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

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

NUMERO GROUP ANNOUNCES BOBO YÉYÉ: BELLE ÉPOQUE IN UPPER VOLTA, OUT 10/28

3-DISC SET OF SEMINAL 60s & 70s UPPER VOLTA ARTISTS W/ INCREDIBLE ARCHIVAL PHOTOS BY SORY SANLÉ
Bordered by the former French territories of Niger, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin, the landlocked nation of Burkina Faso has been the site of near-constant tribal, colonial, and political unrest for centuries. During a spell of tranquility in the ’60s and ’70s, the arid savannah then known as Upper Volta became fertile grounds for innovations in music, fashion, and entrepreneurship. Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta takes an in-depth look at cosmopolitan city of Bobo-Dioulasso as it underwent a pop culture explosion, using rare recordings and remarkable photography to celebrate the region's vibrant and geographically isolated music scene. From the orchestral might of Volta Jazz, to the smaller combos of Tidiane Coulibaly, to the minor league titans Echo Del Africa and Les Imbattables Léopards, Bobo Yéyé offers an intimate peek into Upper Volta's prolific music scene. Accompanying the three-disc set is an incredible hardbound monograph book featuring the work of photographer Sory Sanlé.

From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, Sanlé documented his nation's transformation from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé's Volta Photo studio into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta's cultural capital. Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta will be released via Numero Group on October 28th.

Listen To "Wêrê Wêrê Magne” by Volta Jazz:
https://soundcloud.com/numerogroup/volta-jazz-were-were-magne/s-WKU68

BOBO YÉYÉ TRACKLISTING

DISC 1
1. Volta Jazz - Air Volta
2. Volta Jazz - Bi Kameleou
3. Volta Jazz - Fitri Mawaly
4. Volta Jazz - Djougou Toro
5. Volta Jazz - BB Peyrissac
6. Volta Jazz - Mama Soukous
7. Volta Jazz - Fintalabo
8. Volta Jazz - Wêrê Wêrê Magne
9. Volta Jazz - Nâgô Fâla
10. Volta Jazz - Mousso Koroba Tike
11. Volta Jazz - Dounya Te Soyé
12. Volta Jazz - Beni Djarabi
13. Volta Jazz - Chérie Nawa
14. Volta Jazz - Ma Douce Ledy
15. Volta Jazz - Na Dalo
16. Volta Jazz - Djougou Malola

DISC 2
1. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - De Nwolo
2. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Sie Koumgolo
3. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Dounian
4. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Si Tu Maime
5. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Tjiranama
6. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Yafamma
7. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Foli
8. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Ram Passomayé
9. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Bombossi
10. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Sondja Magni
11. Coulibaly Tidiane & Dafra Star - Limaniya

DISC 3
1. Echo Del Africa - Gentlemen Doromina
2. Les Imbattables Léopards - Bissongo Lebguinw
3. Les Imbattables Léopards - Dja Tigui Kie
4. Les Imbattables Léopards - Milaoba
5. Echo Del Africa - Yiri Wah
6. Les Imbattables Léopards - Néné
7. Ouedraogo Youssef - He Ya Wannan
8. Idy-O-Idrissa - Arindo
9. Les Imbattables Léopards - Ne Toumdé
10. Les Imbattables Léopards - Boudou Nyida

pretty good track!

x-post-- Did additional listening to Senegal's Pape Diouf on Spotify. His studio tracks there sound like a young and raw Youssou N'dour. Senegalese mbalax with no crossover aspects

http://www.npr.org/event/music/488667943/watch-imarhan-perform-live-in-the-studio

next up on Pickathon webcast: King Sunny Ade---
http://livestream.com/pickathon/events/5911922

Wonder if it will go nearly 3 hours like the show I saw in July

I saw this KSA set live, thought it was terrific. can't go 3 hours bcz festival format.

they are a blast, he sounds great and certainly doesn't lack energy

his tshirts say something like "50 years touring 70 years alive!" (i may have that first number wrong)

Ava Rocha is included in a recent NY Times guide to Brazilian music, done in association with the Olympics (and linked to on the Modern Brazil ilm thread). She mixes traditional Brazilian samba singing and music with some noisy postpunk and avante-jazz interludes on some of her material

Ava Rocha Tour USA is coming!

