yeah, i know a number of bookers that are furious
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUC5cVyQUH8
New Yasmine Hamdan! Album 'Al Jamilat; out March 17th. <3
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, I remember her.
Tinariwen's new album comes out tomorrow.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Vusi Mahlasela is playing World Cafe Live here soon - have any of you seen him live? Should I try to go?
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/glitterbeat/bargou-08-mamchout
It’s the forgotten place. Lying between the mountains of northwest Tunisia and the Algerian border, the Bargou valley and the village named after it lie isolated, away from the world. It’s poor, barren country, but standing apart, Bargou has developed its own culture that had never been documented until Nidhal Yahyaoui began the task. Born in the valley, he grew up hearing his parents and family sing the songs that belong to the region, and he was determined that the music and traditions shouldn’t slip away into obscurity. With Targ, the album he’s made with his band Bargou 08, Yahyaoui has perfectly fused the past and the present to place Bargou on the map.“Nidhal began collecting songs from all over the valley more than ten years ago,” explains producer and keyboard player Sofyann Ben Youssef, who’s known Yahyaoui since they were both ten years old. “No one had ever done that before. He listened to the women, to the village elders, and he learned all the variations on the songs. This is his passion, and he asked me to join him.”
“Nidhal began collecting songs from all over the valley more than ten years ago,” explains producer and keyboard player Sofyann Ben Youssef, who’s known Yahyaoui since they were both ten years old. “No one had ever done that before. He listened to the women, to the village elders, and he learned all the variations on the songs. This is his passion, and he asked me to join him.”
this is awesome btw
― Mordy, Sunday, 12 February 2017 03:54 (seven years ago) link
wow ... yeah it is. thx for posting, Mordy.
― alpine static, Sunday, 12 February 2017 08:49 (seven years ago) link
It is, Targ is definitely one of my favorites this year so far. Glitterbeat on a roll again.
― maarten, Sunday, 12 February 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
Saved that one. Also found this video of the same piece. Is that a kind of ney?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 February 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
I think the singer is playing a gunbri?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 February 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
that track is fly as fuck
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Monday, 13 February 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
That Bargou 8 track is good.
― Mordy, Friday, February 10, 2017 7:21
He's a little too folky for me, but he's got a powerful voice.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 04:46 (seven years ago) link
Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal are touring the US shortly; as is Ivory Coast singer Dobet Gnahore; Noura Mint Seymali; and afropop/afrobeats vocalist Tekno
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
I'd love to see Seymali. Wonder if she'll swing by Philly.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Johnny Brenda's
Friday, February 5, 20168:00pm 10:00pm
nooooooooooooooooooo
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
this says she'll be in Philly Feb. 26:http://www.nouramintseymali.com/tour/2017/2/27/calvary-center-crossroads-concerts
― alpine static, Friday, 17 February 2017 08:12 (seven years ago) link
She and her band are great live. I think she's in NYC on the 24th, Virginia near DC for free on the 25th, and the 26th in Philly
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
the afropop.org folks are visiting Nigeria
http://www.afropop.org/34472/dispatch-from-nigeria-4-kanos-nanaye-and-hausa-hip-hop/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
Traditional Hausa music is not heard much in Kano and is reportedly in decline throughout the region as few kids are opting to pick up the torch. We drove out of town to the village of Jogana, passing herds of longhorn cattle and floppy-eared sheep to arrive at the compound of Nasiru Garba Super, master of the one-stringed kokuma fiddle (very similar to the njarka played by Ali Farka Toure and others). Nasiru, his two elderly drummers, and a backup singer delivered a rousing set of songs, several composed by his late, revered father. Soon 50 people from the neighborhood appeared to watch the show and dance in the dusty street.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
xxp omg idk what I saw last night but that's awesome news!!!
― Mordy, Friday, 17 February 2017 14:00 (seven years ago) link
I need to check this stuff out--
http://www.afropop.org/34229/dispatch-from-nigeria-3/
the most exciting aspect of the trip has been delving into the fuji scene, fantastically vibrant and fully of larger-than-life characters. We’ve sat and interviewed Salawa Abeni (The Queen of Fuji), Saheed Osupa (The King of Fuji—crowned by Barrister himself), K1 da Ultimate (The “Undisputed” King of Fuji—widely agreed upon), and Obesere (The Paramount King of Music, and champion of the clever, humorous form of “lewd songs” known as asakasa), all in their homes. These are not artists who typically make themselves available to journalists. It took a very well-connected fixer to arrange these interviews, and they did not disappoint.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
ALRIGHT I got my SEYMALI tickets!!
