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Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra

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Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.

Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé.
In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” [...]

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Tinariwen – Amadjar

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From album “Amadjar” in 2019, listen to this first track featuring Micah Nelson, best known as Neil Young’s guitarist.

Amadjar is the eighth album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, released in 2019. The album’s title means “the foreign traveler” in the Tamasheq language.

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AfroCubism

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AfroCubism was a dream project: the original intention for Buena Vista Social Club was to be a stellar collaboration of musicians from Mali and Cuba.

The original plan finally came to life in 2010, with an incredible line-up including Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabaté, Grupo Patria, Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté. […]

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Bombino – Inar

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Studio recording of the song “Inar” (If You Know the Degree of My Love For You) from the album “Azel” in 2016.

Bombino delivers an accessible sound that will appeal to fans of blues, indie rock, jam bands, world music and more…

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Mehdi Qamoum – Ana W Ana (Live)

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Mehdi Qamoum is a versatile composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Agadir. A traditional gnawa musician, Mehdi has mastered numerous folk instruments including guembri, outar, karbaou, bendir and a custom guembri four-string electric bass which he built himself.

Mehdi Qamoum, known for his spiritual voice and his Guembri playing in the traditional [...]

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Paul Simon – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

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“Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes” recorded live @ The African Concert in 1987 with Joseph Shabalala & Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The song features on Graceland, the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

“Graceland: The African Concert” was given in Zimbabwe, featuring such South African musicians [...]

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Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Homeless

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Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was released on August 25, 1986. The song “Homeless” was the first recorded by Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo with lead singer Joseph Shabalala. It is considered one of the first modern “WorldMusic” albums, although [...]

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Tinariwen – Lulla

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Lulla is a song about the conflicts in Mali, on Tinariwen‘s album “Imidiwan: Companions” released in June 2009. It’s the fourth studio album by the Tuareg band.

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Tinariwen – Tenere Den

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From the “Amatssou” album (May 2023) by Tinariwen, this new single “Tenere Den” connects Desert Blues and Country Music. A press release explains that the song “pays homage to the Tuareg revolution in the Kel Adagh region of Mali.” Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African […]

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