The Festival Au Desert in Essakane, Mali (2 hours from Timbaktu) will be held from January 8-10, 2009.
And while I cannot be there in 2009, I still hope that some day before I die I will make it to this musical heaven. For now, I get to enjoy Ali Farka Toure jamming at the Festival in 2003 ... many thanks to youtube poster, Festivalhopper, who has uploaded many videos of live performances from festivals around the world.
also this video of Ali Farka Toure from the festival..
and here's one of Oumou Sangare (see post) with Ali Farka Toure (also from the 2003 Festival.)
And last but not least... though Ali Farka Toure is no more with us, here's a video of his capable son, Vieux Farka Toure at the 2008 Festival.
November 25, 2008
Oumou Sangare
Another great voice from Mali... Oumou Sangare. Love her music too, though to me, the voice of Mali's other famous female singer Rokia Traore is un-match-able.
First up, a track called Saa Magni
Great photographs to go with this video of the song, Yala.
And one last one...
Update: Turns out that, expectedly, I have already posted Oumou's songs at my previous blog. No repeats luckily ....so, you can go see the old posts here and here.
First up, a track called Saa Magni
Great photographs to go with this video of the song, Yala.
And one last one...
Update: Turns out that, expectedly, I have already posted Oumou's songs at my previous blog. No repeats luckily ....so, you can go see the old posts here and here.
Boubacar Traoré
Two guitar greats from Mali... short but beautiful video.
A longer video of the two performing together can be seen here.
I have posted about the music of Ali Farka Toure many times before (see 1, 2, 3) but a few videos here of Boubacar Traoré, whose life story is an interesting example of how famous and great musicians sometimes go unrecognized for decades. So much beautiful music could have been recorded for the generations in the 1970s and 1980s when Boubacar was toiling away in various menial jobs in Mali!
Absolutely lovely! NO wonder, Ali Farka Toure, himself an undisputable legend of Malian music, had this to say about Boubacar (fondly called "Kar Kar"):
A longer video of the two performing together can be seen here.
I have posted about the music of Ali Farka Toure many times before (see 1, 2, 3) but a few videos here of Boubacar Traoré, whose life story is an interesting example of how famous and great musicians sometimes go unrecognized for decades. So much beautiful music could have been recorded for the generations in the 1970s and 1980s when Boubacar was toiling away in various menial jobs in Mali!
Absolutely lovely! NO wonder, Ali Farka Toure, himself an undisputable legend of Malian music, had this to say about Boubacar (fondly called "Kar Kar"):
"If the maximum is five, I give ten to Kar Kar".
November 20, 2008
Mahotella Queens
Mahotella Queens from South Africa
Thoko (1964)Jabulani Mabungu (1967)
Umculo Kawupheli (1974)
On David Letterman's show (1990)
The Mahotella Queens with Mahlathini and the late, great 'groaner' Simon Mahlathini Nkabinde performing Mbaqanga (1991)
At the Grassroots Festival, New York (2002)
and finally at the WOMAD 2007 in Taranaki New Zealand (2007)
Couple Decale
Dance on!
Not quite my style of music but interesting stuff, nonetheless. Quite liked the beat of this track though....
It's by Lady May from Namibia and the track's called Chokola.
Not quite my style of music but interesting stuff, nonetheless. Quite liked the beat of this track though....
It's by Lady May from Namibia and the track's called Chokola.
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