Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in All Styles
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-specialist-all-styles/
Specialist in All Styles is Orchestra Baobab’s 2002 comeback album, mixing Cuban and West African musics, Congolese rumba and Senegal’s own Mbalax, a subtle fusion, always rooted in traditional music.
#AfroLatino #Documentary #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Sénégal #OldAfricanMusic
Orchestra Baobab – Sibam (1978)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-sibam-1978/
Sibam est l’un de ces anciens titres de la “Belle Epoque” d’Orchestra Baobab, aux origines de l’aventure de ce groupe mythique qui ambiancera les dance floors de Dakar au début des années 70 où la musique cubaine se mêle aux rythmes traditionnels
Si l’orchestre Baobab est connu du monde entier depuis deux décennies, rares sont ceux […]
Youssou N’Dour – Confession
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-confession/
“Confession” is the 2nd track released from Youssou N’Dour’s album “History” in 2019, with songs featuring Seinabo Sey & Babatunde Olatunji.
J'ai posté 3 p'tits cailloux, et puis... la vie. Voici la quatrième édition de mon infolettre irrégulomadaire. Bonne lecture, #AbonnezVous 😉 https://petitscailloux.yarienla.com/4-des-accomplissements/
#infolettre #newsletter #PetitsCailloux #podcast #Sénégal #EntreAutres
Elage Diouf – Dama la nob
https://amf.didiermary.fr/elage-diouf-dama-la-nob/
Elage Diouf, né El Hadji Fall Diouf à Dakar, est un artiste québecois, passé par le Cirque du Soleil, comme chanteur et percussionniste. Il sort en 2010 son premier album solo nommé “Aksil” (Bienvenue en Wolof).
Aksil est un mot wolof, ma langue maternelle, qui pourrait se traduire par “Entrez, soyez les bienvenus”. C’est aussi […]
Elage Diouf – I am a man of constant sorrow
https://amf.didiermary.fr/elage-diouf-man-constant-sorrow/
Cover of “I am a man of constant sorrow” from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? by Elage Diouf. In 2002, the popular revival of this mountain ballad took bluegrass to #1 on the Billboard Album Chart.
Youssou et Super Etoile de Dakar – Show !!!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-super-etoile-dakar-show/
A live show recorded in Abidjan, from a vinyl self released in 1983, with Youssou N’Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar.
See also: 2 compilations released in 2010 – Etoile de Dakar featuring Youssou N’Dour – Once Upon A Time In Senegal – The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981
#80smusic #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #Vinyl #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
DJ Snake - Patience (with Amadou & Mariam)
Official Short Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aSwM4x3sAM
A cinematic exploration of immigration and the migrant crisis
"French Algerian DJ Snake’s striking seven-minute video for 'Patience' features actor Omar Sy and is fueled by a classic Amadou & Mariam song."
Sabali means "patience" and "immortality"
This is the last performance of Amadou Bagayoko.
Daby Balde – Halaname
https://amf.didiermary.fr/daby-balde-halaname/
Moutarou “Daby” Balde was born in the city of Kolda in the Casamance region (South Senegal). Born into a noble family, Daby’s decision to pursue music faced numerous objections and he left school in 1987 to go into exile, first in Guinea, then in the Gambia where he began learning the guitar.
His stunning arrangements […]
Orchestra Baobab – Made In Dakar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-made-in-dakar-full-album/
Made in Dakar is an album released in 2008, consisting in part of re-recordings of the group’s earlier songs.
It continues the voyage that started with their 2002 comeback release, Specialist in All Styles, mixing Cuban and West African musics, Congolese rumba and Senegal’s own Mbalax, a subtle fusion, always rooted in traditional music. […]
Kora Jazz Trio – Folly
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/
Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums Part I (2003) Part II (2005) […]
Youssou N’Dour – Casamança
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-casamanca/
“Casamança” first appeared on a cassette for the Senegalese market, Diapason + 95, a recording of a live concert with le Super Etoile.The song revisits the musical basis Youssou N’Dour used the year before while covering Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom for Amnesty International.
Casamança was later recorded in studio and appears on a special […]
Chimes of Freedom – Youssou N’dour
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chimes-freedom-youssou-ndour/
“Chimes of Freedom” is a cover by Youssou N’Dour of the song by Bob Dylan (1964) in Wolof. It is also the musical basis for the song Casamança.
Below: Live version for Amnesty International’s “Human Rights Now!” Tour at Wembley Stadium in 1988, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration [...]
