This friday marks the final VOLfest concert of the year — and it’s going to be a special one!
I will join forces with Senegalese singer–guitarist Omar Ka and Cape Verdean guitarist Johnny Fonseca. Together we will weave a blend of Fulani West-African traditions, Desert Blues, improvisation, and jazz.
Want to be sure you get a seat? Reserve yours here: https://volfest.nl
#wereldmuziek #bansuri #desertblues #jazzimprovis #zeist #vollenhove #vollenhovevooruit #omarka #marklotz #afulascall
#TuneTuesday #SteppingStoneSongs #SteppingStonesSongs
Songs that are a good introduction to a genre. When I heard this one, I was totally hooked on #DesertBlues #DesertRock
Tinariwen (+IO:I) - Sastanàqqàm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACZA9dGvV4
"Sastanàqqàm" from the album 'Elwan,' available nowOrder ELWAN here: http://found.ee/tinariwen_storedirected by Jeremiah, assisted by Celidja Pornon / (c) 20...
With the Brain DJ on a hiatus, I'm left with the freedom to offer some tracks from my recent listening journey. Desert blues this morning, following last night's playlist, from a south Algerian band formed in 2008:
TissilaWen, "Tenere" (2012)
Music from Saharan Cellphones
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-saharan-cellphones/
Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation, released in 2011, of music collected from memory cards and cellular phones in the Saharan desert. In much of West Africa, cellphones are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, [...]
#Compilation #DesertBlues #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Rock #Tuareg #Global
Alternate Friday Music this week is surveying vistas with a thousand-yard stare and its theme "Vast".
Second of two tracks from the same band back-to-back: and because of the lyrics as well (translated lyrics, also on-screen):
"If only my cell would turn into an open plain …"
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Theme: Vast
Song: "Iswegh Attay" (2011)
Performed by: Tinariwen
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPPMktXCEI
Alternate Friday Music this week is surveying vistas with a thousand-yard stare and its theme "Vast".
Two tracks from the same band back-to-back: the first because of the lyrics (translated):
"Ténéré, I can now admit that
I have travelled far through this wide world …"
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Theme: Vast
Song: "Sastanàqqàm" (2017)
Performed by: Tinariwen
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I3PLVuKNtw
Tinariwen – Tenere Den
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-tenere-den/
From the “Amatssou” album (May 2023) by Tinariwen, this new single “Tenere Den” connects Desert Blues and Country Music. A press release explains that the song “pays homage to the Tuareg revolution in the Kel Adagh region of Mali.” Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African […]
Tinariwen – Amadjar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-amadjar/
From album “Amadjar” in 2019, listen to this first track featuring Micah Nelson, best known as Neil Young’s guitarist.
Amadjar is the eighth album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen, released in 2019. The album’s title means “the foreign traveler” in the Tamasheq language.
Tinariwen – Lulla
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-lulla/
Lulla is a song about the conflicts in Mali, on Tinariwen‘s album “Imidiwan: Companions” released in June 2009. It’s the fourth studio album by the Tuareg band.
Mark Lotz
Dave Nathanson
Roman ALAN
African Music Forum (AMF)
The girl from Iparenzo