Ismael Lo
Tajabone
Africa Fete

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paradisepig
Apr 25, 2013 - 06:15
Aww thats bonnie {#Good-vibes}


rockpommel16
Dec 31, 2012 - 15:26
Paul_Skybreakers wrote:
very nice. Makes me want to travel....

...may i live at your home while you travel?.... dutch ...thanks.....


Greyjoca
Dec 20, 2012 - 16:01
Upon hearing the first licks, I was transported to a radio booth a long time ago when I was DJ Zhaebro at WRUV in Burlington, Vermont. I used to play Ismael Lo on my show "Greater Earth Vibrations" - those were some good old days. Thanks for playing this stuff, Bill!


Paul_Skybreakers
Nov 19, 2012 - 07:18
very nice. Makes me want to travel....


Shesdifferent
Jul 16, 2012 - 11:22
Have not heard Bill play this for a while......use to be on heavy rotation.


lily34
Jun 14, 2012 - 20:42
i might like this without the vocals.
but, it's kind of sad.



Limpopoking
May 14, 2012 - 01:54
Sublime.... Solid 10


iTuner
Apr 12, 2012 - 08:36
Regardless of language, it is boring.


ufamsm
Dec 07, 2011 - 08:58
This will always make me think about the scene in Almodovar's ' Todo sobre mi madre ' (All About My Mother) and get goosebumps. Just a beautiful song.


DaveInVA
Nov 05, 2011 - 17:59
Woolly? Is he singing about sheep?


Nerubo
Aug 03, 2011 - 08:22
This song made me do an auditory double take — in a good way. I'm hearing some nice world music, and then there's this harmonica, which I did not see coming, but fits perfectly into the song.




calypsus_1
Apr 09, 2011 - 23:04
"Ismael Lo, born in 1960, is the son of a Senegalese civil servant who loved American soul music. Lo grew up listening to stars like James Brown, Wicked Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding. Lo built his first guitar from a cooking oil can, and learned to play harmonica and guitar together by nailing his harmonica to the wall. Lo was a guitarist for Super Diamano, a mbalax blues band, for five years before leaving to start his own solo career. Lo is often called the "Bob Dylan of Senegal" because of his guitar and harmonica combination coupled with his deeply satisfying lyrics. As Lo himself says: "I speak of racism, poverty, famine, and the relationships among people" " The African Music Encyclopedia


Stingray
Jan 26, 2011 - 09:01
LOVELY!!!


sirdroseph
Apr 15, 2010 - 13:32
I love that wooley or booley or whatever they say chorus at the end! {#Lol}
7 -> 8


Kite_Flyer
Feb 11, 2010 - 09:20
sirdroseph
Feb 11, 2010 - 09:15
Cool, another song from my library that showed up on RP, again, color me impressed! {#Clap}


ick
Dec 10, 2009 - 13:59
I thought this was the Barenaked Ladies singing in some African dialect.


lmic
Dec 10, 2009 - 13:58
fredriley wrote:
"Tie a bun, then you tie a bun" :o)

"A woman may get woolly..." :)



fredriley
Nov 09, 2009 - 04:19
"Tie a bun, then you tie a bun" :o)


Pommie
Sep 07, 2009 - 03:28
gutboy wrote:
lwilkinson wrote: Either I've got a one track mind this morning or I'm going deaf (or I need to spend some real money on better speakers for the office) ....

but I swear it sounds like he's singing, "ahhhhh, hide the bone, hide the bone, watch me hide the bone".



English translation: donations for children

very likeable song, very much like american depression era folk music.
of course, american music is very much influenced by african music, but i think the roots of this song's style are more american than african.
i give it an 8 and thankyou RP for playing it.
ps "hide the bone" works for me, too, but thats an adult game

ROFL - seee what you mean about the bone:-)



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