agreed! new tony allen hugh masekela great too.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 04:26 (four years ago) link
Hailu album/EP is lovely
opener reminds me of some pop tune, maybe "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAQ6rjz-XaU
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 09:08 (four years ago) link
just digging into the full hailu album but the singles are one and all excellentNeed to crack the Masekela/Allen album; two gods.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
I need to hear the Masekela/Allen album. Did like 1 advanced track I heard
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/barbes-needs-you?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
Barbes in NYC
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bossa-bistro-community-support
Bossa Bistro in Dc go fund me and likely many homes for international music everywhere
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
x-post--- Kurdish singer Aynur’s new album Hedûr.
Aynur's opening track on this is beautiful-- Her slightly rough vocals over tinkling piano keys and strings
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 04:19 (four years ago) link
Wasn't as impressed by Masekela/ Tony Allen album as I hoped I would be
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 04:20 (four years ago) link
Really liking the whole recent album from Kurdish singer Aynur. Melancholy and mixes piano with traditional strings under her modern yet traditional vocals
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
The Hailu Mergia album is great— looks back and forward
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 April 2020 05:22 (four years ago) link
cosign
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 17 April 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
yeah, i dug into it properly and it's wonderful.also just watched this and would recommend it for a spin if you can find ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_A7wsQAAN8
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
I paid to rent Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul on Vimeo . Was worth it. There's a bit of a discussion on the Ethiopiques thread
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 19 April 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
glad you like it! It's a bit neatly wrapped but i felt like i learned a lot!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
I also saw a pianist Girma Beyene doc that hasn’t been officially released yet. He wrote some great songs. After his wife died ( whom he had written many songs about) he gave up music for awhile and just worked at a Washington DC gas station. He finally felt comfortable with returning to music a few years ago. I saw him play here in DC once. He has now moved back to Ethiopia and his latest tour got cancelled by Covid-19
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
Behind on listening to Sahel Sounds What's app stuff.
Been catching up on the late Bohannon, whose 1974 Soul Train appearance doing "South African Man" sounds like Fela meets disco , and anticipates Talking Heads circa 1980 funky period
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 April 2020 06:04 (four years ago) link
1. Tamikrest · Tamotaït · Glitterbeat
Haven't heard this latest Tamikrest album either
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
The Alkibar Jr ep for April 2020 from the Music from Saharan Whatsapp series is pretty good. More than just formula desert sounds. I think it’s only available on Bandcamp through Thursday on the Sahel Sounds page . It’s real cheap $
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
Actually they posted it in mid-April do it’s available until May 15.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
Sahel Sounds says: "We wanted to give you all a heads up that all album downloads at our Bandcamp page will be "Pay What You Want" tomorrow, Friday, May 1st, from midnight to midnight PST. Thank you for your continued support! "
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
that's good. Not so good is the death of drummer Tony Allen
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 April 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Oh no
― dip to dup (rob), Friday, 1 May 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
Sad news rip I thought the latest album with Hugh masekela sounded great
― Mordy, Friday, 1 May 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
Would have almost gone to see him if not for Covid :(
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 1 May 2020 09:18 (four years ago) link
i met him a couple years ago and it was awesomefeel unusually sad about his passing :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 1 May 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
Yes. So Bandcamp is going to do specials every first Friday for a bit to help musicians
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
I guess that new Oumou Sangare (live I think) album is not available yet. Listened to old stuff from her tonight-- what a voice...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
Tidiane Thiam- Siftorde is nice acoustic guitarist album Northern Senegal . Pleasant instrumentals that might appeal to those into fingerpicked American strumming .
On Sahel Sounds
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 May 2020 04:35 (four years ago) link
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2020/05/21/Google-celebrates-Zimbabwes-national-instrument-the-mbira-with-Doodle/5301590056841/
Unnamed Zimbabwe mbira player on today’s Google Doodle
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
This looks great: this Monday, the 2020 edition of the Africadelic Festival will be livestreamed through the Instagram page of the Paradiso venue in Amsterdam from 12pm-12am CEST (www.instagram.com/paradisoadam).
There’s a whole slew of artists set to perform, including at least several that should appeal to followers of this thread: Blick Bassy, Femi Kuti, Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – possibly more, because to be honest there’s many names there that I don’t recognize.
There are also talks and interviews, and a film programme (with free viewing on 24, 25 and 26 May).
Check this Facebook link for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/248730829661281/Or here (but not everything here is in English): https://www.paradiso.nl/en/program/africadelic-2020-online-edition/77120/
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 22 May 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52774331
RIP Mory Kante at 70 from Guinea who did the great upbeat Afropop dance tune “Yeke Yeke” and was also in the Super Rail Band with musicians from Mali
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 May 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
Youssou N'Dour had nice words for Mory Kante calling him "a baobab of African culture"
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 May 2020 05:18 (three years ago) link
RIP Kante, that shit still rocks
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 25 May 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
unusually concise, otm band bio/non-frothing press release:Les Amazones d’Afrique is a creative force that embraces international voices; sweet, strong harmonies that summon the rights of women and girls; and a meltdown of heritage and new gen talent. They were formed in Bamako, Mali, in 2014 by three renowned Malian music stars and social change activists, Mamani Keïta, Oumou Sangaré and Mariam Doumbia. Since then, collective has expanded to involve many female artists from across Africa and the diaspora.
