Soriba Kouyate – Kanakassi (1999)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/soriba-kouyate-kanakassi-1999/
Soriba Kouyate was a Senegalese Kora virtuoso (Korafola). Just before his death in 2010, he played in the Kora Jazz Band, after Djeli Moussa Diawara left the Kora Jazz Trio.
He played with musicians like Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keita, Peter Gabriel, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Toure Kunda, etc.
Toure Kunda – Labrador
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toure-kunda-labrador/
Labrador, title track from Toure Kunda‘s album Amadou-Tilo in 1983.
It’s a cover of the track that appeared on their first album and as a single.
Amadou-Tilo is dedicated to Amadou Toure, brother of Ismaila and Sixu-Tidiane and former member of the band who tragically died on-stage in 1983. […]
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès – Na Binta
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dieuf-dieul-thies-na-binta/
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès, 3 singers Assane Camara, Bassirou Sarr and Gora Mbaye together with their chef d’orchestre and guitar player Pape Seck (an ex-member of Guelewar) compose traditional rhythms from all the regions of Senegal, with fuzz guitars, horn sections and hallucinatory percussion. The result is an explosive mixture of an Electric Psychedelic sound [...]
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès – Short documentary
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dieuf-dieul-thies-promo-documentary/
The band Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès did not manage to release any of its recordings for 30+ years. Here’s a short documentary for the release of “Aw Sa Yone Vol. 2” in 2015, after Vol. 1 in 2013.
On Vol. 1 the tracks were well divided among three singers: Assane Camara with his unique style, […]
Jackson Five in Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jackson-five-africa/
“Jackson Five in Africa” est un documentaire (50 mn environ), qui montre le premier voyage des Jackson Five (ou 5 ?), dont Michael, alors agé de 16 ans, en Afrique, et leur arrivée à Dakar au Sénégal du 1er au 3 février 1974.
A priori, d’après ce que l’on peut lire en ligne, cette tournée […]
Youssou N’Dour – YaaKaar (Hope)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/
The song “Hope”, also known as “Yaakaar”, was released on Youssou N’Dour’s album “Eyes Open” in 1992.
Baaba Maal – Wakanda
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wakanda-baaba-maal-black-panther-ost/
Wakanda is a song by Ludwig Göransson, from the first Black Panther’s OST in 2018, performed by Baaba Maal.
Youssou N’Dour – Nelson Mandela (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-nelson-mandela/
This version of “Nelson Mandela” is from “Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar – Fatteliku” released in 2015.
This album was recorded live in Athens on Peter Gabriel’s So tour in 1987.
#LiveMusic #Madiba #Sénégal #SouthAfrica #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess – Jigueenu Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guiss-guiss-bou-bess-jigueenu-africa/
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess mixes Sabar drums, Mbalax influences & electronic beats in “Jigueenu Africa,” meaning “African Women.”
Doudou N’Diaye Rose – Rose Rhythm
https://amf.didiermary.fr/doudou-ndiaye-rose-rhythm/
Rose Rhythm is a track from the album “Djabote” released in 1994. Djabote is also the title of a documentary in 1992 on the work of Senegalese drummer, composer and band leader Doudou N’Diaye Rose, recognized as the modern master of Senegal’s traditional drum, the sabar.
This film is the result of a passion shared […]
Sénégal 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-compilation/
The compilation “Sénégal 70 – Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s,” released in 2015, offers an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. It reflects the unique fusions of Funk, Mbalax, Cuban Son and Mandigue guitar sounds that transformed Dakar […]
Youssou N’Dour – Set Live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-set-live/
Set (meaning “clean”) is a song and eponym album by the Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, released in 1990, that in part inspired the Senegalese youth movement Set-Setal, which sought to beautify Dakar. Here’s Set live @ Bataclan in Paris in 2017.
#90smusic #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
Takeifa – I Love You Mama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/takeifa-love-you-mama/
Takeifa was a band from Sénégal, led by singer Jac Keita. It’s goal was to explore new musical territories, by mixing Pop, Rock, Samba, Funk, or Zouk.
Takeifa tried to break musical borders to achieve a unique and innovative sound, as part of a new generation which has a clear goal to share their ideas […]
Africando – Fouta Tooro
https://amf.didiermary.fr/africando-fouta-tooro/
“Fouta Tooro”, sung by Medoune Diallo, is from Africando‘s “Martina“, composed and arranged by Boncana Maïga, released in 2003. The album features multiple lead vocals: Amadou Balaké, Gnonnas Pedro, Medoune Diallo, Ronnie Baro, Ismael Lo, Nyboma, Kester Emeneya, Joe King, Shoubou and Seka.
