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Saturday, December 11, 2004
Mory Kante / Kora Plus / African Mix
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First hour: Mixed bag of African music
Second hour: Mory Kante interview recorded at WOMEX plus music from his new cd Sabou.
Third hour: "Kora plus": Recordings by musicians who, like Mory Kante, have taken the traditional harp-lute of the West African griot into new ensemble contexts.
An alumnus of the legendary Super
Rail Band of Bamako, Mali (where he replaced Salif Keita as vocalist),
Guinean-born Mory Kante was one of the first artists to successfully fuse
African roots music and dancefloor beats: His "Yeke Yeke" was a
global hit in the eighties. The song still has legs; it was recently featured
in Leonardo DiCaprio's film The Beach.
Though he's famous for electrifying roots music, Kante's
latest CD Sabou (Riverboat Records / World Music
Network) is all-acoustic. He'll give us the story behind the songs and tell us why he pulled the plug.
Mory Kante will make peform in New York (for the first time in over a decade) on Friday January 7 at SOB's, 204 Varick Street and
Saturday January 8 as part of Globalfest, a star-studded one-night world
music festival at Joe's Pub and the Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette Street.
Mory Kante's bio, discography etc: http://www.morykante.com.
More info on his latest cd Sabou via World Music Network: http://www.worldmusic.net/home/features/mory.html.
Rob’s interview with Mory Kante was recorded at the WOMEX world music expo in Essen, Germany on October 28, 2004.
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new, *** = special)Mory Kante: N'Diarabi / N'Diarabi / Celluloid (0:00:00 Pop-up)
Madagascar Slim: Zanahary / Various Artists: African Guitar Summit / CBC Global Village / * (0:12:47 Pop-up)
Donne Robert: Malembo / Various Artists: African Guitar Summit / CBC Global Village / * (0:13:08 Pop-up)
Orchestra Makassy:
Kufulusika Sio Kilema
/ Legends of East Africa
/ Arcmusic
/
*
(0:20:28 Pop-up)
New reissue - original 1982 Virgin LP was entitled Agwaya
Souzy Kasseya: Uta Ndima Tony / 12" Single / Earthworks (0:26:16 Pop-up)
Samputu: Tuzagera / Testimony from Rwanda / Multicultural Media / * (0:25:56 Pop-up)
Habib Koite: Nanale / Foly! / World Village (0:42:01 Pop-up)
Sudesh Bhosle and Kavita Krishnamurty:
Jooma Chumma De De
/ HUM (Soundtrack)
/ HMV
(0:49:59 Pop-up)
Bollywood film song credited to the famous songwriting duo Laxmikant Pyarelal - the lyrics are original but the music is taken from Mory Kante's "Tama"!
Mory Kante:
Tama
/ Tama
/ Barclay
(1:00:45 Pop-up)
CD-EP
Interview with Mory Kante:
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Mory Kante:
(1:00:59 Pop-up)
Interview section begins
Mory Kante: Nafiya / Sabou / Riverboat (1:05:25 Pop-up)
Mory Kante: Diananko / Sabou / Riverboat (1:14:28 Pop-up)
Mory Kante: Sabou / Sabou / Riverboat (1:23:09 Pop-up)
Mory Kante:
Yeke Yeke
/ 12" Single
/ Polydor
(1:29:59 Pop-up)
French Edit
Mory Kante: La Tension / Nongo Village / Barclay (1:37:11 Pop-up)
Mory Kante: Djou / Sabou / Riverboat (1:43:26 Pop-up)
Mory Kante: Mama / Sabou / Riverboat (1:51:22 Pop-up)
Mory Kante: Biriya / Sabou / Riverboat (1:57:56 Pop-up)
N'faly Kouyate: Korokan / Kora Grooves from West Africa / Arcmusic / * (2:12:05 Pop-up)
Dembo Konte, Kausu Kuyate and the Jali Roll Orchestra: Mariama Diallo / Jali Roll / Rogue (2:12:43 Pop-up)
Djeli Moussa Diawara:
Salsa-Cora
/ Sobindo
/ Celluloid
(2:17:11 Pop-up)
A brother of Mory Kante
Myryam's Quintette:
Solo Quintette
/ Various Artists: Discotheque 71
/ Syllart
(2:27:24 Pop-up)
Myriam Makeba's backing band
Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson: Africa / Songhai / Hannibal (2:29:47 Pop-up)
Ravi:
Amazon Journey Part 1
/ The Afro Brazilian Project
/ Arcmusic
(2:39:05 Pop-up)
Vocals by Marlui Miranda
Mandingo Griot Society: One Man Dancing / Mighty Rhythm / Flying Fish (2:39:33 Pop-up)
Pa Bobo Jobarteh: Pa Bobo Naata / Kaira Naata / WOMAD (2:47:36 Pop-up)
Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson:
Jarabi
/ Songhai
/ Hannibal
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