On a Friday evening, instead of sticking with BBC Radio 3's 'Mixtape', I occasionally head over and tune in to the sultry tones of Mr Popp on sister station radio 6...his mixtape usually has some death metal, bitta jazz, punk and, last night, this rather excellent track from Ghana by Witch Camp called 'Love, Please'. Thanks for that, Iggy.
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Jennifer Lucy Allen played a track by Les Filles de Illighadad last night on LJ.
Here's another one which steams along pretty well:
unusually they provide a translation of the lyrics:
You Fatou who is there
You said that this
great noise of tendé
How did you defeat her It was all a lie
Tajiden cannot
overcome anything
Who could she defeat in tendé
What is Tajiden used for
I swear by Alhadi
that she drank Yassin
She drank Bismi
She drank Alkhamdou
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Great vid, Global...camel racing looks like fun, don't you think?!Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostJennifer Lucy Allen played a track by Les Filles de Illighadad last night on LJ.
Here's another one which steams along pretty well:
unusually they provide a translation of the lyrics:Comment
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One of the tracks that Andy Kershaw played on his podcast last week was by Joseph Kabasele aka Le Grand Kalle performing 'Jolie Nana' from the early 60s - what a brilliant sound. Ideal for a sunny Angus, African Saturday.
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Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex at Rio Loco, 2011:
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Not sure if it's because this wasOriginally posted by Jazzrook View PostGetatchew Mekuria & The Ex at Rio Loco, 2011:
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a) unexpected
b) Ethiopian fusion-ish
c) the drummer made me think of Maureen Tucker
d) all of the above
but a spine tingling track - thanks JR.Comment
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'AMBÈ' is a new one from Fatoumata Diawara featuring Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, China Moses, Inna Modja, Somi, Mayra Andrade, Thandiswa Mazwai and Terri Lyne Carrington. Love those balloons...ideal for an African Saturday!
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Angelique Kidjo performing 'Malaika' at the Roll Back Malaria Festival in Dakar in 2005 - stunning.
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We saw her at Musicport a few years back and honestly she was disappointing. Shame - must have been an off day; the crowd was sparse as well which doesnt help. Instead try this live performance from Fatoumata DiawaraOriginally posted by johncorrigan View PostAngelique Kidjo performing 'Malaika' at the Roll Back Malaria Festival in Dakar in 2005 - stunning.
Happy African Saturday
[skip to about 8 mins in, once she's got rid of the off-key feller things improve dramatically...]
or this one by the amazing Bi Kidude
the lyrics are not so subtle and she's a mere 93 so we're a bit pre-disposed to being fans I suspect...
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I loved this song by Rachel Magoona from Uganda which opened last Saturday's Music Planet - very uplifting for an African Saturday with some lovely thumb piano in there.
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There's a Red Cross Chazza across the road from the Co-op in Kirrie. I like to drop in from time-to-time, check out what the good folks of Kirrie are dispensing with, musically-speaking that is. It is normally thin pickings, I should say. However, yesterday I picked up, for 50p, a double CD of 'BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2006' - thems was the days, don't you think? None of your sticking a couple of half-hour mixtapes in the machine and thinking 'that'll keep 'em quiet' back then. We had Awards. We got a double CD. Some fine things on there, I should add, and plenty I've forgotten, or perhaps didn't know in the first place. But I knew this one...ideal for a dreich Saturday in Angus; Ali and Toumani from their wonderful 'Heart of the Moon' record - 'Ai Ga Bani'
P.S. I am left with the thought, 'How did the CD get into the Kirrie chazza in the first place?' I could only think that maybe the other WM fan in the area died?
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It's the story behind the story I'm interested in JC....Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostP.S. I am left with the thought, 'How did the CD get into the Kirrie chazza in the first place?' I could only think that maybe the other WM fan in the area died?Comment
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Me too, Global - haven't spotted anything in the Kirrie Herald so far.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Meantime that Awards' record seems to have thrown up a song about Quinoa, and a fine one at that - not sure if it's a recipe extolling the virtues, or Rachid bemoaning quinoa on the plate again - see what you think! 'Tekitoi' - could be a brand name.
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There was a bit of a mention of it in our Matlock MercuryOriginally posted by johncorrigan View PostMe too, Global - haven't spotted anything in the Kirrie Herald so far.
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I said yesterday that I managed to get access to my old records for the first time in quite a while earlier this week, and what delight. Found a couple of 'Indestructible Beat of Soweto' in that dusty cupboard.
Thought I'd celebrate African Saturday with the unique Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens and 'Thuto Kelefa'.
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