Salif Keita – Nou Pas Bouger revisité
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-nous-pas-bouger-revisite/
2 versions du célèbre titre de Salif Keita, une chanson qui traite de l’immigration.
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From Tinariwen to al Qaeda
Whiskey-Drinking Rocker Transforms Into West Africa’s Most Dangerous al Qaeda Leader
"A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed tens of thousands."
WSJ - archived: https://archive.ph/aObrx
Opika Pende – Africa At 78 RPM
https://amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/
“Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM” is a 4-CD collection featuring 100 tracks, released in 2011, taken from rare 78 RPM recordings of African music (1909 to mid-1960s), none of which have ever been issued on CD.
Many African countries appear in this compilation, edited by Jonathan Ward: [...]
#Algeria #Compilation #Egypt #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Nigeria #Somalia #Tunisia #OldAfricanMusic
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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 […]
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New album by Salif Keita released today: So Kono
Listen: Chérie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a79PQZz5Crc
Salif Keita – So Kono
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-so-kono/
Nearly six years after declaring his 2018 album, Un Autre Blanc, would be his last recorded album, the legendary singer Salif Keita, now at 75, makes a grand return with So Kono, an acoustic and intimate album, released in April 2025.
"It’s my first time doing an acoustic album, just guitar and voice […]"
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Post-independence Malian orchestras
https://amf.didiermary.fr/post-independence-malian-orchestras/
Have never seen this (French) documentary about post-independence Malian orchestras… It seems it was a short film, 20 minutes or so, by Florent Mazzoleni & Arthur Borgnis, distributed by Anae Productions. Could only find this teaser…
If you like the great post-independence Malian orchestras between 1960 and 1980, like Rail Band, Super Biton, etc. there’s […]
Edited 305d ago
Mysterious two-song release from Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mysterious-tracks-mali-black-mango/
A mysterious two-song release, licensed directly from a group of Bamako musicians who, with the exception of the Souku master Zoumana Tereta, chose to remain anonymous.
In the last years, the political turmoil in Mali has caused many of the cities clubs to shutdown and dried up other sources of musician income like weddings and […]
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Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-sketches-ethiopia/
Sketches of Ethiopia is the first internationally distributed studio album by Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke, released in 2013.
The album’s closing track is “Surma”, a collaboration with the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who co-wrote the song with Astatke.
#Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Jazz #Mali #MulatuAstatke
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Kélétigui Diabaté – Koulandian
https://amf.didiermary.fr/keletigui-diabate-koulandian/
He has been called the “bibliothèque de la musique Africaine” (library of African music) by younger African musicians, multi-instrumentalist Kélétigui Diabaté (1931-2012) was the unsung hero of West African music. Kélétigui was the first balafon player to use two instruments tuned a semitone apart to facilitate playing jazz! [...]
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Songhoy Blues – Al Hassidi Terei
https://amf.didiermary.fr/songhoy-blues-al-hassidi-terei/
Having fled Gao in 2012, when the city fell to fundamentalists who banned music, four Jimi Hendrix fans founded Songhoy Blues as a response to the obscurantism. Discovered by M.-A. Moreau and Nick Zinner, under the wing of Damon Albarn, influenced by Ali Farka Touré and Baba Salah, their debut album […]
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Malian Music in Exile – trailer (2015)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/malian-music-exile-trailer/
Imagine waking up and finding out music has been banned. This is what happened to the characters in “They Will Have to Kill us First.” In Mali, music is a way of life, a prime communication tool and when you hear the music you understand why Mali is renowned as the birthplace of the Blues, […]
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Maravillas de Mali – Rendez-vous chez Fatimata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-mali-rendez-vous-fatimata/
“Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” est la signature d’une lointaine époque musicale, ancrée dans le Danzón (l’un des rythmes au tempo lent, qui s’interconnecte au Son Cubano) avec bien sûr des éléments de rythmes maliens. Avec ce groupe mythique des années 60, c’est toute une nouvelle génération de musiciens qui montait sur scène [...]
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Rokia Traore – Dounia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rokia-traore-dounia/
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rokia Traoré returned with her album “Tchamantché,” the follow-up to her award winning and critically acclaimed 2003 breakthrough “Bowmboï.”
The daughter of a Malian diplomat who was posted to the US, Europe, and the Middle East, Traoré studied in Brussels and performed in a rap band before deciding to go back […]
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Maravillas de Mali – Boogaloo sera Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-de-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/
Si “Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” était la Face B du 45T (7″) sorti en 1972, la Face A était ce “Boogaloo sera Mali.”
Les 2 titres ont été réédités en 1983 sur l’album “Les Merveilles Du Mali – Maravillas De Mali”, avec les arrangements de Boncana Maiga.
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Lobi Traore – Bamako Nights
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lobi-traore-sigui-nyongon-son-fo/
Ali Farka Toure said Lobi Traore was the greatest Malian guitar player…
Here he’s recorded live in “Bamako Nights – Live at Bar Bozo” in 1995.
Bamako Nights captures the incendiary genius of Lobi Traoré, a soulful singer/songwriter and blazing electric guitarist of Mali, who died too young – just 49 years old – in 2010. […]
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Ali Farka Touré live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-live/
At least 3 extracts from various documentaries showing Ali Farka Touré live, filmed in the 80s. 3 songs are included: Yulli, Ketiné and Ai Du.
Ai Du is on the album Talking Timbuktu, recorded with Ry Cooder.
