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November 9, 2024: Thandiswa Giveaway
Giveaway: World Music Institute presents Thandiswa Mazwai, Thursday November 14th at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. To get in the running for a pair of tickets to this show Email me, Rob W, here, and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight; winners will be notified by Monday.
Thandiswa has been one of the most influential post-Apartheid singers in South Africa. She began her career in 1996 with music groups Jack Knife and Bongo Maffin, one of the pioneering bands of the dance music genre Kwaito. After 6 award-winning albums with Bongo Maffin she ventured onto a solo career.
Her first solo project Zabalaza (2004), reached double platinum status and won numerous awards, including a Kora award for Best African Female and four South African Music Awards. Her critically acclaimed sophomoric release Ibokwe (2009) and third album, a jazz reinterpretation of South African classics, Belede (2016) reached gold status within a few weeks of release. Her compositions include traditional Xhosa music, mbaqanga, funk, jazz, and reggae. Sankofa (2024), her fourth release, was recorded in Johannesburg, Dakar, and New York, and combines archival Xhosa samples jazz and west African music. It includes songs produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce, Nduduzo Makhathini, and Thandiswa.
Known for her electrifying performances, Thandiswa has performed all over the world at venues including the Tiny Desk Concert, Apollo Theatre, The Lincoln Centre, The Cannes Film Festival, Africa Express, BBC World Music Awards, TED, Afropunk, Carnegie Hall Citywide Festival, among others. She has collaborated with artists such as Hugh Masekela, Meshell Ndegeocello (including on her 2024 Grammy Winning album), Fatoumata Diawara, Somi, and DJ Black Coffee.
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| Dadang Dwi Septiyan feat. Ibnu Yan |
Those Who Ponder And Those Who Dispute
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Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Far East | Unexplained Sounds Group | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Aina |
Yagalai
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Ekonda | musique de sibérie | Evenk singer AINA is releasing her second album. “post-ethno” – what follows after the archaic. It does not contradict tradition and history, but it continues it. Our songs now include morin khuur, bansuri , djembe and darbuka and more live-recorded classical instruments – guitar (Artemy Novoselov), bass (Grigory Zelenko) and drums (Nikita Kot) - press release | * | 0:05:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Shono |
The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the year
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Kolkhozoy traktor | CPL-Music | In this globalized world is there anything as common as a band that blends the traditional folk songs of its culture with modern rock? Or as wonderful when it’s done right, which is what Shono does. Shono, which means Wolf, is from the far-eastern Russian republic of Buryatia, bordering Mongolia and the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. - Agreenman | 0:09:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Tulegur |
Sulde
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Walk Away | Sea of Wood Records | Tulegur is a modern nomad music duo, rooted in traditional tunes of Inner Mongolia (Mongolian part of China) and influenced by contemporary music. Their sound is a great mixture of traditional Mongolian music, acoustic rock, throat-singing (also known as "Khoomei") and electronic music. - Soundcloud | * | 0:13:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Zelenaya |
Urodyla Mene Mate
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Folk Songs | NYC's Zelenaya merges the haunting vocal harmonies of Eastern European polyphonic folk singing with the intensity of sludge, doom, and death metal. The combination pays homage to the traditions, rituals, and stories transmitted in these songs, while reimagining their context and form. - bandcamp | * | 0:16:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Lenhart Tapes |
Mejremo (feat. Tijana Stanković)
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Dens | Glitterbeat | 0:22:46 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Andres Coll Odyssey |
Balini-Youmala
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Sunbird | Balaio Records | The Andrés Coll Odyssey brings together a core of musicians who amalgamate the research of folk music from their own cultures with the avant-garde spirit and free improvisation. - press release | * | 0:33:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Abdel Benaddi |
Laghmami
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A Dream In Essaouira | On, A Dream In Essaouira, Abdel presents a pure and authentic recording of Gnawa - which stands out against the more prevalent fusion-orientated acts in Europe. Growing up in the spiritual heartland of Gnawa music, Abdel Benaddi has been immersed in the rituals and ceremonies from a young age. - bandcamp | * | 0:42:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Simo Lagnawi |
Amaramoso
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Africa Soyo | 0:53:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Bab L' Bluz |
Imazighen
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Swaken | Bab L' Bluz is a Moroccan-French rock band that was formed in Marrakesh in 2018. The band consists of lead vocalist/ electric awisha Yousra Mansour , electric gimbri player and multi-instrumentalist Brice Bottin. As an exponent of the "Nayda" artistic movement in Morocco which places emphasis on local heritage, Mansour provides vocals in the Moroccan Arabic dialect of Darija. - wiki | 1:00:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Babx & La Maîtrise Populaire De L’opéra Comique |
O Earth