While their cause — campaigning for gender equality and eradicating ancestral violence — is worthy enough in itself, their musical creative expression is equally powerful. Richly melodic and far-ranging, it blends pan-African styles and collaborative harmonies with gritty, contemporary pop, and the Congotronix-style production of legendary producer Doctor L (aka Liam Farrell).
Their debut album République Amazone featured guest contributions from the likes of Angélique Kidjo and Nigerian singer-songwriter Nneka, and caught the attention of President Obama, who included one of the songs in his 20 favourite tracks of 2017. In 2020, they release their follow-up album Amazones Power, on which familiar voices like Mamani Keïta and Rokia Koné appear alongside a younger generation of singers who represent the exciting new sound of modern Africa.Yeah, it's intergenerational, among other dynamics, and though the translated lyrics aren't necessary---the sound immediately and developmentally rules, as on the debut, which I didn't have translations for---they do provide more light, sometimes at startling angles.
― dow, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
Hope this is the right thread (police don't talk about me when I'm gone).
― dow, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Thanks again, press sheet:
Real World Records RW228Released: 24 January 2020CD / 2LP / Digital
01. Heavy (feat. Niariu, Boy Fall & Jon Grace)02. Love (feat. Mamani Keïta)03. Smile (feat. Niariu & Ami Yerewolo)04. Queens (feat. Rokia Koné)05. Smooth (feat. Mamani Keïta)06. Dreams (feat. Rokia Koné)07. Timbuktu (feat. Mamani Keïta)08. Red (feat. Rokia Koné)09. Rebels (feat. Nacera Ouali Mesbah)10. Dogon (feat. Mamani Keïta)11. Fights (feat. Fafa Ruffino)12. Sisters# (feat. Kandy Guira)13. Power
― dow, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
I heard the earlier one, but not this 2020 one.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
Trans global June 2020 chart
1. Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (6)
2. Džambo Aguševi Orchestra · Brasses for the Masses · Asphalt Tango (1)3. Damir Imamović · Singer of Tales · Wrasse (5)4. Tamikrest · Tamotaït · Glitterbeat (2)5. Santrofi · Alewa · Outhere (17)6. Trio Tekke · Strovilos · Riverboat / World Music Network (-)7. Moonlight Benjamin · Simido · Ma Case (9)8. Matthieu Saglio · El Camino de los Vientos · ACT Music (24)9. Transglobal Underground · Walls Have Ears · Mule Satellite (-)10. Frigg · FriXX · Frigg (16)
11. Sam Lee · Old Wow · Cooking Vinyl (4)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 June 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
wow that Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn is interesting!
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 11 June 2020 07:24 (three years ago) link
Matthieu Saglio sounds beautiful
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 11 June 2020 07:54 (three years ago) link
i love abby washburn and she's most interesting to me when she's doing chinese inspired stuff so yeah, i love that album.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
I have been seeing references to her for awhile but have not listened. Will give that one a shot.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 June 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
Hailu Mergia is selling car air fresheners that come with a digital download: https://hailumergia.bandcamp.com/album/yene-mircha"Pine-scented air freshener, feel as fresh as Hailu while you cruise in your car or hang in your house. Comes with free download of the new album Yene Mircha!"(Surely this is a reference to his job as a taxi driver? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/01/hailu-mergia-the-ethiopian-jazz-legend-who-jams-in-his-taxi)
― ernestp, Saturday, 13 June 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
lol, yeah it absolutely is!
curmudgeon, I've been following washburn's work for like 15 years now back when she was in Uncle Earl. She's got a kid with Bela Fleck.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
I bought some really good South African jazz records this week:
Marcus Wyatt and the ZAR Jazz Orchestra - Into Dust/Waltz For Jozi and One Night In The Sun (big band jazz with vocals in English and, I think, Xhosa)Thandi Ntuli, Live At Jazzwerkstaat (piano, guitar, bass, drums, four horns, and a string quartet)Benjamin Jephta, Homecoming and The Evolution Of An Undefined (Jephta is a bassist; the first album is acoustic post-bop, the second adds elements of electronic music and funk)Keenan Ahrends - Narrative (mostly guitar-bass-drums, but a saxophonist appears on three tracks and a pianist on a couple of others)
They're all on Bandcamp.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
x-post to Ulysses- Doh, just remembered my wife is a bit of a Washburn fan and she remembers seeing her at one tent at a festival while I was seeing another act at a different tent.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 June 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
Congolese band Les Bantous De La Capitale’s (The Bantus of The Capital) founding member Nganda Edo dies aged 87 in Congo Brazzaville. He was the only surviving founding member of the band.
The musician, born Edouard Nganga, is described as the dean of Congolese music. Nganga lend a hand to popular bands such as Ok Jazz with Franco Luambo Makiadi and Vicky Longomba, he replaced Philippe Lando Rossignol who had quit, He also performed alongside Négro Jazz which was his first outfit and the Bantus of the capital.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 June 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
i ordered a Hailu air freshener!
― alpine static, Saturday, 13 June 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link
i should do that too
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link