Xalam & Doudou N’diaye Rose
https://amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-live-doudou-ndiaye-rose/
Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms.
Guelewar – Njarama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guelewar-banjul/
Guelewar from Banjul, The Gambia, is amongst the most experimental, psychedelic bands out of Africa in the 70s, offering a unique sound and instrumentation, mixing traditional compositions with modern instruments.
Guelewar, always singing in Wolof, is known for their explosive mix of Soul and Funk, blended with local rhythms such as Boogaraboo, Saourouba and Ndaga. [...]
Karantamba – Ndigal / Galgi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/karantamba-ndigal/
Bai Janha, alias “Sweet Fingers,” composer, arranger, guitar player of Guelewar & Ifang Bondi, is undisputedly the most important musician to have come from Gambia. This unreleased recording presents Bai Janha with his psychedelic Karantamba, a school for young musicians, captured in Thiès (Sénégal) at “Sangomar” Club on 16th of August 1984. [...]
Viviane Chidid – Yaakaar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/viviane-chidid-yaakaar/
Viviane Chidid est une ancienne choriste du Super Étoile de Dakar aux côtés de Youssou N’Dour. Elle sort son premier album en 1999.
Toure Kunda – Emma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toure-kunda-emma/
Ismaïla Touré, l’un des fondateurs du groupe Toure Kunda avec son frère Sixu Tidiane Touré, est décédé à Paris en février 2023, à l’âge de 73 ans.
Le titre “Emma” (M’ma), l’un des titres sur leur premier album “Mandinka Dong,” est certainement, encore aujourd’hui, le plus connu.
Toure Kunda, la “famille éléphant” légende de la […]
Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/
Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.
Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé. In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” the debut [...]
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Balimaya Project – For Aziz Feat. Afronaut Zu
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-aziz-afronaut-zu/
The first track from their album “When The Dust Settles”, “For Aziz” features Afronaut Zu with Balimaya Project.
If Balimaya Project’s debut album emphasised tradition & culture in a collective sense, their second album “When The Dust Settles” addresses the emotional and […]
Balimaya Project – Wolo So
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-soninka-patronba/
The Balimaya Project is a collective of 16 musicians in UK (including members of Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble), fusing traditional Mandingo music with Jazz.
The Balimaya Project synthesizes and bridges London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa.
Daara J Family – TchéKoulé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tchekoule-daara-j-family/
Daara J est un groupe de hip-hop sénégalais. Il se compose de Ndongo D. (rap), de Faada Freddy (rap et soul). Le groupe s’est formé durant la première moitié des années 1990.
Etoile de Dakar – Thiapathioly
https://amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-de-dakar-thiapathioly/
Etoile de Dakar Feat. Youssou N’Dour & El Hadji Faye […]
Samba Diabaré Samb
https://amf.didiermary.fr/samba-diabare-samb/
Hommage à El Hadji Samba Diabaré Samb, griot, maitre du xalam, élevé à la dignité de Trésor humain vivant par l’Unesco.
Xalam (in Serer, or khalam in Wolof) is a traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa with 1-5 strings.The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, […]
