Would be interested in seeing that list - def know kino's name - feel like i maybe have the music but not listened but the texas background sounds interesting - shld check if i know who that is - but would be interested in seeing the list he he suggested
― H in Addis, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
Kumera Zekarias of Kino Musica faves:
Artists MentionedAli Birra-- Oromo singer, oud and guitar player. He's my biggest influence on current song writingTilahun Gessesse--the most famous Ethiopian singer among Ethiopians. He was my father's favorite singerYared Negu-my favorite contemporary Ethiopop artist Galaanaa Gaaromsaa-my favorite contemporary Oromo artistAbinet Agonafir-my favorite contemporary/2000's Ethoipian artist
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 November 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
I've got to listen to the above plus been reading about some new Awesome tapes from Africa releases and Sahel Sounds ones too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 November 2020 07:03 (three years ago) link
Saw someone mention Ustad Saami in albums of the year thread, but I think it was because he got a good Quietus review during the year but didn’t make their list.
The Hailu Mergia ep is a top 10 for me. Still thinking about and listening to others when I can.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
That was me. The new one from Ustad Saami is breathtakingly good.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
i'll agree on that mergia, would like to see it in more places
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
Siti MuharamSiti of Unguja (Romance Revolution on Zanzibar
This taraab music album made the NPR album top 50 list . I forget whether someone had mentioned it earlier this year
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
Is it good? There was a taraab album on another list I saw (iirc either Gioa's or Songlines)
― rob, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
Must admit I haven’t heard it yet
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Heh no problem, I kept the Songlines list tab open for a day until I gave up on the hope of listening to it all. This year is beyond overstuffed.
I'm listening to Afel Bocoum's Lindé album right now, which is quite nice. I've been getting into Malian music in general this year, so the horn parts are a genuinely surprising flourish
― rob, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
oh cool I didn't realize that it's Vin Gordon playing the trombone on this
― rob, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
Didn't realize he's still alive!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
same! I guess he was only about 14 or 15 when he joined the Skatalites
― rob, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
I am liking the Bocoum album too and the collaborators despite my concern that producers Nick Gold & Famon Albarn are trying to impose their hipster world music visions
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 December 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
Damn autocorrect. Damon
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 December 2020 13:12 (three years ago) link
Nyege Nyege is doing an online festival today and tomorrow, it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyegeNyegeM
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 December 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
OOF, so embarrassing. Here's a better link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=featured
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
fuck my life
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 December 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
December 3 through 6 is Nyege Nyege fest and those YouTube links don’t seem to work
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 December 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
all the links are here on the Nyege Nyege Music YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UClyGfHMQNG
this one's live right now:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c0gWTviskQ
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyegeNyegeM
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
“it” doesn’t do channel links apparently
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:45 (three years ago) link
the live link works tho
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
Alas, most music critics included in year end polls discussed in that other thread aren’t listening to music on this thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
:-(
Notable that Duma, among some other Nyege Nyege-related artists, have made it onto many lists.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
That’s good . It’s beat driven and noisy enough. But others on this thread are ignored as they’re considered too traditional or too old ; or just ignored by folks just listening to only age 20-something artists from the genres of country, rap, chart pop, and rock .
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
...but not afropop
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
so it’s probably not so much age-related as geographical
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
Or maybe both. I see Jon Pareles of NY Times included Burna Boy in his album list, and a Tiwa Savage song in his song list. He has Bad Bunny and Lido Pimienta too. Other Times critics had no African music. NY Times jazz list had 2 South African releases though
LA Times song list I glanced at was largely US pop, rap, country with some token reggaeton
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
they are some of the exceptions that prove the rule unfortunately (I’ve been moaning about it on the 2020 end of year music lists thread)
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 07:52 (three years ago) link
I wasn’t clear enough. I agree with you that those are the exceptions.
Los Angeles Times top 10 album list with 10 more honorable mentions includes no African based acts. It does include Los Angeles resident ( via DC area) Kali Uchis new Spanish language release as its one exception to the rule.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
this list includes some thread-worthy selections:
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-albums-of-2020/
(apart from two Nyege Nyege Tapes releases, I glanced Groupe RTD -The Dancing Devils of Djibouti at 41, Benin's Star Feminine Band - s/t at 36, and Siti Muharam - Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar) at 25)
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 December 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
I finally listened to some of Siti Muharam - Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar). Hand slapped percussion with some traditional high-pitched female vocals, some jazzy horns, and high-pitched strings that all together evokes a mid-eastern, north African, and South Asian whirling Islamic feel
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
Still more to catch up on here and on Afro Thread, dancehall, soca , Brazilian ones too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 December 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Majid Bekkas' Magic Spirit Quartet is goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTFoqHJtap8
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
oh wow, the Siti Muharam albums RULES
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
X-post - have only heard a little of Moroccan stringed instruments player Bekkas with his Scandanavian based band but I like it so far.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
I need to dig through that Ted Gioia critic’s list
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Nomcebo Zikode - Xola Moya Wami [Feat. Master KG]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPDyF04DyOQ
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
wow, what's that language? those qh like aspirations remind me of Greenlandic
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 11:42 (three years ago) link
it’s Zulu (and she’s South African). the same people made one of the big global hits of this year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZVL_8D048Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode • Jerusalema
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 12:03 (three years ago) link
excellent, thanks
Skeleton Move is one of my all time faves, but that's light on lyrics (although maybe that first phrase "uaneetamos"? is Zulu)
really like his/their melancholy/inspirational/banger vibe
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
In fairness, it's very hard to keep up with the ridiculously high volume of great music coming out of South Africa right now.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
we’ve got threads for that!
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
Albums from Ted Gioia list I am curious about (with his little descriptions; artist name is listed on top):
Bab L’ Bluz Nayda! If Motown Had Existed in North Africa...
Chouk Bwa & The Ångstromers Vodou Alé Haitian Drumming and Singing with Touches of Electronica and Dancehall Music
Contours Balafon Sketches Gamelan, Percussion and Traditional Instruments Meet Synthesizers, Software and Pedal Effects
André Mehmari and Danilo Brito Nosso Brazil Mandolin and Piano Duet Performances of the Works of Brazilian Choro Composers
Penya (with Msafiri Zawose) Penya Safari East African EDM/Call-and-Response Tanzanian Pop
Various Artists Apala Groups In Nigeria 1967-70 First Collection of Apala Music Released Outside Nigeria
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 December 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
more from Ted's honorable mentions:
Caixa Cubo: AngelaElectric Brazilian Jazz-Rock-Pop
Dumama + Kechou: Buffering JujuAfrican Traditional Song Meets Synthpop
Seu Jorge & Rogê: Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions Acoustic Brazilian Popular Music
Matthew Joseph: Mood MasalaFunk Influenced by Indian Music and Fingerstyle Guitar
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 December 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
the Bab L’Bluz is great, not sure what Motown has to do with it tho
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 December 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
I wish the movie doc Elder’s Corner was available for streaming. It is now only visible via certain movie festivals. It’s about a NYC based Nigerian who goes back home to find the old school musicians he heard as a kid
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 31 December 2020 06:42 (three years ago) link
Gonna start a 2021 thread
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 January 2021 01:53 (three years ago) link
Here's to 2021
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2021 Thread (Often African bands)
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 January 2021 02:04 (three years ago) link