Pretty much all of this week’s artist are regular guests on the blog. First up: Pitcho. Remember him. Second, lifted from his ‘Jama ko’ record, here’s a Mali-shot video for Bassekou Kouyate:
There’s Anbuley’s “pushing African music” even further into the future:
Nuru Kane (born Papa Nouroudine Kane, in Dakar) has got a new record out:
New video for Ian Kamau as well:
Marques Toliver & The Sometimes in the studio:
Zakwe gets help from Danger and Zuluboy on ‘Bathi Ngiyachoma’:
And Danish duo Okapii sent us through their new video for ‘Don’t mind the rain’, recorded in Barbados:
Anbuley, in visual style and futuristic sonic collage, reminds me of Angelique Kidjo. She was exactly tinkering with that sound until she matured out of it. See Batonga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duiyobfigfo
Nuru Kane’s bluesy forays call to mind, who esle but the great Ali Farka Toure!
Love the light quality (quality of the light ) of Malian videos. That reddish, earthy tone of the Sahel…
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Remy.
I love these marvellous windows into African music which otherwise are not readily available. Thanks and I really love “One Day Soon.”
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