Bai Kamara Jr. – Salone
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bai-kamara-jr-salone/
Bai Kamara Jr., Brussels-based Sierra Leonean musician, wants to bring back the blues to its West African roots. After “Salone” in 2019, with his touring band the Voodoo Sniffers, he released “Traveling Medicine Man” in 2023.
Three years after the release of his critically acclaimed album Salone, Bai Kamara Jr returns with Traveling Medicine Man, […]
Retro project.
First shot at making a small wooden box, this for a 4-CD blues/gospel mix I intend to give as a gift to someone who still enjoys the format.
Joints are mitred and pinned as can be seen if you look closely.
CD working title: 'Blues & Pews'
(See replies for further developments & stay tuned; I'll post the playlist on completion. After that: a series on my fave 'fuck corporate waste' project'.)
Boubacar Traoré – Mbalimaou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/boubacar-traore-mbalimaou-epk/
Recorded at the Bogolan studios in Bamako and released in 2014, Boubacar Traoré‘s album “Mbalimaou” (Brothers) carries all the beauty of African blues, blending Niger and Mississippi rivers.
Back in the 60s when the euphoria of African independence reigned, the 20-year-old Boubacar Traoré was Mali’s Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. He was the first to […]
Helloooo! Let's try this #introduction #mastodon.. #newhere
I'm Caroline from The Netherlands, have been eyeing all the beautiful #photography accounts (amongst others)
Hope to connect on this platform!
Other interests: #sleeptoken #coffee #sarcasm #mentalhealth #psychology #science #sciencefunfacts #metalmusic #blues #soul #love #kindness #helpingothers and so on
I'm not, in any way, shape or form a photographer but here are some shots 😆
Join me Wednesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt kicks off #BlackHistoryMonth with the #Blues documentary “When Houston Had The Blues” (2023). Available for free on TUBI (https://tubitv.com/movies/100026062/when-houston-had-the-blues) and Hoopla.
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I’m not here to hunt rabbits…
A whole community of musicians from Botswana playing guitar in a way most of us have never thought possible… and they’re not here to hunt rabbits…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/not-here-hunt-rabbits-various-artists-botswana/
A community of African country blues masters with a totally original technique. For one thing; the left hand reaches up and over the neck of the guitar, instead of […]
Got my new blues tune up. Guitars are Telecaster (L) and Danelectro 59M through the EHX B9 organ pedal (R). Bass is Fender p-bass. Harp is Hohner Special 20 B flat. I’m capo’d at the first fret on guitars, and through Keeley compressor. Harp and Tele are both through MXR Timmy. Drums are MT Power Drum kit sampler. I also tracked a Latin percussion shaker. Mics are Apex 550 for vocals and an Apex 327 for harp. Inspiration for the song came from Dylan’s version of Axe and the Wind. #music #blues #guitar #bass #recording #war #songwriting #gearsquad https://youtu.be/72GYFodn9M0
Tinariwen (and Guests) – Nannuflay
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-guests-nannuflay/
Nannuflay (“Fulfilled”) from Tinariwen‘s album Elwan in 2017.
With American rockers Kurt Vile and Mark Lanegan as guests.
In the Sahara Desert, an old Tuareg man comes back to the camp where he grew up for a party. He remembers the joys and the torments of the nomadic life he lived with a friend who […]
Beja Power!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/beja-power/
Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast.
During the Sudanese revolution a campaign was waged to erase Beja culture. A musician named Noori was driven by a cause to keep the culture alive.
A soundtrack of Sudan’s revolution and the first ever international release of the Beja sound, performed by Noori […]
I'm surprised no one has written down the lyrics to Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning. Beautiful fusion of spoken word poetry in the vein of Gil Scott-Heron, chanting, West African music, Southern blues, jazz: https://chiefadjuah.bandcamp.com/track/bark-out-thunder-roar-out-lightning
Mama Sissoko – Sekechi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mama-badema-sissoko-sekechi/
In the 1970s, the Malian waves were largely influenced by American music, and Mama Sissoko affirmed his affinity for Blues and Soul music, and in particular that of Otis Redding. He is friends with Ali Farka Touré from the mid-80s, they meet and play together amicably. 20 years later, Ali Farka was a world star […]
Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder – Talking Timbuktu
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-ry-cooder-talking-timbuktu/
Mon correspondant allemand m’a offert cet album, Talking Timbuktu, pour mon anniversaire, il y a des années. Je me suis littéralement forcé à l’écouter, car c’était un cadeau…
Je vais probablement me faire lyncher, mais je n’ai jamais accroché. C’est beau, c’est bien fait, etc.
Le côté guitare et “desert blues" [...]
#AliFarkaToure #Blues #DesertBlues #FullAlbum #Mali #Songhai
Cheikh Lô – Maame
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/
Celebrating 50 years in music, Cheikh Lô returns in 2025 with his brand-new album “Maame.”After a decade long wait since his last studio album, the Senegalese legend returns.
Named after his spiritual guide Maame Massamba Ndiaye, the album is not only a tribute but a spiritual and political offering. [...]
Tiwiza – At U Azeka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/
Tiwiza offers North African indie blues rock, inspired by Matoub Lounès (Algerian Kabylian singer, poet and thinker), Tinariwen or Orchestre National de Barbès.
This band, based in France (Toulouse), intends to merge the Berber culture, which spans nine countries and encompasses Tuareg blues as well as Gnawa music, with the music of the Clash or […]
Lobi Traore – Bwati Kono
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lobi-traore-bwati-kono/
Lobi Traore was first known from one of the many dimly lit grimy night clubs of Bamako, with his overdriven amp and ungrounded fuzzbox pedal.
Bwati Kono was recorded live in two separate sessions and released in 2011.
Bab L’ Bluz – Ila Mata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bab-l-bluz-ila-mata/
Traditionally reserved to men, the “Guembri,” a 3-stringed lute-like instrument that goes hand-in-hand with Gnawa music, is given a new life by Yousra Mansour creatively upping her heritage and the roots of blues.
Ila Mata is from album “Nayda!” on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label in 2020.
Moroccan-French power quartet, […]
Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-blues/
"But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians [...]
#50smusic #60smusic #Blues #Compilation #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
If You Want to Make a Lover
https://amf.didiermary.fr/if-you-want-to-make-a-lover/
“Palm Wine, Akan Blues & Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. I & II” is a collection encompassing Akan blues, PalmWine and early guitar-based Highlife music, with recordings dating from the late 1920s through to the end of the 1950s.
The music included here can probably all be said to have all stemmed from a style that […]
