Youssou N’Dour – YaaKaar (Hope)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/
The song “Hope”, also known as “Yaakaar”, was released on Youssou N’Dour’s album “Eyes Open” in 1992.
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London Afrobeat Collective – Power To The Women
https://amf.didiermary.fr/london-afrobeat-collective-power-women/
From album “Humans” in 2019 by London Afrobeat Collective, that offers bold brass lines, hypnotic danceable grooves and socially conscious lyrics, to continue Fela Kuti‘s mission to fight for political and social change.
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Mongo Santamaria – Afro Blue (1984)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santamaria-afro-blue-1984/
Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition “Afro Blue” in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with Santamaría on percussion.
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This video from the concert could be considered NSFW
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Hommage à Zanzibar – Gibraltar Drakus
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hommage-a-zanzibar-gibraltar-drakus/
Head for Cameroon with Gibraltar Drakus and its Hommage à Zanzibar, a short LP originally released in 1989, reissued in 2023.
The member of the emblematic bikutsi group Les Têtes Brûlées, offered a final tribute to the great guitarist Zanzibar (Théodore Epemeen, 1962-1988), who revolutionized the genre. [...]
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Angelique Kidjo with Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-luxembourg-philharmonic-orchestra/
Angelique Kidjo with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Gast Waltzing in 2015, on album “Sings“.
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Arelacoyava – Darling
https://amf.didiermary.fr/arelacoyava/
Adriana Bignagni Lesca, aka Arelacoyava, is a Gabonese mezzo-soprano / contralto singer. Praised for her “rich, warm timbre” and “expressive vocal depth,” she has been recognized by critics for bringing both power and nuance to her roles. [...]
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Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]
Leo PaLayeng – Elephant Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/
This is Acholitronix (ElectroAcholi), traditional songs and rhythms from the Acholi people in Uganda (to South-Sudan), revisited with electro. Elephant dance is a tribal inspired creation blended with heavy electronic synth, produced from 2014-2020.
Musician, producer/Dj, architect of the “Acholitronix” genre, a hyper-frenetic version of electronic music with high BPM (90-200), [...]
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Join us: inspired by input from you, Stan Stewart will perform live piano improvisations. This concert is part of the Fall of Freedom series.
#LiveMusic #FallOfFreedom
https://muz4now.com/2025/freedom-piano-improv-concert-for-falloffreedom/
Femi Kuti - Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqIR_DpPkA
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Struggle Sounds
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-egypt-80-struggle-sounds/
Live and Direct-to-Disc version of a single from Seun Kuti’s album “Black Times” in 2018.
“Struggle music, struggle sounds / Struggle people, struggle now”
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Nina Simone – Liberian Calypso
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nina-simone-liberian-calypso/
Nina Simone (1933 – 2003), here playing “Liberian Calypso,” which was inspired by her stay in the West African country from 1974 to 1977.
In this song, she revisits “Run Joe” from the album “Miss Calypso” by Maya Angelou released in 1957.
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Guy One – #1
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guy-one-1/
Guy One performing traditional Frafra music from Ghana (now remixed in Germany).
Guy One is an utterly unique artist who writes and performs Frafra music, a style that originates from a small area in the north of Ghana (a more city-styled approach to this music can also be heard in the sounds of King Ayisoba).
Whilst […]
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Youssou N’Dour – Nelson Mandela (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-nelson-mandela/
This version of “Nelson Mandela” is from “Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar – Fatteliku” released in 2015.
This album was recorded live in Athens on Peter Gabriel’s So tour in 1987.
#LiveMusic #Madiba #Sénégal #SouthAfrica #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
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Overthrust (full set live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xfk0yO6G2Q
Kenyan Female Percussionist Kasiva Mutua live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-female-percussionist-kasiva-mutua/
Kasiva Mutua, a drumming prodigy influenced by her grandmother’s folktales, is one of Africa’s leading percussionists. Breaking barriers in a male-dominated field, she fuses traditional African beats with modern genres.
Her debut album in 2025, DESTURI, showcases her expanded skills in guitar, songwriting, and production, while empowering a new generation [...]
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Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux – Mandjou (TV)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-ambassadeurs-internationaux-mandjou-tv/
Avec Salif Keita au chant et le guitariste Manfila Kanté, le titre “Mandjou”, extrait de l’album éponyme sorti en Côte d’Ivoire en 1978, est un hommage au Président guinéen Ahmed Sekou Touré. C’est ce titre qui va révéler Salif Keita et propulser le chanteur au rang d’idole.
Le contenu de cette chanson est à rapprocher […]
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El Gusto, l’orchestre d’Alger
https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-gusto-chaabi-algiers-alger/
El Gusto est le nom de ce groupe fondé dans la casbah d’Alger “il y a très très longtemps.” La guerre, puis l’indépendance dans les années 60, ont séparé les musiciens. Ce documentaire (El Gusto – Casbah Blues), sorti en 2012, montre le cheminement de leurs retrouvailles au nom de la musique Chaâbi. […]
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DuOud – When the Oud goes Electro…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oud-electro-midnight-express-duoud/
DuOuD covers Giorgio Moroder‘s The Chase, theme song for the famous movie “Midnight Express”.
DuOud consists of two oud playing: Tunisian born Jean-Pierre Smadja, and Algerian born master oud player Mehdi Haddab.
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African Classical Music Ensemble live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-classical-music-ensemble-live/
The African Classical Music Ensemble was set up to celebrate the distinct acoustic classical musical traditions of Africa, and to embody the last of the old code of griots.
With Juldeh Camara (riti), Tunde Jegede (kora) and Sona Maya Jobarteh (guitar). […]
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Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers – Vodou Ale
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chouk-bwa-angstromers-vodou-ale/
Chouk Bwa is a traditional Haitian roots band—“Mizik Rasin.” The members of the band live in Gonaives. The Ångströmers is a Belgian production duo.
After the acclaimed Vodou Alé released in 2020 and two 12’’ in 2022, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers strike back with Somanti, a brand-new album that digs again into Haïtian vodou […]
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Ausecuma Beats
https://amf.didiermary.fr/meet-ausecuma-beats/
Ausecuma Beats are more than just a band, they are a philosophy. Led by master djembe player, Boubacar Gaye, the nine-strong ensemble, demonstrate artists coming together based on an idea – the idea of place, of transplanting cultural heritage into a contemporary city.
Ausecuma Beats is people from all corners of the world finding themselves […]
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Hey London! Nerds! Music fans!
Why not come and see Ready Singer One and the Harrow Symphony Orchestra on 29 Nov?
Around ONE HUNDRED SINGERS and an orchestra playing some top nerdy tunes. And maybe something festive...
Check it out 🎶 grab some tickets!
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Ahmad Jamal – Swahililand
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ahmad-jamal-swahililand/
From “Jamal Plays Jamal” an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring performances recorded in 1974.
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