Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2016 Thread Once Known as World Music

x-post-- Listened to that Ave Africa early 70s music album by Sunburst. It starts off nicely enough, but similar to any other album from that era and style, but then they add variety nicely mixing funk and soul and was that violin on one of the tracks? Will need to listen to it some more

yeah, i am really digging it. v warm summer sounds. i know it's not terribly different from similar zamrock but i've listened to we intend to cause havoc a dozen times so obv a. i love the style and b. i could use some new stuff. if anything the sunburst sounds even warmer + summerier.

Such a classic style

Now-California based Afghan musicians Homayoun Sakhi(who plays the stringed lute-like rubab) and Salar Nader(percussionist) were pretty impressive in a low-key sort of way last night for free on the national mall in W. DC. They have some albums out

Is there a good book on the mid 70s African psych and rock scenes? Or possibly longer scale interaction with Western musical influence?
I think I saw something along the lines in Foyles in London a couple of Xmases back but I don't remember what the title was.
Would like to read something along the lines.

Does the book that comes with the recent Wake Up You! sets cover much of that area?

Wake Up You! is presented in two 100+ page books full of never-seen photos and the story of the best Nigerian rock bands told in vivid detail by musicologist and researcher Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor?).

Each volume is presented as both a hardbound book with CD in a resealable plastic sleeve, and as a double LP with a soft-cover book included in a custom-made 12″x 12″ book holder

http://venturesafrica.com/features/behind-the-music-the-rise-and-fall-of-nigerian-rock-makes-a-case-for-why-history-and-culture-preservation-in-nigeria-should-matter/

I think the book I was looking at in Foyles may have covered a wider area and was specifically a book. But I can't remember what it was. But definitely covered rock in Africa.
& I'm thinking it was xmas before last that I was looking at it.

Not sure what search terms to look up something like that on a search engine with. Any ideas?

I have books from the '80s that profile various artists from all over Africa, including a book by John Collins that I think includes Nigeria, but nothing specific like you are looking for. Collins spent more time in Ghana

Thanks.
I think the book I was looking at wasn't necessarily dedicated to a single part of Africa.
THough it is possible it was specifically West.

I'm also i9nterested in some of the music from the East, Benge, Taraab etc and the Ethiopian stuff.

Which side of the Continent is Zambia on too?

Just discovered King Sunny Ade is playing an hour north of me tomorrow, Friday night (poorly promoted show in a hall I have never heard of with tickets going for $50 to $150) Kings palace hall - 1730 Whitehead Road, Woodlawn, Md

KSA was solid live; he's lost a lotta weight!

playing for free in chicago a week from monday! looking forward to it.

The last time I saw him was a gig shortly after he had been in an auto accident that killed some bandmates and injured his arm. Am hoping he has recovered all his strength, albeit he is also getting older. Haven't had a chance to check out recent live footage I saw linked on twitter

he's onstage dancing, looking good. kinda stunning for his age tbh!

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2878671511_16.jpg

x-post--King Sunny Ade was so great early this morning. At the show near Baltimore, they didn't come onstage till 1 am and were still onstage going at 3:25 am when my wife and I headed out (I had to get up early to work, a long drive, etc). The show was most impressive from 1 am to 2:40 am or so when the 12 piece group plus King Sunny were doing call & response vocals, guitar, percussion, keys and more grooves, and coordinated choreographed dancing. At 2:40 am it was praise song time, with Nigerians coming onstage to throw money at and paste it on King Sunny Ade while also requesting recitation of their names. King Sunny did not play guitar at the beginning of the night or during the praise song portion, but there was a long middle stretch where he did. He's about to turn 70 and was energetic.

The promoter as I mentioned before did a lousy job getting the word out about this gig. There were only around 50 people there (mostly Nigerian) some who paid $150 (regular standing room price was $50). The 3 times I have seen him over the years in DC there was always at least 1,000 there. This gig was supposed to start at 8:30, but the opener Elikeh didn't start till 11 pm.

So the King Sunny Ade gig went from 1am to 3:50 am (according to former V. Voice and NY Times and elsewhere contributor Don Palmer who I met at the show). It was awesome. Better than when I last saw him in 2009.