#90smusic #Cover #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic #BobDylan
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-mansour-seck-djam-leelii/
Djam Leelii (The Adventurers in Toucouleur) is the first widely distributed album of Senegalese musician Baaba Maal and guitarist Mansour Seck. First released as a cassette in 1984, it wasn’t available on CD immediately, as the original mixes were lost for some time, till the multi-track originals were found again.
Aron & The Jeri Jeri Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aron-jeri-jeri-band/
Aron & The Jeri Jeri Band invites you to embark on a remarkable musical journey or adventure, blending genres in tracks fusing Senegalese traditions with jazz and the pulsating bliss of electronic music. From the coasts of Senegal to the club scenes of Nairobi, Berlin and Los Angeles, Baaba Maal, Jose Marquez, Ibaaku, […]
AfrotroniX – Run Away Ta Feat. Daara J Family
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrotronix-run-away-ta-feat-daara-j-family/
“Run Away Ta” est le premier titre du nouvel album Future Tribe du tchado-canadien AfrotroniX, un titre électro imprégné de blues saharien en collaboration avec le groupe sénégalais Daara J Family.
Dans le fin fond des montagnes du nord du Tchad, les artistes se lancent en quête de leur plus haut potentiel et atterrissent là […]
Africando – Yaye Boy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/yaye-boy-africando-1994/
“Yaye Boy” is a Salsa song, composed by Pape Seck, arranged by Boncana Maiga, on the second album by Africando, named “Sabador ( Vol.2)” and released in 1994.
Africando was initiated by producer Ibrahima Sylla from Côte d’Ivoire and Malian arranger Boncana Maiga of Fania All Stars. Some of the musicians initially involved were: […]
Viva Africando
https://amf.didiermary.fr/viva-africando-album-2013/
¡Viva Africando! ¡Viva! (2013)
Africando’s 8th (and last) studio album is the first not recorded primarily in New York. This time the Africando masterminds, producer Ibrahima Sylla and arranger Boncana Maïga, bring New York’s top Latin musicians – led by pianist Oscar Hernandez – to Paris. There they reunite with the group’s vocal stars, […]
Woz Kaly – Limay Tere Nelaw
https://amf.didiermary.fr/woz-kaly-fighting-fgm-limay-tere-nelaw/
Woz Kaly offre une chanson en 2014 pour la lutte contre l’excision, avec le single “Limay Téré Nélaw”.
Né à Dakar au Sénégal en 1967, chanteur, guitariste, auteur, interprète, il a collaboré avec de nombreux musiciens tels que le batteur Mokhtar Samba, le bassiste Etienne Mbappé, le pianiste Jean-Pierre Como (Sixun), et le groupe sénégalais […]
African Tribal Songs And Dances
https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-tribal-songs-dances-sonar-senghor/
This album, “African Tribal Songs And Dances”, recorded and distributed in the 1950s, is probably one of the first recordings to expose the traditional music of Western Africa, with music from the Malinké and Baoulé tribes. […]
Le Star Band de Dakar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/star-band-dakar/
Star Band was a music group from Senegal, the resident band of Dakar’s Miami Club. They, along with the many off-shoots of the band, are responsible for many of the crucial developments in Senegalese popular music.
For Senegal, importing Cuban culture could achieve the ultimate goal — dignity — and radically change the notion of […]
Ben Aylon - Air Senegal
https://benaylon.bandcamp.com/album/air-senegal
Cheikh Ibra Fam - Adouna
https://cheikhibra.bandcamp.com/album/adouna
On AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-ibra-fam-yolele-peace-africa/
Cheikh Ibra Fam – Yolele
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-ibra-fam-yolele-peace-africa/
Actual Orchestra Baobab singer released a solo single prior to the released of his album Peace in Africa in 2022.
« Toute cette Afrique reste formidable à visiter… elle n’est peut-être pas spectaculaire… elle est difficile… elle est pénible, dangereuse. Mais on y rencontre des gens, tout au long de ces routes, extraordinaires de gentillesse, de dévouement pour vous…» Un tout dernier épisode mis en ligne il y a quelques temps, pour clôturer le récit de mon aventure africaine... (...pas forcément la fin du podcast @samaafrica 😉 ) Mais écoutez plutôt ! https://podcast.cy-real.com/@samaafrica/episodes/episode-13-le-bout-de-la-piste-la-fin-du-periple
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