what’s new Let’s pick up where we left off—Mali. Amadou & Mariam (with Tunde Adibimpe & Kyp Malone [TV on the Radio]), “Wily Kataso,” 2012 More? Here. And here.
Archive for the ‘Mali’ category
Tuesday, 3/27/12
03/27/2012Wednesday, 3/21/12
03/20/2012career plans for the next life If none of the other things I’ve mentioned pan out (tap dancer, rubboard player, reggae bassist), I might take a stab at playing guitar in a Malian band. Salif Keita & Band, live, Germany (Leverkusener), 2010 Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 More? Here. And here. ********** lagniappe [...]
Thursday, 1/5/12
01/05/2012three takes Salif Keita (with Cesaria Evora, takes 1 & 2), “Yamore” Luciano remix, 2006 *** Original recording & video, 2002 *** Live, London, 2002 More? Here.
Saturday, 12/3/11
12/03/2011three takes “N’teri” Habib Koité, live, c. 2007 ***** Regina Carter (violin), Yacouba Sissoko (kora), Will Holshouser (accordion) Live, radio broadcast (KPLU-FM), 2011 Kora, violin, accordion—even the names of these instruments sound good together. You have, in succession, words of two, three, and four syllables. Consonants repeat (k/c, r, n), as do vowels (o, a). The last [...]
Wednesday, 4/27/11
04/27/2011more sounds from the desert Tinariwen, “Cler Achel,” live, London, 2007 ********** lagniappe The desert is where I feel the most comfortable, the most at ease, the most relaxed. It’s also where I’m inspired to create music. To be honest, I don’t like spending too long away from the desert now. Well, that’s to say, [...]
Saturday, 10/2/10
10/01/2010The other night I saw these two bands—both are from Africa—at Chicago’s Logan Square Auditorium. Kenge, Kenge (Kenya), live, Denmark (Roskilde), 2008 ***** Khaira Arby (Mali), live, Mali (Festival of the Desert), 2010 “Haidara” ***** “Sourgou” ***** Scribblings from the show (habit picked up reviewing live jazz for the Chicago Reader): Kenge Kenge’s bass player [...]
Thursday, 9/30/10
09/30/2010Mali—one of the poorest countries economically, one of the richest musically. Amadou & Mariam Live, Mali (Festival of the Desert), 2010 *** “Dimanche A Bamako,” live (with David Gilmour, guitar), England (Islington), 2009 *** “Welcome To Mali,” “Africa,” live, South Africa (Johannesburg), 2010 Want more? Here. ***** I saw Amadou & Mariam, like Orchestra Baobob, [...]
Thursday, 9/9/10
09/09/2010Today we move north and west: the music of Mali. Salif Keita, live, Spain (Cartagena), 7/10/10 Want more Malian music? Amadou & Mariam Oumou Sangare Toumani Diabate Ali Farka Toure Bassekou Kouyate ********** lagniappe mail An attentive reader/listener—someone I’ve listened to music with for over fifty years (which reduces the pool of possible correspondents to, [...]
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
05/24/2010more music from Mali Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni) & Ngoni ba “Ngoni fola” (2007) ***** Live, Mali (Timbuktu), 2010 ***** Live, Germany (Rostock), 2007
