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Music For A Revolution Vol 1 & 2

https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-revolution-syliphone-vol-1-2/

Music For A Revolution: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label, a compilation in 2 volumes with Balla et ses Balladins, Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis & many more…
– Vol 1 – 1967-1973
– Vol 2 – 1968-1980

On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, [...]

#60smusic #70smusic #AfroLatino #Compilation #Guinea #OldAfricanMusic

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Djeli Moussa Diawara – Yékéké (Paris 2010)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-yekeke-paris-2010/

Following the remastered version of “Yasimika (Abidjan 1982)”, “Yékéké (Paris 2010)” contains 9 tracks, recorded a few years before the release of this album, but never officially published.

It also contains new recordings of his 4 original songs from 1982, reworked in a studio in Paris with Guinean musicians. […]

#FullAlbum #Guinea #Kora #Manding

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Djeli Moussa Diawara – Ayo

https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-ayo/

“Ayo” is a single released by Djeli Moussa Diawara in 1991, from his album “Cimadan” (1992), that is also available on the “Tales Of The Kora” compilation (2003).

#90smusic #Guinea #Kora

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Dielly Moussa Kouyaté – Na Kankou

https://amf.didiermary.fr/dielly-moussa-kouyate-salif-keita-na-kankou/

Reknown Manding guitarist Dielly Moussa Kouyaté, born in Guinea in 1958 in a large family of griots, has been playing alongside famous artists and bands such as Bembeya Jazz, Salif Keita, Rail Band, Africando, Mamani Keita, etc. This song is from his album “Le Temps” in 2008, with multiple guests.

“I came to music naturally, […]

#Guinea #Mali #SalifKeita

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Kora Jazz Trio – Folly

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/

Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums Part I (2003) Part II (2005) […]

#Guinea #Jazz #Kora #LiveMusic #Manding #Sénégal

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Kélétigui & ses Tambourinis – Temedi (live)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/keletigui-tambourinis-temedi/

That’s “Chuck Berry” on vocals, Talibé Traoré on lead trumpet, Momo Wandel on alto sax, Kélétigui Traoré on tenor and Linké Condé on guitar (left of stage).

Keletigui et ses Tambourinis was a dance music orchestra founded in Conakry by the government of the newly independent state of Guinea. They were one of the most […]

#Guinea #LiveMusic #TV

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J. Cole vs “Paulette”

https://amf.didiermary.fr/balla-balladins-paulette-jcole/

Listen to the “original” Paulette!

When you heard J. Cole’s song (“Can’t Get Enough”) in 2013, you might have wondered where the music was sampled from… Well, this is a great Guinean love song from Balla et ses Balladins…

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Amara Touré – Temedy / Lamento Cubano

https://amf.didiermary.fr/amara-toure-lamento-cubano-temedy/

The enigmatic Amara Touré from Guinée Conakry finally getting a well deserved compilation showcasing all of the 10 songs ever released between 1973 and 1980. Cuban influenced music of a different kind featuring amazing spaced-out guitar works!

Touré’s 30 year-long career began in the late 1950s in Dakar as part of the Senegalese collective [...]

#70smusic #AfroCuban #Cuba #Guinea #Soundcloud

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Mory Kante – La Guinéenne

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mory-kante-guineenne/

Sorti en 2012, “La Guinéenne” est le 11ème et dernier album de Mory Kante, avec pour thèmes récurrents l’optimisme et l’inspiration.Le titre de l’album fait écho à la chanson du même nom, où il témoigne de son amour pour l’Afrique et la Guinée.

Il prodigue à travers les titres de l’album un trésor de conseils […]

#Guinea #Mali #MoryKante

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Amazones de Guinée – Live at La Paillote

https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-paillote-amazones-guinee/

The band Les Amazones de Guinée played at an event at La Paillote, to celebrate the completion of The British Library Endangered Archives Programme in 2013.

“The Endangered Archives Programme captures forgotten and still not written histories, often suppressed or marginalised. […]

#Guinea #LiveMusic

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Sidiba – Super Boiro Band

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After Independence (1958), the first state Orchestra was created as Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine and was instructed to drop “European march tunes in favor of music benefiting the new nation”. Later the orchestra split into 2 bands: 1st (1er) and 2nd. “Orchestre 1er” changed its name to Super Boiro Band.

#70smusic #Guinea #Independence #Jazz

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Ousmane Kouyaté

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A 2-track Limited Dance Edition available on vinyl (and digital) with two funk-infused Mandingue gems from the early 1980s by Ousmane Kouyaté.

Here’s also a track from his album “Révélation” in 1982.

Ousmane Kouyaté was an innovator of the Mandingue sound, whose career – as a member of Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux, and as guitarist for […]

#80smusic #Guinea

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