Orchestra Baobab 's Pirates Choice is easily one of my all-time favorite albums, and seasonally speaking, it's the perfect compliment to a lazy summer day in the sun. Afro-cuban rhythms, floating clear-toned guitars, and beautifully harmonized words that you can't even begin to understand all wash together in a heady and calming wave of inescapable contentment. Orchestra Baobab - "Coumba" (from Pirates Choice )
A edição de 2010, a sétima, do MED irá realizar-se nos dias 23 a 26 de Junho. hoje foram anunciados os primeiros nomes confirmados. No dia 25 actuam a Orchestra Baobab e Legendary Tiger Man. No dia 23 actuam Amparo Sánchez, que já actuou no MED sob o nome de Amparanoia e Femi Kuti, o filho mais velho de Fela Kuti. Entretanto, mais nomes serão anunciados na página do facebook do festival. Os bilhetes foram postos hoje à venda, em todas as estações de correios.
Até já estava a parecer estranho este atraso em novidades do MED, o festival que nos últimos anos tem levado muitas músicas do mundo à cidade de Loulé. A sétima edição do MED acontece nos dias 23 a 26 de Junho e viu hoje confirmados pela organização os nomes da magnífica Orchestra Baobab, de Amparo Sánchez, a espanhola que antes era conhecida pelo nome de Amparanoia, sob o qual já se deslocou a
The Very Best are a deliciously odd trio. The band formed more than four years ago, after DJ Gods Johan Karlberg and Etienne Tron of Radioclit met Esau Mwamwaya after buying a bike at Mwamwaya's used furniture/junk store in East London. In 2008, the group released a mixtape, Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are the Very [...]
66. THINK OF ONE @ TEATRO VARIEDADES28 de Junho de 2006Integrado, salvo erro, num conjunto de iniciativas que, de alguma forma, estiveram associadas à realização do Mundial da Alemanha e à transmissão da bola no Teatro Mayer, a mini-cidade lisboeta de teatros serviu de palco a um conjunto de iniciativas nas músicas do mundo, entre as quais este espectáculo dos Think of One. Escrevi na altura: "O
Welcome to the second installment of the DJ Evil Vince curated Muzzle of Bees mix. If you missed the Latin Compilation , you can grab it here in full. This time through, DJ Evil Vince shares Africa , filled with standards and introductory tunes as well as rarities and gems. Listen/Enjoy: DJ Evil Vince :: Africa 01 Doudou N'Diaye Rose - "Cheikh Anta Diop" 02 Babatunde Olatunji - "Akiwowo" 03 Leon Mobley & [...]
Petite sélection spéciale vacances! Des chansons qui prennent le temps, et qui font durer le plaisir sur six, neuf, quinze minutes. Beaucoup de chansons qui s'étirent sont l'oeuvre d'artistes à l'égo boursouflé incapables d'élaguer le bavardage. Ici, rien de tel, simplement de belles chansons [...]
Senegal Afro-Cuban - glorious
Faltam dois dias para que este ano chegue ao fim. 2008 foi tão pródigo em azares, em dissabores e em sinais carregados de pessimismo para o futuro que nem vale a pena fazer retrospectiva do que se passou, nem sequer dos bons momentos. Mais vale esquecê-lo rapidamente, como se de um pesadelo se tratasse, e acordar para o novo calendário que aí vem. Ainda assim, deixem-me fazer a brincadeira
Tabu Ley Rochereau "Kelya" - mp3 Thanks to Cem for turning us on to this gem of a record from African vocalist Tabu Ley Rochereau . Released earlier this year, the double disc Voice of Lightness (Stern's Africa) spans Rochereau's career and touches all the major high marks. On the back of similar African records we've been loving this year, (Nigeria Special, Orchestra Baobab, Nigeria 70, Tinariwen etc...) Voice of Lightness may take the cake as one of the best we've come across. More info below... "The Tabu Ley set is [...]
Improvised music Company & Aiken Promotions Present Senegalese Afrobeat legends Orchestra Baobab live at Vicar Street, Saturday 18th October. Tickets €30 on sale Thurs Aug 7th @ 9am. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =g1qknbe0QtI This West African institution established itself in the 70s as the leading outfit in Dakars thriving music scene, idolised for their languid grooves, sophisticated arrangements and soaring vocalists. Baobab were undisputed masters of the sound then sweeping West Africa, an intoxicating cocktail of the Cuban styles that had been popular in Dakar since the 40s, spliced [...]
Vampire Weekend, c'est 4 jeunes gars qui viennent de New York et qui sont en train de tout casser depuis 6 mois. Bon je sais j'arrive un peu après tout le monde pour en parler, mais après les 2 derniers films que j'ai commentés ici et là , ça me paraissait bien dans le ton. Vampire Weekend est bizarrement un des groupes les plus détestés de la blogosphère. On leur reproche d'être de bonne famille, d'avoir un look trop propret, de faire de la musique trop lisse etc. Pfff... jalousie, jalousie. Pour ma part, j'ai [...]
Vampire Weekend, c'est 4 jeunes gars qui viennent de New York et qui sont en train de tout casser depuis 6 mois. Bon je sais j'arrive un peu après tout le monde pour en parler, mais après les 2 derniers films que j'ai commentés ici et là , ça me paraissait bien dans le ton. Vampire Weekend est bizarrement un des groupes les plus détestés de la blogosphère. On leur reproche d'être de bonne famille, d'avoir un look trop propret, de faire de la musique trop lisse etc. Pfff... jalousie, jalousie. Pour ma part, j'ai [...]
ORCHESTRA BAOBAB (Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie) There is a connective tissue that bonds people of African descent across bodies of water, but its one fashioned by work and wounds, not genetics. So when Africa is heard in the Americas, as in the resurrected 70s Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab, its because someone carried, preserved, and reworked a tradition in a new space. Baobabs mostly middle-aged members continue to generate the culturally, harmonically and rhythmically dense hip-rockers that once charmed off-duty Senegalese government officials at Dakars Baobab Club and heavily influenced the world music scene since their mid-80s sabbatical. [...]
So Orchestra Baobab just came through town, and I read a review that was so over the moon about the show that I had to investigate. And hey guess what! Great band! As you know, my chi is weak when it comes to non-Western music, but I'm starting to climb the ladder. The bottom rung tells me that Cuban music became popular in western Africa in the mid-20th century. (This tidbit and much more can be found in the fascinating Orchestra Baobab biography at allmusic.) Monday jam! 1982, comin' at ya! [...]
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab first formed in the Seventies and became one of Africa's most popular bands, mixing traditional West African music with Afro-Cuban-Caribbean influences. The band stopped performing in 1987 after recording 15 albums over 15 years. In 1987, the British label World Circuit released one of their most legendary recordings, Pirate's Choice - originally recorded in 1982 on
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab first formed in the Seventies and became one of Africa's most popular bands, mixing traditional West African music with Afro-Cuban-Caribbean influences. The band stopped performing in 1987 after recording 15 albums over 15 years. In 1987, the British label World Circuit released one of their most legendary recordings, Pirate's Choice - originally recorded in 1982 on four track tape - and in 2001 the record was released with bonus songs to Europe and the States sparking a major interest in the band. In 2001 the [...]
The Graboid is back once again this week, and thankfully, on it's regularly scheduled day of the week. Lots of great albums this week including new releases from The Wedding Present , Mates of State , French Kicks , and Islands . I checked out a few tracks from Scarlett Johansson's much publicized album of Tom Waits covers, and damn...this is not good at all. Not that i've been hearing a lot of good press in regards to it in the first place, but I still wanted to see [...]
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