This mellifluous 1961 album, including inspired kora harp solos and performances by the Guinean Ensemble Instrumental Africain directed by the brilliant Kouyaté Sory Kandia, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/03/guinea-guinee-lensemble-instrumental.html

Guinea Guinée mix Ensemble Instrumental Africain with Kouyate Sory Kandia

This song is improvised and created itself through us on 28 december 2024.

Ngoni: Jelle Van Leeuwen
Native American Flute: Deniz Naiya

Ember Waves

M'allem Aziz Arradi: guimbri, vocals. Karamogo Boubacar Samaké & Said Belhaj: dosso n'goni. Fattah Gholf & Mohamed Rajah: choir

Zid l´Mel

Long Trip

Malachite

A Place To Visit

M’allem Aziz Arradi: lead vocals, qarqaba / goro 
Karamogo Boubacar Samaké: lead vocals, donso n’goni 
Said Belhaj: guimbri
Håkan Wirestrand: keys 
Mohamed Rajah: backing vocals 
Fattah Gholf: backing vocals

Merhaba (Bambaraoui remix)

Grammy nominated ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and his 8 piece band Ngoni Ba wowed the crowd at Lincoln Center in 2011. Ngoni Ba re-wired the ancient ngoni to create a dense, 21st century sound. We'll hear the concert and talk with Bassekou about hunters, his precocious son, and his future plans. We hear a very different take on the ngoni from Sidi Touré who made his U.S. debut at BAM in Brooklyn. Sidi Touré is from the legendary city of Gao in northern Mali, the seat the ancient Songhai empire. Then we go to Egypt to hear how artists from Port Said are making music for instruments that go back to the time of the Pharoahs. 

[Produced by Sean Barlow. Originally aired 11-09-2011]
APWW #626

Roots Reinvented in Mali and Egypt

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UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT [Cafe De Anatolia]

KAMRA [Cafe De Anatolia]

The past, present and future sound of gnawa and donso music.

M’allem Aziz Arradi: guimbri, vocals
Karamogo Boubacar Samaké: donso n’goni, vocals
Said Belhaj: guimbri, donso n’goni
Håkan Wirestrand: keys 
Joel Wästberg: drums

guests

Björn Synneby: slide guitar
Mohamed Rajah, Fattah Gholf: vocals

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

Rooted in North Africa and reaching into the sonic ether, Mr Mora crafts deep, evocative electronic music that fuses ancient rhythm with modern mystique. With a sound both hypnotic and cinematic, his productions blur the line between tribal groove and immersive storytelling — a place where Berber percussion meets ambient basslines, and Saharan winds dance with analog warmth.

Based in Morocco, Mr Mora draws from the ritual pulse of ancestral music and the textures of chillout, downtempo, and deep organic house. His tracks—like Kamra, Darkness Matters, and Cheers—are journeys rather than songs: multilayered, melodic, and rooted in emotion.

A frequent collaborator with genre-defining labels such as Café De Anatolia, Mr Mora is steadily gaining traction across global downtempo and desert stages. His aesthetic is timeless yet contemporary — designed for both introspective headphones and late-night sand-floor sets.

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