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Category: Africa

Thursday, 9/30/10

Mali—one of the poorest countries economically, one of the richest musically.

Amadou & Mariam

Live, Mali (Festival of the Desert), 2010

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“Dimanche A Bamako,” live (with David Gilmour, guitar), England (Islington), 2009

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“Welcome To Mali,” “Africa,” live, South Africa (Johannesburg), 2010

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I saw Amadou & Mariam, like Orchestra Baobob, with my son Alex—last year at Chicago’s Park West.

How far away does Africa seem to Alex?

About as far, I think, as South Carolina seemed to me at 23.

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Wednesday, 9/29/10

From a small orchestra in Germany to one in Senegal.

Orchestra Baobab, “Utru horas,” live

Here’s a big (23rd) birthday shout-out to my son Alex—with whom I saw these guys a few years ago at Chicago’s (much missed) HotHouse.

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Thursday, 9/9/10

Today we move north and west: the music of Mali.

Salif Keita, live, Spain (Cartagena), 7/10/10

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An attentive reader/listener—someone I’ve listened to music with for over fifty years (which reduces the pool of possible correspondents to, uh, one)—wrote yesterday to tell me about an amazing bargain: a recording of Morton Feldman’s For Bunita Marcus (last mentioned here, previously featured here) that’s available, in MP3 format, for 89¢.