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Kind of you to say so, Dougie. I much appreciate it. Of course Chaim has always been a bit of a background guy, a pal of the McGarrigle/Wainwrights. Here he is doing a great job on a Kate McGarrigle song alongside Loudon...I think he's on the original version by Kate and Anna.
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2017:
Abatwa - Why Did We Stop Growing Tall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdlowleUSU4
Amadou & Mariam - Bofou Safou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43024wEjqo
Koffi Olomide - Nyataquance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwm3abDBFPU
King Ayisoba - Africa Needs Africa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHe-Q0iLlg
Sibusile Xaba - A Tribute to the Mother - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-1yvOP_3k
Only those of us who do this sort of thing know how difficult it is today to bypass, within reason, the international autotune* but we concede to it in a few places to reflect the times.
(*In all senses of that phrase - a lot of nonsense is filtered out and it takes some time to do it - I mainly aim with modern artists to spot some originality and/or bits of authenticity)
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This is old and authentic, Lat...Mahotella Queens - Umculo Kawupheli (Just appeared in an inbox somewhere...neat!)Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post2017:
Abatwa - Why Did We Stop Growing Tall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdlowleUSU4
Amadou & Mariam - Bofou Safou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43024wEjqo
Koffi Olomide - Nyataquance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwm3abDBFPU
King Ayisoba - Africa Needs Africa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHe-Q0iLlg
Sibusile Xaba - A Tribute to the Mother - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-1yvOP_3k
Only those of us who do this sort of thing know how difficult it is today to bypass, within reason, the international autotune* but we concede to it in a few places to reflect the times.
(*In all senses of that phrase - a lot of nonsense is filtered out and it takes some time to do it - I mainly aim with modern artists to spot some originality and/or bits of authenticity)
Had to stick in a bit of Mahlathini too, for good measure.
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Great tunes, JC - I enjoyed those.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostThis is old and authentic, Lat...Mahotella Queens - Umculo Kawupheli (Just appeared in an inbox somewhere...neat!)
Had to stick in a bit of Mahlathini too, for good measure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcH4cPqykF0
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Massa Dembele's a jeli from Burkina Faso who plays the kamalengoni, and this is a new record just out. Great sound with a very fine voice for an African Saturday.
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Here is a group of buskers playing Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Does that qualify? Good Saturday music anyway.
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Senegal Special:
Fatou Guewel - Ndiarame Lamboul - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gm70uf9Lng
Aminata Nar Fall - Spanish Date - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozlTroQu-9Q
Mada Thiam - Xandaalu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXjoGzGl1g
Kora Jazz - Chan Chan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQBJgzPoTjg
Fatou Talla Ndiaye - Yobalema - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WDJenH8PXg
Orchestre Laye Thiam - Kokorico - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxWHubvosusComment
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In a recent Songlines Carla Bruni picked Rachid Taha's 'Ya Rahey' on her playlist and I was thinking that we don't hear much Rai these days...
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Here's a spot more Rai...Cheb Khaled doing 'Talâa el Ghaba' from the mid 70s. What a groove!Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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My pal's just back from working in Capetown. During that time he told me he saw a great exhibition of photos of the South African Choir which toured London in the 1890s.
On his return he sent me a CD associated with the exhibition which re-imagined the songs and hymns as there are, as you would imagine, no original recordings. The recordings are quite good but there is the strangest version of God Save the Queen that I've ever heard.
Anyway this is a long way round of saying that it sent me back to my favourite record of South African Gospel which Earthworks issued back in the late 90s - Heavenly Choirs And Gospel Stompers. So for an African Saturday here's the Holy Spirits Choir giving us 'Khulama Nami'.
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I'm very late on this and no doubt being repetitive but I no more than blinked at this one in pouring rain and its simple beauty haunted me:
Victor Démé - Chérie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnsEMSd3-8
(Oddly, perhaps, this is in my top 20 of African toons, courtesy of that rainy performance at Womad)Last edited by Lat-Literal; 19-09-17, 00:31.Comment
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Bit of history here courtesy of the film 'Hamish' about writer, poet and song collector Hamish Henderson, born along the road in Blairgowrie in 1919. The film made a welcome reappearance on BBC Alba on Thursday evening.
The song 'Men of Rivonia' demanding the freedom of Nelson Mandela was recorded by the Corries in 1968. Henderson wrote the song to the tune of the Spanish marching piece "Viva La Quinzieme Brigada". The imprisoned Nelson Mandela apparently got to hear a copy of the song and word was received back about it.
Happy African Saturday.Comment
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Thanks JC - a different sort of African Saturday.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostBit of history here courtesy of the film 'Hamish' about writer, poet and song collector Hamish Henderson, born along the road in Blairgowrie in 1919. The film made a welcome reappearance on BBC Alba on Thursday evening.
The song 'Men of Rivonia' demanding the freedom of Nelson Mandela was recorded by the Corries in 1968. Henderson wrote the song to the tune of the Spanish marching piece "Viva La Quinzieme Brigada". The imprisoned Nelson Mandela apparently got to hear a copy of the song and word was received back about it.
Happy African Saturday.
Precious little about HH of Blairgowrie via search engines though - instead you get the book publishers, a film director, an inspirational CEO trainer and a driving instructor...Comment
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Here's Gaughan singing one of Hamish's more renowned songs, GT, 'Freedom Come All Ye'.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
...and here's bit from the Poetry society.
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Sweet As Broken Dates
Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa:
Aamina Camaari - Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdQSxK_ukrk
(I almost hear the Far East in this music!)Comment
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