New Music From Mali on Calabash Music

African Reggae

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Continuo

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Continuo's debut recording, Meditations on Pachelbel's Canon, is a product of the fertile imagination of Victor Friedberg. Taking one of the greatest hits in Western music history, Friedberg weaves a

Mory Kante

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Heritage and birth Mory Kant頩nherited the griot tradition from the jalis of Mande. At its height during the reign of Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century, the African empire of Mande stretched

Adama Yalomba

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Adama Yalomba has become popular in Mali with captivating rhythm which makes you dance.

Idrissa Soumaoro

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

The musical credentials of Idrissa Soumaoro are impeccable. Having learnt his trade with Les Ambassadeurs with Salif Keita in Bamako, he has been a force within Malian music for a number of years, re

Askia Modibo

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Askia Modibo: Reggae from Mali, West Africa.

Justin Adams

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Tata Pound

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Tata Pound is probably the name most associated with Hip Hop and Rap in Mali. And for good reason. Tata Pound has the historical, political and lifestyle credentials to compete with the biggest names world wide.

Yoro Sidibe

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Yoro Sidibé plays perfectly the donso n'goni and his fame goes beyond the national frontiers of Mali.

Marabi Africa

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:04 -0500

Marabi is the independant label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset, director of the Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême in France.The festival, place of exchange and discovery, is widely opened to urban popular musics from the African Continent, Indian Ocean, the Caribbeans, America. Marabi is mainly a discographic extension of this event. On the same artistic line, the label puts upcoming artists forward as well as patrimonial leading figures. Marabi is the name given to the South African Jazz born in the townships of the thirties.