#AliFarkaToure #DesertBlues #LiveMusic #Mali #OldAfricanMusic
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Toumani and Sidiki Diabate
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toumani-sidiki-diabate/
Toumani and Sidiki Diabate, father & son, collaborated on an album of duets. Described as “the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré” (The Guardian) ‘Toumani & Sidiki’ is a dialogue conducted through the Kora. Father-and-son collaborations are rare enough but the ties binding Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté are particularly profound […]
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Ali & Toumani – Sabu Yerkoy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-sabu-yerkoy/
“Sabu Yerkoy” was the second single released in 2010 by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté on their “Ali and Toumani” album. As in other tracks on this album, the bass is played by the great Cuban artist Orlando “Cachaíto” López. Ali had been playing this song since the ’60s. It’s his take on Cuban […]
"Carrying the torch for future generations, before us on stage were Mali's truest global ambassadors, speaking in tongues that required no translation.
Our only possible response at the end of the show was to breathe in astonished silence and wonder, then treasure deep feelings of gratitude for having been blessed with a gift of truly infinite proportions."
![From Yusuf Mahmoud on LinkedIn
Founder, Busara Promotions & Sauti za Busara festival
Wow, I am still lost for words after witnessing the closing performance by Salif
Keita's band, Sunday 8 Feb at Sauti za Busara festival here in Zanzibar.
After months of anticipation, only moments before the show was due to begin, the big screen lit up with a message none of us expected. The legendary Salif Keita, visibly emotional, repeating ‘désolé,' informing festival attendees he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and unable to travel from Bamako.
{* Our hearts and prayers are with you, Salif. May your heavenly music live forever, carrying the soul of Africa across continents and generations *]
@ But Salf's spirit was with us. @
Powerfully represented by a commanding ensemble of 11 Malian musicians and singers - including younger family members - one by one, they took to the stage, armed with an array of electric and acoustic traditional instruments.
What followed was pure transcendence.
Slow, gently, they lifted the crowd skyward, into a vision of a united Africa, a vast and beautiful landscape with no borders, no politics; only a humanity at peace with itself, united in sound and rhythm.
From hushed, spirtually-charged beginnings, the energy built steadily and surely into an explosive finale, losing with timeless Salif classics including "Yamore," "Africa," and "Madan."](/proxy/post_attachment/219143/e5f4119406.png "From Yusuf Mahmoud on LinkedIn
Founder, Busara Promotions & Sauti za Busara festival
Wow, I am still lost for words after witnessing the closing performance by Salif
Keita's band, Sunday 8 Feb at Sauti za Busara festival here in Zanzibar.
After months of anticipation, only moments before the show was due to begin, the big screen lit up with a message none of us expected. The legendary Salif Keita, visibly emotional, repeating ‘désolé,' informing festival attendees he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and unable to travel from Bamako.
{* Our hearts and prayers are with you, Salif. May your heavenly music live forever, carrying the soul of Africa across continents and generations *]
@ But Salf's spirit was with us. @
Powerfully represented by a commanding ensemble of 11 Malian musicians and singers - including younger family members - one by one, they took to the stage, armed with an array of electric and acoustic traditional instruments.
What followed was pure transcendence.
Slow, gently, they lifted the crowd skyward, into a vision of a united Africa, a vast and beautiful landscape with no borders, no politics; only a humanity at peace with itself, united in sound and rhythm.
From hushed, spirtually-charged beginnings, the energy built steadily and surely into an explosive finale, losing with timeless Salif classics including \"Yamore,\" \"Africa,\" and \"Madan.\"")
Amadou & Mariam – Masiteladi Feat. M
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-mariam-masiteladi-feat-m/
The song “Masiteladi”, featuring Matthieu Chedid (aka -M-) was released on “Welcome to Mali” in 2008, and was part of a promo album in 2010 with remixes by multiple known DJs or artists (Bob Sinclar, Akon, Mo DJ…).
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Ali Farka Touré – Safari
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-safari/
This track, Safari, is from the posthumous album “Voyageur”, from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, that was released on 10th March 2023, produced with Ali’s son Vieux Farka Touré. It is the first release of unheard Touré material since 2010’s posthumous Grammy-winning Ali & Toumani, and features a collection of gems captured […]
Edited 158d ago
AfroCubism
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrocubism/
AfroCubism was a dream project: the original intention for Buena Vista Social Club was to be a stellar collaboration of musicians from Mali and Cuba.
The original plan finally came to life in 2010, with an incredible line-up including Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabaté, Grupo Patria, Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté. […]
Edited 158d ago
Balimaya Project – Wolo So
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-soninka-patronba/
The Balimaya Project is a collective of 16 musicians in UK (including members of Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble), fusing traditional Mandingo music with Jazz.
The Balimaya Project synthesizes and bridges London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa.
Edited 157d ago
Taga Sidibe – Wassoulou Foli
https://amf.didiermary.fr/taga-sidibe-wassoulou-foli/
Magnifique vidéo de Mamadou “Taga” Sidibé en 2009 pour Wassoulou Foli, le titre principal de l’album éponyme, enregistré en prise directe et l’on admirera l’installation de l’ingénieur du son…
Taga Sidibé est un djembefola renommé de la région du Wassoulou, au sud du Mali. Il s’agit de musique traditionnelle, celle des griots, des guérisseurs, […]
Edited 157d ago