captivating culture of the Jewish communities of Spain/Portugal, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

The festival showcases artists from all over the world, representing cultural traditions from Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) to Mizrahi (Middle Eastern/North African) to Yemenite (Judeo-Arabic). In addition to traditional liturgical music, Shabbat songs, Sephardic folk tunes, and classic love poems (Romanceros), the festival also presents artists who fuse traditional rhythms, melodies, and themes with modern styles such as electro, hip hop, and dance music. The Sephardic Scholar Series, an important part of the Festival, brings performers, ethnomusicologists, and experts together to illuminate the historical and sociological roots of Sephardic music and culture.

Smadar - "Ghali Ya Bouy"

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