Diggin' it.  8

Seen Amadou and Mariam live at two Lollapaloozas with their CRACK backup band.

They are not to be missed live - by the time they get done, everyone in the crowd will be dancing.

 Sasha2001 wrote: 
And really he went to record, not perform and worked with Africans in the studio. 

 thewiseking wrote: 
Hey, come now. All the musicians on Graceland were Africans who were well compensated for their efforts. Simon opened a lot of doors for world music because of the size of the "Graceland" phenomenon. And ot can't be overstated how important it all was at drawing attention to Apartheid and conditions in South Africa even if Simon broke the embargo by recording there.

 Boy_Wonder wrote: 
Actually crept down to 6.6 - are they all deaf!

A co-worker of mine won a radio contest where her family got to host the morning program of a certain "classics" station in our town and receive a bunch of prizes.  I promised I would listen to the program, this AM.  When the hour was up, the inane, obnoxious advertising (turned much louder than the music), the mainstream music itself (always the most boring and "hit single" song off any given album) and the general banality of the show had negated any pleasure of hearing my co-worker's voice.

I was relieved to turn to RP.  And I must say, from the bottom of my heart to Bill and Rebecca:  thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

This piece is a 10, by the way!

How do you make the time to listen to all this world beat, Bill?  There's a huge amount of it out there and what you play is invariably primo.  Good on ya, as the Aussies would say.

Get your polyrhythms going.

So we all love A&M - so why only an average of 6.7?

Few songs make me want to dance like this one. A definitive 9.

kaybee wrote: 

I apsolutely agree! Music from Mali is amazing, one of the reasons why I would like to visit Mali, great great musicians!

Yikes!

8???  What was I thinking - 9... probably to be replaced by a 10 next week.  And yet another fantastic group from that musical paradise of Mali!  There must be something in the soil or water there.

9 - and here's to many more like it!

8?? Are you kidding?  This is going up to 9...maybe 10 next week.

This kid?

"Souleymane Coulibaly began his international career with Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup where he scored nine goals in four matches: one goal against Australia, 4 goals against Denmark, and a hat-trick in a draw against Brazil"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulibaly

 thewiseking wrote: 
'Kin right!

this entire CD is amazing. I often play it for my 3rd graders (and 5th before them, and 6th before them...) and they totally love it. Great in all ways

Culo-patín

Saw you at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass late at night. Amazing performance of energy, musicianship and positivity. Great album too.

This is a completely necessary musical enema after that horrible David Lindley 'Ting before it...

 thewiseking wrote: 
I had to laugh at this - short, sweet, and to the point.   I wish SOMEONE would upload "One By One" by Lebo M. and the African Choir.  It's an amazing piece of music, sung a cappella.  I have the CD, but my conversion software maxes out at 120 bps...

Any Johnny Clegg / Jaluka / Savuka coming up?

Oh yes! I can cope with lots more of the same.

Very appropriate for today!

 thewiseking wrote: 

Careful! I got yelled at for saying something very similar to that!

One of the very few groups that I like every single song I have ever heard from them!

 thewiseking wrote: 
Not big on the song, but this comment is fantastic.  Authenticity is is something lacking with music in a lot of cases. 

right on! nice to hear some African music performed by Africans rather than by some little bald guy from Queens