― Mordy, Friday, 17 February 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
if i could "like" this ^ i would
she has one show scheduled on the west coast which seems weird. hoping for more announcements 3/10 is not that far out. they'd have been announced by now, i think.
― alpine static, Friday, 17 February 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
Damn, doesn't look like she's coming anywhere near me.:( I did get to see Bombino last summer, which was fantastic.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 17 February 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
the entire bargou 08 album is out today!
― Mordy, Friday, 17 February 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
I still need to listen to that. Plus check out the new Tinariwen video (and album if its available)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
Some of that Bargou 8 album is a bit one-dimensional, but exciting in a kind of hardcore punk way...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
Just got an email that the suburban Washington DC Noura Mint Seymali gig on Saturday February 25 has been postponed until Tuesday March 7th. No explanation was provided.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 February 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
huh - i haven't gotten any message about the sunday show being postponed
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 February 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
So far, just that one gig it seems.
Unrelated:
The Voice of America's Music Time in Africa program has a Facebook page with some video posts worth checking out.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 February 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
Just saw on Instagram that "due to travel " issues the Ny Seymali gig is delayed till March 2
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
The energetic great Congolese band Mbongwana Star are coming to the US in March-- dates in NY, Cambridge, Chicago and Minneapolis but alas, I don't see any in Washington DC or Philly listed online
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link
they are fucking killer live btw
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Friday, 24 February 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'd love to see them. maybe they'll add dates.
― Mordy, Friday, 24 February 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
So looks like Noura Mint Seymali tour now starts tonight in Philly
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Tiny church venue almost no one here. Everyone I was supposed to bring flaked on me so I'm solo tnite
― Mordy, Monday, 27 February 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
Did you enjoy the show?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 February 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
oh yes! i meant to update the thread but got busy with work today. first of all - noura and mr. mint seymali are the heart of the band and just fantastic. his guitar playing is funky, playful, they have amazing chemistry on stage, and her voice is just a total force of nature. the audience was about 50-60 ppl but she performed as if to an audience of 500 or an audience (which is really what they deserve). the venue was a church (one of those super lefty churches that has a kol tzedak group meeting in the basement) and it was a good place for them despite limiting (and a limited) audience. they did a bunch of songs from the new album as well as some other stuff - even tho i agree w/ ppl who say that the new album has really developed the sound maybe bc they've gone back and reworked some of the older stuff it all works together. the audience was good - responsive, despite not being an obviously enthusiastic group. noura kept calling for ppl to stand up and by the end of the set ppl were dancing. lots of older ppl at the show. her english is super limited but she's v effusive thanking the crowd (the drummer is from philadelphia and he did most of the crowd work). after the show i bumped into mr and mrs mint seymali downstairs and they are incredibly warm ppl i thanked them for the show and they thanked me and idk i just felt v moved by how genuine they are. a really tremendous show and i highly recommend ppl try to catch them if they're able.
― Mordy, Monday, 27 February 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
of 500 or 1000*
― Mordy, Monday, 27 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Great. I have enjoyed all their appearances near me, and I agree with your take on them.
So a booking agent told me that no one in the Washington DC area would pay Mbongwana Star what their manager wants for this tour, so no gig here. They had played Washington DC last summer, and we get lots of traveling African acts most of the time(plus some of those acts record NPR Tiny Desk shows here and appear on Voice of America's Music Time in Africa program that is also based in DC) . So it looks like they are just coming over for a week and doing 4 gigs-- NY, Cambridge, Chicago and Minneapolis
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 February 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Its a tough time now to tour in US too. Getting visas approved, promoters and halls with money issues, trying to get media attention...
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.apollotheater.org/event/africa-now-2017/
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
That looks like a nice gig.