I do a semi-regular show on NTS in London called - whoops! - Outernational, which I use to play, the nebulously defined "African and Middle Eastern party music". Anyway, I don't usually mention it here but I've got an exclusive play of the title track from the new Noura Mint Seymali album, Arbina and I know there are a lot of fans here. I'm terrible at speaking IRL so I apologise in advance to anyone who sits through it.

Outernational on NTS Live, July 5

Thanks

So Femi Kuti is gonna be in W. DC July 29th, as is Nigerian afrobeats/afropop singer Tiwa Savage. Although her gig is likely to start much later.

Old-school Nigerian horn player Orlando Julius Ekemode is going to be in the area earlier--July 23rd, so its a fairly busy summer for seeing Nigerian acts (King Sunny having already been here)

anyone here happen to know a press contact for King Sunny Ade? thanks in advance!

just ilxmailed you

btw, KSA is doing Brooklyn for free tomorrow
http://www.bam.org/music/2016/r-and-b-festival-at-metrotech

great podcast about goma this week from afropop worldwide:
http://www.afropop.org/26411/congo-goma-music-conflict-and-ngos/

thank you, ulysses!

np!

Again apologies for the self-promotion but there's a ton of stuff here I guess people may be interested in - not the least of which is Soundway's entire back catalogue streamed but also two Arabic funk/disco mixes, killer Lebanese electronica, new Islam Chipsy/Amr HaHa collab etc.

Middle Eastern & African Playlist

Saw the UK-based Ethiopian trio the Krar Collective the other day. Impressive combination of krar strumming with a percussionist and a woman vocalist.

Saw Krar last night for the second or third time; they're okay but it was a bit slow?
Hakim from Egypt though... that was a party!

Krar has some songs that are a tad slow and are too similar, but they had a number of faster-tempoed songs in DC (Virginia actually) with the female singer shaking her shoulders Ethiopian style and some Ethiopians in the audience doing the same. Plus the show here was in the library and there were a bunch of kids there who were dancing and jumping about too.

If Hakim made it down here, I didn't know about it.

Hakim was a last second fill in for Rachid Taha. One of the better shows I've seen this year.

Just got home from the show -- King Sunny Ade so fresh for his age!!

Loving the new Philou Louzolo EP, Alkebulan Republic. Congo/Nigeria/Sierra Leone via Amsterdam. This ("Kinshasa Anthem") is my favourite track, an absolute stormer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgSnJ0-POBY

thread playlist updated.

saw Wang Li and Wu Wei last night in what will certainly be one of the best shows of my year.
sheng and jaw harp primarily with music of their killer album Overtones (spotify/amazon/apple accessible).
If they tour near you, do not miss them. Often reminiscent of giallo horror soundtracks; i need to see a slasher movie that they score.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQ_Ua6GXDA

Saw old-school Nigerian Orlando Julius and a great band do some fun afrobeat Saturday night for free outside DC. Second time I've seen him this year. His Chicago-born wife who has lived in Nigeria for 18 years now is an impressive dancer and an ok singer.

It's Nigerian music month it seems, with the great King Sunny Ade touring, Julius,Femi Kuti, Tiwa Savage, and Kiss Daniel.

afropop worldwide podcast absolutely killing it. new bamako episode is another a++

^^ listening now, WONDERFUL stuff, did not know about this podcast, thank you

Oh, listened to an earlier one. Will have to check out this latest one.

Malian guitarist/singer Mamadou Kelly & his band are touring North America now through August btw.

Ulysses, I just sent you a webmail via ilx

and i just hit ya back

Thanks.

Remaining Mamadou Kelly 2016 U.S. Tour Dates:

Aug 5 Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Aug 6 Balliceaux, Richmond VA
Aug 7 Bossa Bistro, Washington DC
Aug 10 Union Pool, Brooklyn NY
Aug 12 Half Moon, Hudson NY

While I was in NYC, I missed this Senegalese gig back in Silver Spring, MD

PAPE DIOUF et la Generation Conciente featuring special Guest Bay Babu

http://selam.se/eng/artists/pape-diouf-senegal

photos I saw on FB showed 200 person room packed for Pape (all Senegalese it appeared btw). I need to listen to his mbalax music

Saw some video and his band has awesome mbalax percussionists

Saw some photos of his Atlanta show on twitter or instagram ...Not sure where else he played.

http://www.vipeoples.net/VIDEO-Le-guichet-ferme-de-Pape-Diouf-a-Washington-100-live-show-Regardez-l-integralite_a26611.html