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La Marche Des Enfants | Buda Musique | La Marche des Enfants consists of 11 tracks composed by Babx and sung by the choir of the Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique, in response to International Children's Day (20 November) and the current activisation of a young generation that faces an uncertain future and climate change. - press release | * | 1:07:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Dumai Dunai |
Beaubien
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Sometime Between Now and Never | Slavic dub-punk missionaries Dumai Dunai have been winning the hearts of audiences all over the world since they first burst onto the scene in 2022. Based in Montreal with members from Ukraine and Bulgaria, the seven-piece combines the deep grooves of dub with the energy of punk rock, the raw ecstasy of the blasting horns of Balkan wedding brass bands, and the joys and sorrows of Ukrainian village polyphony. - home page | * | 1:11:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Mari Boine |
Oidnojuvvon
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Alva | By Norse Music | Mari Boine is a singer, musician, songwriter and activist from Sápmi, Norway. Her music is infused with her Sami roots (joik), jazz, rock and electronic sounds. - bandcamp | * | 1:16:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| WaCharie |
Mbwende
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Chidzorogodo | Chidzorogodo album is a twelve track album released by the Zimbabwean musician Tawanda Chari whose stage name is WaCharie and his band Shamwari DzeRwendo meaning friends for the journey or friends on a journey. - press release | * | 1:20:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Franck Biyong |
Oladipo ft Chief Udoh Essiet, Tony Allen
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Radio Masoda | Tangential Music | Franck Biyong (born 1973 in Cameroon is a Cameroonian musician, bandleader and record producer. He plays the electric guitar, bass as well as percussion and keyboards. Biyong is the creator of the "Afrolectric" genre, which melds Afrobeat, jazz, and electronic funk. As of 2024, he has released 20 albums. - wiki | 1:25:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Orch. Maquis du Zaire |
Nasononeka
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Zanzibara 11, Congo in Dar- Dance No Sweat 1982-1986 | Buda Musique | The 1960s and 1970s moreover had seen the influx (to East Africa) of a number of bands from neighboring Congo-Zaire. Typically contracted by some of the upmarket clubs and hotels in Dar es Salaam and Arusha for a limited time, some of the individual musicians and bands stayed on, among those the musicians of the future Orchestre Maquis and Orchestre Safari Sound. - press release | 1:38:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Orchestre Mode Succes (Baba Ley et Bopol) |
Je Peux Attraper Hypertension
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Innovation, Volume 4 | Midi | 1:45:26 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| International Zaistars & Nene Tshaku |
Je T'Aime Au Pluriel
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Various Artists: Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola | Strut | * | 1:51:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Thandiswa Mazwai |
Emini
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Sankofa | GIG / GIVEAWAY Thurs Nov 14 @ Le Poisson Rouge. Email robw AT wfmu DOT org to get in the running for a pair of tickets. Put TIX in the subject line. | 2:04:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Thandiswa Mazwai |
Ibokwe (Goat)
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Ibokwe | 2:11:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Tiken Jah Fakoly |
Djourou
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Acoustic | Chapter Two Records | Ivorian reggae singer who has been active for 25 years, fighting for Africa's unity and against global warming. - Reggaeville | 2:16:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Soledad Kalza & Sina Kienou |
Kele
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Atlanti Kaw | homerecords.be | Soledad Kalza and Sina Kienou are respectively rooted in strong traditions such as improvisation, protest singing and text songs, Mandingo culture, the plains and maquis. Their new album Atlanti Kaw, «Peuple Atlantique», occupies this common space without renouncing the singularities that constitute them. - press release | 2:20:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Adama Yalomba |
Donsoke
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Tanou | Remote Records-Studio Mali | Adama Yalomba is a master of the n'dan, a six-string harp with ancient roots in West Africa. His album "Tanou" showcases his virtuosity, versatility, and passion for preserving and promoting this musical heritage. - World Music Central | 2:24:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Seckou Keita |
Bete Sona
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Homeland (Chapter 1) | Hudson Records | From ultra-catchy pop and dance tunes to intimate and acoustic pieces, Senegalese kora player and composer Seckou Keita continues to defy categories with an impressive body of work that beautifully blends traditional music and rhythms with pop sonorities, embracing afro-pop, urban, hip hop, and spoken word. - press release | * | 2:28:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko |
This Moment
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Bamako*Chicago Sound System | FPE | * | 2:39:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Kristin Asbjørnsen |
Hjemover
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Hjemover | Kristin Asbjørnsen is a Norwegian jazz singer and composer whose focus is on improvised music. - wiki | * | 2:50:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Erlend Viken Trio |
Vals fatal
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Ville Veier | Heilo / Grappa Musikkforla | As invigorating as breathing in the air of a crisp Nordic morning, the Erlend Viken Trio introduce a fresh new approach to Scandinavian folk music, blending elements of desert blues, old-time American music and folk-rock energy into a vibrant collection of roots-based compositions. - bandcamp | 2:53:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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