Kimi Djabaté is a Lisbon-based multi-talented singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist coming from a Griot lineage. He was indeed raised in a griot family in Tabato, Guinea-Bissau, where he cultivated his musicianship and has gained recognition for his exceptional skills in guitar, percussion, and balafón. Djabaté’s latest album, Dindin (which means “children” in...
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In this show, we travel through the sounds of fado, desert blues, afro-Cuban jazz, afro-Cuban, afrobeat, Arabic reggae, and reggae! We kick off the show with the melancholic voice of Mariza, from Portugal, in “Quem me Dera”, a song was written for her by the Angolan singer-songwriter Matias Damásio. We...
Out Of Africa – An in-depth trip throughout world music and global beats from an African perspective!! In this show, we kick off with Madredeus, from Portugal, “Haja o Que Houver”, electronic version…We then go to Sudan with Alsarah & The Nubatones, a song dedicated to the Sudanese Revolution in...
Out Of Africa – An in-depth trip throughout world music and global beats from an African perspective!! As an intro for this show, we kick off with Cochemea (“All My Relations”) …we then travel to the blues by the Bongo Ikwe, from Nigeria…as some say, the blues came from Africa,...
