Tag Archives: Mali
Enjoy “Sarama”, the brand-new single by “the Songbird of Wassoulou”, Oumou Sangarè. The widely-revered Malian singer/songwriter has just shared the first song from her upcoming album Timbuktu, out in April 2022, which marks her return to World Circuit Records. Timbuktu is arguably one of the most intense and heartfelt works produced by...
Our Musical Road to Womex section couldn’t debut in a more appropriate way than featuring and presenting you to a one-of-a-kind ensemble passionately and reverently bringing forward their century-old music tradition and spreading it “from the edge of the Sahara desert” to the world. We are talking about the Malian...
Familial and unrefined, Binga encompasses the fundamental sounds of Samba Touré’s heritage. It is named after Samba’s hometown and its focus of thought is rooted deep within his culture. It is the most nostalgic Samba Touré Glitterbeat‘s album to date and also the most intimate, giving Wande a run for its...
The joy and of harmony and collaboration… for her new single ‘Ambè’, Fatoumata Diawara brought together an exceptional all-star all-female group of musicians of African origin or descent for a one-off, non-commercial song available only on YouTube and social media. The tun was composed during the first lockdown when...
Enjoy ‘Curfew’. the new single and video extracted from M’berra, the collaborative album by Italian DJ, producer, Hyperjazz Records founder and radio host Khalab and M’berra Ensemble, a collective of Malian musicians from the M’berra Refugee Camp in southeast Mauritania. The album, which was recorded in the Mauritanian desert...
Nightshop show May 2021 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3 hours of new global sounds. Four songs of the day from Cape Verdian violins to a Sinti rom cello song, tamashek blues and electronic Latin-Arab bass. Our albums of the month first take us to Africa, with...
‘Mamadou Kanda Keita’ is extracted of the “very special” collaborative album Korolen by Malian kora master Toumani Diabate and renowned London-based symphony orchestra LSO. “Commissioned as a special project by the Barbican Centre in London and produced by World Circuit, these recordings feature Diabaté and his group of eminent Malian...
Enjoy ‘Kora’, the latest single extracted from Malian griot Ballakè Sissoko‘s upcoming album Djourou out on NØ FØRMAT! on April 9: https://idol.lnk.to/KoraSingle The song and its relative video see the participation of Camille, singer of French lounge band Nouvelle Vague. The Paris-based musician shared her experience on the collaboration with...
Malian kora player and composer Ballaké Sissoko and Gambian multi-instrumentalist and composer Sona Jobarteh recently gave life to an inspiring collaboration resulting in their new single and video ‘Djourou‘. “Ballaké sought out Sona for a collaboration with a specific wish to connect with the younger generation of kora...
