Shavuot - Możdżer Danielsson Fresco - Polska

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.

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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)

TIbetan chanting 

Buddhist Monks Of Tibet mixed with live cymbals, clapping singing looping 

NAMASTE'

om mani Padme Hum (feat. Buddhist Monks Of Tibet)

Idzie niedzwiedź

Majid Bekkas , Joachim Kuhn et Ramon Lopez

- Lyrics - 

Special feeling that vibrate through you,
looking in yourself may feel like it's not you,
let the unkown become your new holy way,
you know that you need it in the end of the day,

release all the stress put away all the fears,
accepting the bless and the block dissappears,
wondering thoughts may appear it's ok,
you never been going so hard with your pray,
it's hard to accept and it's hard to believe,
there are more to explore when you deep in the weave,

the fog dissapears,
ray of light, looks so thin,
spreading and bringing,
,serinity in
you maybe surprised,
and maybe even afraid,
but remember that fear always comes instead,
pure love is the answer and you this already know,
now ask yourself,
if you are realy willing to let go,

Traveling through all the skies and all the galaxies,
project your inner spirit and connect to me,
i feel that you are there and now i want you even more,
the sky is not the limit so let's go.
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Guitars - Sxantana
Vocals & Loops - Fresh
Mix & Master - Peter Tamburino

Recorded at Red Raven Recording Studio Berlin, 5.6.16.
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