Orchestre du Bawobab – Bure Yaay Damaan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-bawobab-bure-yaay-damaan-1975/
Orchestre du Bawobab, also known as Orchestra Baobab…Here’s a song from their album “Guy Gu Rey Gi” in 1975.
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban “Son” and “Pachanga” band formed in 1970 as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band they adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music.
Allez ! Sama Africa épisode 12, avant-dernier épisode du périple et du podcast, entre Sénégal et Mali ! Pour raconter l'ambiance football au stade de Dakar, la séparation avec ma Titine, mes 45 heures de train entre Dakar et Bamako, quelques escapades à Djenné ou Tambacounda et... l'arrivée d'une inconnue franco-danoise en provenance des États-Unis, il fallait bien un épisode taille XXL !
https://podcast.cy-real.com/@samaafrica/episodes/episode-12-de-nouveaux-soleils
Boddhi Satva – Kilulu
https://amf.didiermary.fr/boddhi-satva-kilulu-spilulu-baraka-kaysha/
From album “Manifestation” by Boddhi Satva, with Spilulu, H.Baraka & Kaysha.
Afro House pioneer and father of Ancestral Soul, Boddhi Satva presents his album, “Manifestation” (2022), and brings to a close a trilogy of long players, following “Invocation” (2012) and “Transition” (2016).This most conceptual of Afro House’s producers offers an ode to lovers [...]
Xalam – Festival Horizonte
https://amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-festival-horizonte-berlin-79/
Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms. Ade is a live concert recorded at Festival Horizonte in Berlin in 1979 and their first international release.
Etoile de Dakar Feat. Youssou N’Dour – Esta China
https://amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-dakar-youssou-ndour-esta-china/
The first volume (Volume 1 – Absa Gueye) of this series includes one of Youssou’s earliest successes, an interpretation of Jalo in praise of an ancient king, which was recorded several times under different circumstances. Absa Gueye was one of his first original compositions in praise of a patron, while “Tu Veras”, “Esta China" [...]
Orchestra Baobab – Autorail
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-autorail/
By the end of the 1970s, the band concluded its residency at the Baobab Club, which closed its doors in 1979. At this point, they were Senegal’s biggest band. […] Their 1981 albums Mouhamadou Bamba and Sibou odia extended their success into the new decade, helped by their hit “Autorail”, composed by Medoune Diallo, and […]
Baaba Maal – Traveller
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-traveller-diahowo/
A young Baaba Maal, with Mamadou Djiby Seck, singing “Diahowo” (You who are leaving) at a party (?) in this old video.
To continue the “journey,” listen to a live acoustic version of “Traveller”.
"Diahowo" is part of the rich traditional Haalpulaar repertoire of Fouta-Tooro, the region of northern Senegal and southern Mauritania. The story […]
Africando – Aicha (Salsa)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salsa-africando-aicha/
This version of Aicha by Africando is a cover of Khaled’s song, but arranged in Salsa style and sung in Wolof by Nicolas Menheim, a Senegalese singer.
It’s from Africando’s album “Baloba !” in 1998 (with 2 songs by Gnonnas Pedro, “Dacefo” and “Huenouhwo”).
This version in Wolof is kind of a bonus track on the album, as […]
Orchestra Baobab – Pirates Choice
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-pirates-choice-full-album/
Réédité en 2001, puis en 2015 pour les 50 ans d’Orchestra Baobab, c’est l’occasion de redécouvrir Pirates Choice, enregistré à Dakar en 1982.
Super Diamono – Sofia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamono-sofia-ismael-lo/
Super Diamono or Super Diamono de Dakar was a ten-member band from Dakar, Senegal. Sofia appears on a cassette “Vol. 5” in 1981 with Ismaël Lô.
It was formed around 1975. Omar Pene was a founding-member.It started with traditional West African music, but quickly turned to an Afro-Cuban and pop-influenced sound.
In 1979, Ismaël Lô, a […]
Youssou N’Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar – Mouye Ma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-super-etoile-dakar-mouye-ma/
Fondé par Youssou N’dour et ses fidèles musiciens après la scission de l’Etoile de Dakar, le Super Etoile de Dakar a su révolutionner à partir de 1979 le Mbalax, rythme cher aux Wolofs, créant de nouvelles danses pour accompagner ce style musical.
Le mbalax est un style musical organisé comme le croisement d’instruments [...]
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