So I saw Ballake Sissoko, Malian kora player, with Vincent Segal, French cello player, last night. They've been doing duet shows on and off for years and have 2 albums together. Mostly pretty, beautiful sounds led by the harp-like kora. Sometimes Segal used his fingers instead of the bow on the cello and it got noisier or jazzier. Pleasant and contemplative for the most part.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
Saw Cote D'Ivoire's Dobet Gnahore and band Saturday night. Fun if uneven gig and not as good as a gig of hers I saw a few years back. She sounded best when stretching out her vocals powerfully over West African grooves (& sometimes adding percussion herself), and on some ballads; but occasionally her band instead played clunky pop-rock instrumentation with arena-like formulaic drum set action and generic guitar solos (from her husband a France born guitarist who has studied West African guitar methods in Africa).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
She is a great dancer though, and is charismatic and did her best to communicate with the crowd in between songs in English, French and more. For an encore, a number of women joined her onstage to dance, soon followed by a mix of women and men.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
GUYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px37UsrDpA8
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Israeli metal!
So I saw Noura Mint Seymali and band tonight for free near DC. 4th time I think I have seen them. I can see how her voice is an acquired taste for some (despite its range and power) but am not sure how anyone can resist her husband/guitarist cool sounds from his specially tuned axe. What a great band.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 04:48 (seven years ago) link
one thing i wondered is the kind of stress that her singing puts on her voice. she was coughing throughout the show (away from the mic during non-vocal parts - like it didn't interrupt her singing) and i was wondering if she had a cold (which would've made her vocal performance all the more impressive tbh) or whether that kind of singing takes a toll on your chords.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 04:51 (seven years ago) link
Not much coughing last night. Her voice sounded rough on the first song, she drank some water and then no problems the rest of the night. But yes she really works that voice.
A nice size crowd last night but still plenty of empty seats. After years of seeing African shows in the DC area, I know that promoters should contact local D.C. based African embassies and do street team drop-offs of flyers at international markets, in addition to trying to get crossover online coverage etc, but alas, they don't always do all of that or have the time, money and people. Although there are less folks from Mauritania here then from other locales...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
I just listened to last year's album by the Sahra Halgan Trio. I really like it: a take on desert guitar blues by a group from Somaliland. Pleasant voice, memorable hooks, nice guitar licks.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
I still need to check that out plus this one :
https://awapoulo.bandcamp.com/album/poulo-warali
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 March 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
Yes, posting about it on another thread, but a pick from lex's list might be of interest here:
Ariwo - Ariwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWeIqmz6Xx0
Jazz, electronic, but some borrowing from the sort of music that normally appears on this thread too. Definitely a Latin feel to some of the jazz. Very difficult to describe. One of them new-fangled fusions. Caldera in particularly is pretty Latin jazzy, but still electronic.
While I'm on this, Auntie Flow was also on lex's list, and might appeal to Rolling Global Outernational listeners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pMBYN7JF4E
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
As I've mentioned on the generic Arabic music thread, there has been quite a bit of good underground/indie Arab music coming to my attention this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxyE6yUElchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW5aM_LxnWghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-6SQjdgdg4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nwCbZfPxcY
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
Been catching up on lots of music the last 2 days. Just listened to the Afropop stocking stuffers podcast and now hearing some albums mentioned on it. Listening now to Soweto Soul, an album put together by Dutch producer/guitarist Joep Pelt who loves old-school South African Pennywhistle Jive, Hip-Hop, Mbaqanga and Kwaito. He got lots of old-school folks to participate. Alas, some of it sounds forced. He wants to make it modern. But some cuts work.
I havent listened to that Lex pick Ariwo yet, but I have heard some of the afropop/afrobeats he likes--Mr. Eazi and Serge Beynaud.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 December 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2018 Thread Once Known as World Music
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
Today I will mostly be listening to the Nyege Nyege Tapes label from Uganda. Namely: Nihiloxica, The Sounds of Sisso compilation and the album by Riddlore
― Badgers (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 09:20 (six years ago) link
Maybe not for this thread but I just saw the articles and haven't listened to these acts yet
http://www.okayafrica.com/congolese-music-artists-new-killing-it/
I don't know any of these Congolese rappers and r'n'b acts-- Maître Gims and others
http://www.okayafrica.com/black-panther-album-south-african-artists/
Sjava and 3 others.
I don't know these folks either
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 11 February 2018 05:52 (six years ago) link
Oops ..2017 thread
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 11 February 2018 05:53 (six years ago) link