Ausecuma Beats
https://amf.didiermary.fr/meet-ausecuma-beats/
Ausecuma Beats are more than just a band, they are a philosophy. Led by master djembe player, Boubacar Gaye, the nine-strong ensemble, demonstrate artists coming together based on an idea – the idea of place, of transplanting cultural heritage into a contemporary city. Ausecuma Beats is people from all corners of the world finding themselves […]
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Florence Adooni – Mam Pe’ela Su’ure
https://amf.didiermary.fr/florence-adooni-mam-peela-suure/
Being part of Guy One‘s group, Florence Adooni is the voice on his radio hit “Estre”. Furthermore, she is a member of Alogte Oho’s Sounds of Joy and can be heard on his smasher “Mam Yinne Wa”. Last but not least, Jimi Tenor chose her to sing on his instant club classic “Vocalize My Luv”. […]
Tinariwen – Tenere Den
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-tenere-den/
From the “Amatssou” album (May 2023) by Tinariwen, this new single “Tenere Den” connects Desert Blues and Country Music. A press release explains that the song “pays homage to the Tuareg revolution in the Kel Adagh region of Mali.” Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African […]
Punk in Africa (documentary)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/documentary-punk-africa-2012/
Punk in Africa is a 2012 multilingual African historical punk music film. “Three chords, three countries, one revolution… The documentary is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.”
In these societies, [...]
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Music from Saharan Cellphones
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-saharan-cellphones/
Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation, released in 2011, of music collected from memory cards and cellular phones in the Saharan desert. In much of West Africa, cellphones are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, [...]
#Compilation #DesertBlues #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Rock #Tuareg #Global
Burundi Black (1971)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/burundi-black-1971/
Le disque Burundi Black est relativement inclassable du fait de l’année de sa réalisation, 1971, et qu’il a été produit par un pianiste français de formation classique, Michel Bernholc sous le pseudonyme Mike Steïphenson, sur la base de rythmes et percussions originaires du Burundi.
Sur des samples extraits depuis un disque ethnographique, réalisé pour Ocora […]
Angelique Kidjo – Born Under Punches
https://amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-remain-in-light/
Kidjo’s always been an eclectic singer… From her cover in 2018 of the Talking Heads album, “Remain In Light.”
“The record is a track-by-track re-imagination of the original, considered to be one of the greatest albums of the ‘80s and deeply influenced by music from West Africa, notably Fela Kuti‘s Afrobeat.” […]
Mdou Moctar – Ibitlan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mdou-moctar-ibitlan/
“Ibitlan” comes from volume 2 of the Niger EP series by Mdou Moctar. It was first released in 2014 as part of “Anar”, a special vinyl edition, from earlier recordings. Spaced out autotune from Niger. Tuareg guitar accompanied with loping drum machines and vocal plug ins, interpreted via the filter of Bollywood influenced Hausa pop. […]
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Tamikrest – Awnafin
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tamikrest-awnafin/
An iconic Saharan Rock band, Tamikrest was formed in 2006 by Ousmane Ag Mossa, Cheikh Ag Tiglia, and Aghaly Ag Mohamedine in Tinzawaten, on the border between Algeria and Mali, inspired by the musical heritage of Tinariwen, and driven by the desire to amplify the oppressed voice of the Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) people. It’s more Desert Rock, than Blues… […]
Lobi Traore – Bwati Kono
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lobi-traore-bwati-kono/
Lobi Traore was first known from one of the many dimly lit grimy night clubs of Bamako, with his overdriven amp and ungrounded fuzzbox pedal.
Bwati Kono was recorded live in two separate sessions and released in 2011.
The US needs an information-warfare strategy for Iran — and beyond
The United States has demonstrated impressive combat power in the conflict with Iran. And yet, when Iranian authorities…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/301257/
Ishumar – Toumast
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toumast-2007/
Ishumar is the first album by band Toumast, released in October 2006.
Moussa Ag Keyna, a former Tuareg fighter who took refuge in France, formed the group Toumast in the spirit of Tinariwen in the mid-1990s. He was joined by the singer Aminatou Goumar.
Lead singer Moussa Ag Keyna who, together with Aminatou [Goumar] and French […]
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Nainy Diabate & Le Kaladjula Band live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nainy-diabate-kaladjula-band-live/
In Mali, the griot Naïny Diabaté is a star. A singer since early childhood, she achieved success in the early 1980s. A tireless advocate for equality, she has placed women’s rights at the heart of Malian music, traditionally a very masculine genre. With this in mind, in 2013 she launched a project aimed at challenging […]
Tinariwen – Amadjar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-amadjar/
From album “Amadjar” in 2019, listen to this first track featuring Micah Nelson, best known as Neil Young’s guitarist. Noura Mint Seymali is also a guest on 3 other tracks.
Amadjar is the eighth album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, released in 2019. The album’s title means “the foreign traveler” in the Tamashek language. […]
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UFO or military device? Strange object spotted hovering over Tehran
A mysterious light was caught on camera moving across the skies above Tehran. Photo: X page videograb A…
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‘Anything could happen with me’: Trump can’t decide on his Iran strategy – The Irish Times
Donald Trump can’t decide whether to negotiate with the Iranians or to “go in and annihilate them”. But…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/301657/
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