\Friday, January 11, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Philip Tabane and Malombo - Malombo
let's venture into this new year with a very special guest
beloved guitar sangoma-healer and Artist (all with capital letters) Philip Tabane
(visit the link below for discography)
Malombo the album is a remarkable journey of musical discovery
with Philip Tabane uncovering both old and new worlds from deep within the unique
open-ended sound that is Malombo music
In these eight songs he winds through ancient African melodies
and rhythms whilst using his electric guitar,flute and the dark hum of his voice
to endlessly refine the traditional sound for a contemporary audience.
However his sweeping improvisations
are locked into devastatingly simple African songs structures,
held together by the Malombo drums
carved from the roots of the baobab
and draped with cowhide....
from the back cover
Philip Tabane and Malombo - Malombo
first released as Malombo from Kaya records-Kaya300-1984
this pressing Kijima records 1988
Malombo
Philip Tabane- guitar vocals and flutes
Oupa Monareng -malombo drums
Fish Phale-assorted percussion
Thuli Tabane-additional vocals
with
Amos Lebombo bass
Alpheus Koloti additional flutes
on Sangoma and Hi Congo
a discography at flatint
xc
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Friday, December 28, 2012
Fadal al Kareedi
I loved this tape from Yemen from the first notes,and it only gets better with every next song
I'm passing it over for those of you who will really enjoy it
no information or track names as usual
just first rank galloping vocal passion and superb technique on the oud
comes with many thanks to mushmir for sharing
infakaratuk sadeek
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Alhaji Amara Sahone
He is tall and wiry, a quiet man, his face decorated with tribal tattoos,
his compound small, but in a continuous process of rebuilding, and he has arranged small rooms to rent out, living with one of his wives and their children in a small room at the corner of the compound.
He is an excellent musician and has from time to time been part of traveling groups of singers and instrumentalists. He is a Jare, the Serehule word for the West African singer/historian.
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"A man must be useful and always know his duty. This song
is always played for men who are brave and of use to others,
not for men who can be trifled with.
I am calling for men who can save the lives of other men
whenever there is trouble, when there is hunger
for those who can stand and fight for their rights.
This song is for those men." from Nege Sirimang
Alhaji Amara Sahone
reciting and accompanying himself
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Bumba-meu-boi de Axixá
it's the same old, boring, wonderful world
and I'm happy to have a pair of ordinary ears just to be able to live and listen:
bumba-meu-boi
photos/thanks
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