"Alefa Madagascar" is a compilation of songs from 1974–1984; Malagasy musicians fusing foreign pop sounds with indigenous sensibilities.
Think of it like the UK in the 1960s, when British musicians were eating up American R&B, blues, and soul and echoing back their takes.
from mstdn @blogamf
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Tsapiky!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tsapiky/
“Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar” is a compilation of music recorded live on location in various parts of the island.
In Toliara and its surrounding region, funerals, weddings, circumcisions and other rites of passage have been celebrated for decades in ceremonies called mandriampototse. During these celebrations – which last between three and seven days […]
Alefa Madagascar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salegy-alefa-madagascar/
“Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984,” the first compilation to document the unique music culture on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Originating as far back as the 15th Century through folkloric ceremonial music and an a cappella chanting style called antsa, salegy emerged as a fast-tempoed local dance […]
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