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Super Boiro Band | Si I Si Sa | Various Artists: Discotheque 74 | Syllart | Driven by a powerful horn section, Super Boiro Band was one of Guinea's top bands of the 1960s and '70s. Formed in January 1960 to perform at Xeme and Xleme music festivals, the group continued to inspire dancers until the mid-'70s. - Apple Music | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||
Rail Band | Moko Jolo | Rail Band | Mississippi | New reissue | * | 0:09:17 (Pop-up) | |
Leon Keita | Gnanassouma | Leon Keita (Analog Africa Dance Edition No.16) | Analog Africa | Leon Keita is a compilation highlighting songs by the mysterious Guinean guitarist Leon Keita, a familiar face on the Malian music scene. His remarkable compositions are defined by Manding traits blended in with funk, jazz, Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban flavors. - World Music Central | 0:13:04 (Pop-up) | ||
Super Biton de Segou | Ladilikan | Afro.Jazz.Folk Collection Vol 2 | Mieruba, Deviation Records | Of all the Malian orchestras, the mighty Super Biton de Sgou stands tall in the history of Malian modern music. Like most great orchestras from West Africa, Super Biton have always combined a subtle mix of tradition and modernity, instrumental ease and vocal virtuosity along their scattered and scarce discography. - Amazon | 0:21:22 (Pop-up) | ||
Soumbory Jazz | Nana | Various Artists: Authenticité / The Syliphone Years | Sterns | Guinean regional band from Fria, a mining region of Guinea. The musicians in the group are workers who work in the alumina plant or in the bauxite mines. They played in their free time a fusion of Guinean and Afro-Cuban styles. - Discogs | 0:26:37 (Pop-up) | ||
Aminata Kamissoko | Titati | Malamine | Sterns | Aminata Kamissoko continues a long tradition of the jalimusolu (female hereditary praise singer). She was born in the city of Kirina, in Mali, to Mandé heritage, the daughter of another woman praise singer, Kandia Diabaté. - Rootsworld | 0:37:49 (Pop-up) | ||
Oumou Sangaré | Dugu Kamelemba | Ko Sira | Nonesuch | 1993 | Song: "The Womanizer". GIG: Wednesday night at SOB's | 0:43:17 (Pop-up) | |
Sali Sidibe | Yamba | N'goni Bourama | 0:50:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
André Abujamra | Lagrimar | Omindá | André Cibelli Abujamra is a critically and internationally acclaimed Brazilian score composer, musician, singer, guitarist, actor and comedian. - Last fm | 0:58:43 (Pop-up) | |||
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi | Hipnose | Mudei de idéia | 1971 | Antônio Carlos e Jocafi is a duo of very popular composers. Recorded by several interpreters and enjoying an international reputation, they've also recorded 13 albums as interpreters, from 1971 to 1996. - All Music Guide | 1:03:17 (Pop-up) | ||
Luis Carlos Vinhas | Ye Mele | Various Artists: Brazilian Beats 1 | Mr. Bongo | 1:08:39 (Pop-up) | |||
Jhalib | Mysteries Of The East | Various Artists: The History Of Indipop - The First Ten Years 1981-1991 | Great Expectations | Documenting UK South Asian pop fusion originally on the Indipop label. | 1:11:19 (Pop-up) | ||
Amira Saqati | Aboun Salehoun | Destination Halal | Barraka El Farnatshi | 1:14:31 (Pop-up) | |||
Koum Tara | Houria | Baraaim El-Louz | Odradek | Koum Tara is a meeting of four musical worlds centered around a common project, created and directed by pianist-composer Karim Maurice: traditional chaâbi music, classical string quartet, contemporary music, and jazz. - Odradek | * | 1:18:51 (Pop-up) | |
Culture Musical Club | Mpunga | Waridi | Virgin | Today, Culture Musical Club is not only the largest, but also one of the most prolific and successful orchestras of Zanzibar as they present taarab music, Swahili style, at its best. - WOMEX | 1:23:27 (Pop-up) | ||
Saicobab | Amayoru Moon Dance | NRTYA | Thrill Jockey | SAICOBAB channels the vital energy of living music traditions through ecstatic performance. The quartet brings together four musicians whose understanding of ancient musical forms is matched only by their thrilling contemporary resetting of such styles. - Thrill Jockey | * | 1:32:10 (Pop-up) | |
Avalanche Kaito | Lago | Talitakum | Glitterbeat | Kaito Winse is a young griot, a kind of troubadour, from Burkina Faso. Not only he’s got a great voice, but he also plays many instruments, like flutes, mouth bow and percussion. In 2018 he met Le Jour du Seigneur, a noisepunk-duo from Brussels, and the vibe was there right away. - Ebb Music | * | 1:38:15 (Pop-up) | |
Zelenaya | Nasha Mate Na Bazari Bula | Folk Songs | NY-based collision of metal and East European folk song. GIG: Sun Apr 28 @ Gold Sounds Bar. | * | 1:46:28 (Pop-up) | ||
Gangar | Synnjavinden | Stubb | Norway's Gangar brings a fresh take on Nordic roots music. The young, five-piece ensemble digs deep into Norway's extensive folk music archives to come up with rare traditional tunes. -- and give them new, modern arrangements influenced by rock, folk-metal, and jazz improvisation. - home page | 1:49:14 (Pop-up) | |||
Hoven Droven | Trallpolska | Hia Hia | 1994 | Sweden's Hoven Droven combines the melodic sense of folk music with the intensity and attitude of a heavy metal band. - Apple Music | 1:53:05 (Pop-up) | ||
Garmarna | Polska | Vedergällningen | 1999 | One of the most important Swedish folk bands to emerge in the early 90-ies, combining, swedish folk, medival ballads with electronic sounds. - bandcamp | 1:56:49 (Pop-up) |
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