August 5th – Joe’s Pub (New York) 9:30 pm - $ 15
425 Lafayette St, New York, NY
http://www.songkick.com/artists/8814094-ava- rocha

August 6th – Nublu (New York) - 11 pm - $10
Brasil Summerfest’s Closing Party
62 Avenue C, New York, NY (East Village)
http://www.nublu.net/

August 9th – Trans-Pecos Brooklyn (New York)
915 Wycoff Av, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
8:00 pm - concert Marcos Campello+ Steve Dalachinsky
8:30 pm - Nigth - film by Paula Gaitán
10:00 pm - concert Ava Rocha

August 12th – Tropicalia (Washington) - 11 pm
2001 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
http://www.tropicaliadc.com/

August 13th – Nublu (New York) - 10 pm - special guest Gui Amabis
151, Avenue C, between 9/10th Streets , East Village
http://www.nublu.net/

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Ava Rocha launches her first tour in the United States

talked with some folks who saw her over teh weekend and they said she was amazing

I'm gonna be away for a family thing and miss that DC gig in a small club.

https://75dollarbill.bandcamp.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/arts/music/75-dollar-bills-arabic-inspired-sound.html?_r=0

So this rock band's guitarist Che Chen developed his style in part from a Mauritania guitar teacher. The percussion Rick Brown has been in NY bands like V-Effect, Fish & Roses, and Run On.

I was originally gonna grumble about how some folks I read on Facebook like this group's guitar sound but never tout Mauritanians like Noura Mint Seymali and her superb guitarist, but I guess folks can listen to whatever they want, without liking some of the origins of the sound

they are pretty dope... noura is too!

Maybe we actually need more rock guitarists influenced by Sahel region axemen

Congo's Mbongwana Star have one Congolese guitarist plus their producer Doctor L on guitar (this latter Irish guy living in Paris has a bit of post-punk in his approach in addition to various African styles he learned) .

They're in Chicago tonight, outside DC on Saturday the 13th and elsewhere including NYC this month

This sunday actually!
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/event/summerstage-mbongwana-star-batida-young-paris/

playing in chicago and i can't go bc of work :(

How was the NY show Ulysses? I was away and missed the DC area one

Doctor L sometimes plays bass and not guitar; and sometimes does not appear with them live

Batida was spectacular and Mbongwana did a full on punk set; really really fun time in the midst of some of the worst weather i can remember

that sounds like an amazing show weather notwithstanding

it was; quick squall in the middle of batida's set scared off a few but mostly led to ecstatic rain dancing

yeeeeah that's how it's done!
i'm so excited for the world music fest here but it's so confusing and disorganized
mulatu is playing!

Mulatu Astatke's last scheduled appearance near me sadly got cancelled. Still have never seen him. Ghanaian Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band at that Chicago fest looks good too.

feel like i mentioned this upthread but
http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/mulatu-astatke-fy17
which i kinda feel like i need to do but $130 for a pair?

come to chicago, see it for free!

lol, it would probably cost me $130 to come to chicago by greyhound solo but then i have to like sleep somewhere and eat...

it would be an investment/adventure for sure

i'm just excited about it because my hometown friends are coming and my local friends are sure to be there too, it's going to be so fun
unfortunately i can't figure out anything about how to secure/RSVP tickets. that's what i mean about it being disorganized.

i dig.

I am finding things to say about it in dribs and drabs over on the Afro-Latin thread, but I want to at least draw attention to it here. This album is very good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyrCD4Nd2K0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPZ9ibcuCIM

iLe is the artist formerly known as PG-13 when she performed with her brothers in Calle 13.

The album is bolero/ballad oriented, with songs by iLe and some of her extended family. More late 50s/early-to-mid 60s Latin pop than Fania era (although Cheo Feliciano does appear on one of the boleros). Definitely no reggaeton.

Just listened to Konono Noº1 Meets Batida for the first time: seems like some of it will have to grow on me, to an unexpected degree---prob. something to do with all those medium tempos, often *relatively* smoothed out on this occasion, while chugging right along, but almost laidback in cumulative effect, and most are at least 6 minutes long.
However, I did immediately get into "Yambadi Mama"--one for the Can fans---also the more overtly "electronic" than usual "Kinsumba", and the faster than usual "Kuna America", that one (my fave) with vocal interjections from all over the frame, as found on some others---especially the opener, "Niele Kalusimbiko", another obvious keeper. Will listen more for sure.

batida on tape isn't doing much for me. live, it all falls into place.

too straight-forward clubby on some recorded tracks

I've been listening to various old Manu Dibango efforts. "Soul Makossa" of course but other tunes that range from afro-psych-funk to schmaltzy jazz. He's gonna be touring North America shortly

playlist is updated.

new hailu mergia reissue out today! and it's v good. v pretty.

maybe came out earlier actually? but i'm first hearing it this weekend.

its recent--June I think.

I've been studying up on Ethiopian pianist Girma Beyene who was on Ethiopiques vol. 8 Swinging Addis and penned funky jazz standard “Muziqawi Silt. “ His arrangements were used by lots of Ethiopian musicians. Around 1984 when he was living in DC he gave up on music after his wife died, but after eventually moving back to Ethiopia he started playing again around 2008. He has DC and NY gigs set for October (maybe other places too)

new noura mint seymali!!!! (her last album was in my 2014 top 10) (incidentally right after angel olsen who also has a new album coming out v soon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4euzr4UaQI

I love the guitar sounds played by her husband, Jeiche Ould Chighaly