Songs of the Sudan Mustafa Al Sunni

Album :
Songs of the Sudan

Artist :
Mustafa Al Sunni
Language : Arabic
Country : Sudan

Melodies :
[.01.] Al Itshitit
[.02.] Hubbi Al Razin
[.03.] Haqwa Li Quli (Butana)
[.04.] Tam Al Dawru
[.05.] Ya Jamil Ya Mudalal
[.06.] Ya Habibi Jafayt
[.07.] Tul Ya Layl
[.08.] Ba'id Al Dar
[.09.] Al Laylah Maja
[.10.] Ghaltan Ana
[.11.] Zaman Da'i
[.12.] Asmar

Take It and Drive Smadj

Album :
Take It and Drive
Artist :
Smadj
Jean-Pierre Smadja
Language : Instrumental
Country : Tunis - France

Melodies :
[.01.] Betty
[.02.] He Said
Featuring - Martin Wheeler , Rokia Traoré
[.03.] Vogue
Featuring - Dierdre Dubois , Talvin Singh
[.04.] Aurore
[.05.] C'est Comme Si C'Etait Fait...
Featuring - Dom Farkas
[.06.] Sel
[.07.] Drive
Featuring - Amit Chatterjee , Mehdi Haddab , Simbad
[.08.] Fatwords
Featuring - Rokia Traoré
[.09.] Meeting With The Bushmen
Featuring - Bushmen Of The Kalahari , W.I.M.S.A
[.10.] Tristan

Ali Farka Toure

This self-titled debut is an amazing collection, spotlighting the Malian guitarist in his full solo acoustic glory for a beautiful, intimate music that recalls American blues. The beauty of Ali Farka Toure lives in Toure's light, nimble touch on the strings as well as his flexible, reedy voice, which both perfectly complement his gentle, ambling rhythmic style. Tastier highlights include the cantering "Tchigi Fo," with haunting call-and-response sung in Songhai,

and the oddly pastoral "Kadi Kadi," a sweet folk song about an encounter with a young woman and her gift of a gold chain. The Arabic praise song "Bakoye" is a comely love song that pulses with Ali's low, bubbling fingerpicking over which his voice soars in a lovely bucolic melody. "Amandrai," in both a studio and live version, is the kind of bluesy tune that's made Toure famous and earned him comparisons to Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker. And in later releases, we indeed witness the Malian master collaborating with such Western artists as the Chieftains and Taj Mahal, but this loner of a debut features the guitarist's talents in a quietly understated, purely African light. --Karen Karleski Track List 1. Timbarma 2. Singya 3. Nawiye 4. Bakoytereye 5. Tchigi Fo 6. Amandrai 7. Kadi Kadi 8. Yulli 9. Bakoye 10. Amandrai Live EAC-Lame MP3 l 75 mbs l Full scans Download

Stella Rambisai Chiweshe - Shungu

Her Majesty - The Queen of Mbira Music from Zimbabwe - like Stella Rambisai Chiweshe is often called, is the first female artist who gained in prestige and has been honored with recognition in a music tradition that's been dominated by men: in Mbira music - known as the backbone of Zimbabwean music.

She is one of the few musicians in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, who since more than 35 years is working in the role of traditional Mbira musician. When Zimbabwe was still a Rhodesian colony, Stella secretly was recognized as a Mbira player at forbidden ceremonies. Before independence Mbira instruments had to be kept hidden, because the colonial government had banned the instrument fearing its magical powers. Playing Mbira was punished with prison. After playing through the whole night at forbidden reunions, Stella then returned to her every-day-struggle of survival as a young girl within a colonial environment.
Stella Rambisai Chiweshe is nicknamed "Ambuya Chinyakare" (Grandmother of Traditional Music). She is a well respected and important woman in the music business too, where bands perform in night clubs and festivals. She set an example for the rest of the women musicians in Zimbabwe.

She is a professional artist in the entertainment industry and in the international music circuit. In Zimbabwe before independence she released more than 20 singles of Mbira music of which her first single Kasahwa went gold in 1975.
After Independence she was invited to become a member of the original National Dance Company of Zimbabwe, where she soon took the part of a leading Mbira solo player, dancer and actress. Her work will always be remembered.

