Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
Dele Sosimi & Estuary 21
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Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, known as Dele Sosimi, the UK based Afrobeat ambassador, former band member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and co-founder with Femi Kuti of the Positive Force finally unleashed his full debut album with The Estuary 21, entitled The Confluence LP in April 2024.
Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi’s new album ‘The Confluence’ has […]
Reza Khota Quartet – Liminal
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Cape Town-based guitar player Reza Khota is Artist in Residence in the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. Reza Khota Quartet released “Liminal” in 2018.
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah - Golden Crown [Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation] (2023)
https://youtu.be/UWCQzVyXLxM
Prince K. Musarurwa – Nyamatsatse
https://amf.didiermary.fr/prince-kudakwashe-musarurwa-nyamatsatse/
RIP Prince K. Musarurwa (December 5, 1988 – February 15, 2020), also known simply as Prince, who was a Zimbabwean African Jazz singer, songwriter and producer. He played the guitar and mbira.
“Nyamatsatse” was released on his last album before his death at 31.
Musarurwa was born and raised in Zimbabwe. His career began within the […]
Mehdi Laifaoui – Sidi El Hakem
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Mehdi Laifaoui is an Algerian author, composer and performer. His repertoire includes original compositions and some revisited Rai standards of the 70s and 80s. His music mixes Bedouin and Trab modes, a pentatonic music that gives Algerian Rai music its uniquely African flavour.
Listen to his “Opus & Trab Project,” a repertoire rooted in the […]
Nalbandian The Ethiopian
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nalbandian-ethiopian-ethiopiques-32/
“Nalbandian The Ethiopian, Either/Orchestra and Guests” is the second album (Ethiopiques 32) coming out from the “relaunch” of the Ethiopiques series, released last december. It follows “Muluken Mellesse With The Dahlak Band” (Ethiopiques 31).
One Night in Pelican
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“One Night in Pelican” is a compilation that features all the key groups and players of a special time and place. It captures the musical dreams escaping from Soweto’s first nightclub.
Ten seminal tracks journeying through Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Disco, detailing the incredible story and sounds behind the Soweto nightclub during the height of […]
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Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umdali
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A generous sideman and bandleader, multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane stands at the vanguard of his prodigious generation of jazz musicians. Operating from the centre and the fringes of the South African jazz scene, the trombonist (and pianist) is an enigmatic yet charismatic galvaniser of his contemporaries, able to put them through their paces in his own […]
Kokoroko – We Give Thanks
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/
8-piece band Kokoroko released their long-awaited debut album “Could We Be More” in August 2022.
Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.
Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across […]
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