Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2014 Thread Formerly Known as World

i like buika's recorded material okay but holy shit, live

Buika--Afro-Spanish Singer (Who's more than just one of NPR's "50 Great Voices")

I started a thread for her in 2010 but noone else on ilx was interested

heh, that really is all you huh

Saw for free on the national mall in D.C. last night a Kenyan women divas show w/ Afro-pop artists Iddi Achieng’ and Suzanna Owiyo, Muslim women trio Gargar from northeastern Kenya backed by a funky band, plus strong-voiced Doris Chepchumba from the Kalenjin community in the Rift Valley, and taarab-pop artist Nyota Ndogo

New Orlando Julius album in September, with some band from the UK called the Heliocentrics backing him.

He's a Nigerian highlife guy. Glad to see older artists still around

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/29/kenyan-musicians-back-at-smithsonian-folklife-festival-after-one-day-strike-against-their-government/

Crazy weekend. Samba Mapangala was great tonight

Very interesting discussions I had with the Kenyans and Folklife people. The music that I did hear was great. Caught only a bit of the Chinese.

Wednesday is Kenyan oldies night from 6 to 8 and Thursday night is Kenyan artists fusing together elements of benga, soukous, hip-hop, and gospel. A bunch of folks in the audience the other night spoke Swahili and engaged in call & responses with the band. That helps add to the live music flavor

Kenyans live through Sunday for free in DC. Chinese too--but I have barely checked them out

yes plz

http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/releases/38328/w/sublime-frequencies-1970s-algerian-folk-and-pop.jpg

ooh what label is that on?

sublime frequencies

http://static.squarespace.com/static/52b31b17e4b01abea06d053d/t/52bc8485e4b0db704e378a27/1388086406191/Imarhan-cover-12-23-300pxls.jpg?format=750w

this is on spotify and is fantastic
http://www.clermontmusic.com/akal-warled/

This is old I think but I would love someone to elucidate on this incredible vocalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZXoyTzEWU&list=PL5E0973A16439E74A&index=2

i like it! very funky.

I bumped into this from a Sound Of Siam comp, the vocal gymnastics are amazing. She is an incredible vocalist but cant find much more on her other than what is on youtube.

i still have to hear that comp. i love the cover. is that track representative of what's found on it?

26 hours of Gallo compilations of South African pop hit Spotify today. I put them into a playlist to facilitate shuffling.

http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/6AeU1h68UJi4Bv2vxzF38X

oh wow thank you so much glenn

Seriously. So astonishingly great, even compared to the other astonishing thing that happened today.

Not entirely clear how I get myself to stop listening to this and go to sleep.

WOW!
I have a few of the albums these lift from(as my father had a business relationship with a guy working at Gallo in the 80's) but LOTS of new stuff. Wow. That Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queen collection has me freaking out

Wow

"is that track representative of what's found on it?"

yeah pretty much, could be the same band on some tracks but is a good 'un.

oh man this patricia majalisa collection is like honey to my ears (partic track "Impumelelo")

btw almost all of these gallo covers are hideous

yeah, i hit several bummers on that mix

Forgive the self-promo but I'm sure there are some tunes here that people will dig. I particularly like Mourad, the young Morrocan rapper who joined Of Golden Visions to record Elodie.

My Middle Eastern and North African playlist column for the Guardian

Thanks

Its gonna be a busy late summer and fall for African acts touring the Us of A:

Noura Mint Seymali now and over the next few weeks; Yousouu N'Dour, Salif Keita, Vieux Farka Toure and more coming in September

Noura was great live, moved the crowd.

Excited about Chronixx this Saturday.

I need to watch online Chronixx from the Jimmy Fallon show last night. Heard local DC reggae fanatics raving about his recent DC show.

his album was a fave around the house through the late spring

I wrote a retrospective piece on King Sunny Adé's three Island albums (Aura turns 30 this year!) for Red Bull Music Academy.

http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2014/07/photos-from-king-sunny-ades-daughters.html

1 of King Sunny's daughters just got married. One photo suggests that there might have been a rocking band at the reception

http://www.avclub.com/article/hear-soundtrack-new-fela-kuti-documentary-finding--207235

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pysa7ETEFFU/U4ih03BlROI/AAAAAAAAFqk/W0k0FKkvzpQ/s1600/artworks-000074958091-c9uw3n-original.jpg

I saw a great photo exhibit associated with that album-- pics taken before the destruction and unrest in Syria now

Sadly, I think ISIS are destroying many of the old religious sites that I saw in the exhibit associated with that Nawa Sufi release. That includes Christian, Jewish and Muslim ones.

Was eating in a suburban D.C. Kenyan restaurant Saturday night and they were booming nothing but Afrobeats loud. Sounded great...

― curmudgeon, Monday, August 4, 2014 1:22 PM

I love some of the new Afrobeats stuff but old-school folks like Salif Keita as well...plus the more obscure Kenyans I heard at the Smithsonian Folklife Fest...

Lots of African country leaders are in DC this week for an African Summit. Here's some of the related media on it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/08/05/lionel-richie-will-perform-at-the-africa-state-dinner-at-the-white-house/

Uh, really...Hugh Masakela is doing a year-long residency at Howard now still I think, couldn't he at least be added

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/alternative-african-summit-challenges-the-official-one/2014/08/04/bac14f52-1bfe-11e4-ae54-0cfe1f974f8a_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/08/04/a-playlist-in-honor-of-this-weeks-africa-summit-in-d-c/

One Group Campaign's song "Cocoa na Chocolate" with musicians from many African countries in support of African agriculture. 9 of these musicians including Femi Kuti, D'Banj and Fally Ipupa did a little publicized appearance Monday night in DC during African Summit week

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

http://pulse.ng/events/dbanj-and-femi-kuti-will-be-representing-nigeria-dbanj-to-join-one-in-washington-dc-for-historic-us-africa-leaders-summit-id3025068.html

Still liking that "Cocoa na Chocolate" song...We are the world

http://www.npr.org/2014/08/07/338586411/before-war-a-punk-drummer-preserved-syrian-chants

Good to see him getting this coverage, but its sad that some of the buildings he went to and people he met, are no longer with us. He also sought out old Jewish synagogues too.

Heard some of last night's Fresh Air interview with the guy who recorded the xpost Sufi invocations albums; I need to check the FA archive for the rest of that. Also last night: a bit of Tinariwen in concert on Carson Daly's show. Light In The Attic's re-releasing a couple of their early albums.
Details and samples of The Radio Tisdas Sessions here:
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1177-radio-tisdas-sessions

Ditto for Amassakoul
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1178-amassakou

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/artist_image/1577/storage/original_tinny.jpg

Wow---at first listen, Amassakoul sounds like one of their most consistent sets ever: no acoustic ruminations, which is okay by me, though always thoughtful and watchful, while tending flexible razor guitar grooves and more variety than expected, especially vocal, incl.throat-singing, call-and-response melodicism with females, and even a hip-hop excursion (very much in their own direction). Also the occasional flutes. Gotta look into the back story of this album, incl. the line-up.

Still enjoying hearing the Lijadu Sisters.