Her solo work has established herself as one of the most original artists in the contemporary African scene using popular music to show the deepness and power of her traditional spiritual music at home and abroad. Stella's experience has been stimulating her to introduce Mbira music to the occidental context without loosing the relation to her Zimbabwean tradition: She creates warm dance grooves as well as popular songs always based on Mbira rhythms.

The fusion of Stella's music and contemporary guitars has not only made her an international figure, but also as Zimbabwe's cultural Ambassador.
Apart from her merit combining Mbira with Marimba in morden Zimbabwean music, she is touring Europe regularly since 1983 and has released seven internationally successful albums.

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TRACK LISTINGS

1. Vana Vangu
2. Mahororo
3. Hondende
4. Zugunde
5. Kassahwa
6. Njuzu
7. Mapere
8. Mukatiende
9. Shungu

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Madagaskar 2 (Musik des Südens)

TRACK LISTINGS

01. Tarika "Rakoto Alphonse" - Ry-Ray Aman Dreni
02. Akon 'ny Ravinala - Soa ny Manakavana
03. Anakara - Lahy 'Anaka

04. Viktor - Medley
05. Sery - Medley
06. Sambo & Soja - Samby Tsara
07. Drumming Woman - Marary
08. Varema Androy - Lamba Mena
09. Varema Androy - Lomaly Maraindray
10. Manambala - N.N.
11. Mahajamba - Tanambao Faharoa
12. Mahajamba - Antsema Zoma
13. Koto Jean - Zanaky Miray Indraiky
14. Koto Jean - Doany Vorombe
15. Rejnoy & Regnanatse - Rebana
16. Woman-Choir - Andoharano Mahavelo
17. Jean de Dieu - Soa Manatena
18. Tarika "Gilbert" - Laha Nandeha Liny
19. Andriasy - Mikora
20. Drumming Woman - Tsy to Iny
21. Faralahy - Lera

Kulanjan - Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate

Taj Mahal is no purist. His recordings, which cherry-pick influences from Jamaica to India, suggest that Mississippi mud is just one of the blues' many ingredients. And Toumani Diabate, a modern master of the twenty-one-string kora -- Mali's ax of choice -- has expanded the reach of West African music in jam sessions with classical and flamenco virtuosos. So maybe it was only a matter of time before these two cultural ambassadors found each other to further muddy the world-music gene pool.

Globe-trotting fusion albums can have an almost academic gravity, if not the awkwardness of a blind date. Kulanjan has neither. During a weeklong session in an Athens, Georgia, home, Mahal and Diabate, plus a small Malian string band, achieved an unusually relaxed collaboration. Mahal's finger-picking acoustic guitar, thick rust-bucket vocals and simmering sense of tempo bring a languid, sensual air. Diabate dials down his lightning-quick, aggressive tone slightly, so that he embroiders the songs -- a mix of Malian and blues traditionals - rather than running away with them. A jam-session informality prevails, from the quiet trio intimacy of "Mississippi-Mali Blues" to the jovial, Cajun-style "Fanta Sacko," with Lasana Diabate prancing on the xylophone-like balafon. Cultural exchanges don't sound more organic or revelatory than "Ol' Georgie Buck," which melts a spirited Southern dance tune into a hand-clapping thirteenth-century Malian groove; Mahal grunts along to a driving six-string hunter's harp and mutters approval as Diabate does a little dancing of his own on the kora. The West African vocalists nearly steal the show, particularly Ramata Diakite, whose voice just about breaks Mahal's heart as she floats through "Queen Bee" and "Take This Hammer." Who says the blues aren't from Mali? ... GREG KOT (Rolling Stone)


Tracklist

1. Queen Bee
2. Tunkaranke
3. Ol' Georgia Buck
4. Kulanjan
5. Fanta
6. Guede Man Na
7. Catfish Blues
8. K'an Ben
9. Take This Hammer
10. Atlanta Kaira
11. Mississippi-Mali Blues
12. Sahara

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