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<p>Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-or</span><span class="invisible">chestra-toumani-diabate/</span></a></p><p>Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.</p><p>Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé.<br>In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>In a &quot;previous&quot; life, 15 years ago, I worked with African musicians... and produced a few albums.</p><p>Here&#x27;s a video of Djeli Moussa Diawara rehearsing Yasimika in 2010. This is a song he first recorded in 1982 for his famous eponym album and that was revisited and rerecorded at the time.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjmsLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjmsLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjm</span><span class="invisible">sLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2</span></a></p><p>There are more videos in this playlist and on DMD&#x27;s YouTube channel.</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/balafon/" rel="tag">#Balafon</a> <a href="/tags/mande/" rel="tag">#Mande</a></p>

<p>Mama Sissoko – Sekechi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mama-badema-sissoko-sekechi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mama-badema-sissoko-sekechi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mama-badema-</span><span class="invisible">sissoko-sekechi/</span></a></p><p>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 […]</p><p><a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Kamele N’goni…</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kamele-ngoni/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kamele-ngoni/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kamele-ngoni</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>J’assiste depuis un certain temps à l’éclosion “soudaine” dans le monde musical, d’un instrument hautement traditionnel, voire mystique, le Kamele N’goni (ou Kamale Ngoni).</p><p>Cet instrument traditionnel fait partie d’une […]</p><p><a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/manding/" rel="tag">#Manding</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Samba Diabaré Samb</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/samba-diabare-samb/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/samba-diabare-samb/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/samba-diabar</span><span class="invisible">e-samb/</span></a></p><p>Pour ce 1500ème billet, rendons hommage à El Hadji Samba Diabaré Samb, griot, maitre du xalam, élevé à la dignité de Trésor humain vivant par l’Unesco. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Baba Commandant – Juguya</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/baba-commandant-juguya/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/baba-commandant-juguya/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/baba-command</span><span class="invisible">ant-juguya/</span></a></p><p>Baba Commandant est un personnage atypique et respecté de la scène Burkinabè, une sorte de punk hardcore et militant pour la musique traditionnelle mandingue.</p><p>Né Sanou Mamadou à Bobo Dioulasso en 1973, il intègre comme danseur une troupe traditionnelle de son ethnie Bobo en 1981. De 98 à 2010, il est chanteur dans plusieurs groupes […]</p><p><a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Section Jazz de l’Orchestre National du Sénégal – Xanju Ou Tutu</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/section-jazz-orchestre-national-senegal-xanju-ou-tutu/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/section-jazz-orchestre-national-senegal-xanju-ou-tutu/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/section-jazz</span><span class="invisible">-orchestre-national-senegal-xanju-ou-tutu/</span></a></p><p>An homage to Miles Davis, by “Jazz On”, part of Orchestre National du Sénégal (ONS) in 2012.</p><p>If you’ve never seen/heard a N’goni played in a Jazz Ensemble…</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Kanazoé Orkestra – Folikadi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kanazoe-orkestra-folikadi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kanazoe-orkestra-folikadi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kanazoe-orke</span><span class="invisible">stra-folikadi/</span></a></p><p>Seydou Diabate dit “Kanazoé”, né au Burkina Faso dans une célèbre famille de griots est un multi-instrumentiste.</p><p>Il joue les balafons pentatoniques dioula, sambla et toussian, le balafon diatonique (djelibalan ou balafon guinéen) ainsi que le kamele n’goni, une harpe pentatonique.</p><p><a href="/tags/balafon/" rel="tag">#Balafon</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Al Bilali Soudan – Djaba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-soudan-djaba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-soudan-djaba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-so</span><span class="invisible">udan-djaba/</span></a></p><p>Al Bilali Soudan are griots from the Tombouctou (Timbuktu) region of Mali. This is a family orchestra of fathers and sons, uncles and cousins, led by Abellow Yattara, a master of the tehardent – the Tamasheq word for the three-stringed n’goni.Yattara has been a prominent figure for over 40 years. He played on Ali Farka […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#Punk</a> <a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#Soundcloud</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Bazoumana, the Djeli and his N’goni</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bazoumana-djeli-ngoni/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bazoumana-djeli-ngoni/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bazoumana-dj</span><span class="invisible">eli-ngoni/</span></a></p><p>Bazoumana, or Banzumana, Sissoko (1890-1987) – aka the « old lion » – was a n’goni player, a Malian national treasure as well as a djeli (jeli) or griot.</p><p>&quot;The quintessential n’goni player was the late Banzumana Sissoko, perhaps the most revered and beloved Malian griot of the century. Until his death in 1987, he […]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/manding/" rel="tag">#Manding</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Praktika – Fôli Folle Feat. Ko Saba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/praktika-foli-folle-ko-saba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/praktika-foli-folle-ko-saba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/praktika-fol</span><span class="invisible">i-folle-ko-saba/</span></a></p><p>Ko Saba est une formation malienne de 6 musiciens de différentes couches sociales, fédérée par Barou Diassana, qui propose de la musique tradi-moderne métissée.</p><p>“Fôli” veut dire “musique” en Bambara. Aïda, jeune femme malienne amoureuse de danse contemporaine se retrouve embarquée dans une course effrénée dans les rues de Bamako. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/balafon/" rel="tag">#Balafon</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Bassekou Kouyate &amp; Ngoni Ba – Jama Ko</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ngoni-ba-jama-ko-bassekou-kouyate-2013/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ngoni-ba-jama-ko-bassekou-kouyate-2013/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ngoni-ba-jam</span><span class="invisible">a-ko-bassekou-kouyate-2013/</span></a></p><p>After his celebrated debut album “Segu Blue” and the Grammy nominated follow up “I speak Fula,” hundreds of concerts all over the globe, performing as headliner in the AfroCubism project, Bassekou Kouyaté released “Jama Ko” in 2013, a cry for tolerance and peace. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Bassekou Kouyaté &amp; Ngoni Ba – Siran Fen</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-siran-fen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-siran-fen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bassekou-kou</span><span class="invisible">yate-ngoni-ba-siran-fen/</span></a></p><p>Bassekou Kouyaté &amp; Ngoni Ba’s fourth album “Ba Power” (2015) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/altrock/" rel="tag">#altRock</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Super11 – raw Desert Blues</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-raw-desert-blues/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-raw-desert-blues/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-onze-r</span><span class="invisible">aw-desert-blues/</span></a></p><p>If you like pure raw desert blues, this video is for you, as it’s a perfect origin for so many contemporary artists from the Sahel region.</p><p>“Super Onze are the real roots of desert blues – Mali’s equivalent of Congotronics. This is how it all sounded before the electric guitar came in to the equation: […]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a></p>

<p>Nfaly Diakité – Mogote Diabeye</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nfaly-diakite-mogote-diabeye/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nfaly-diakite-mogote-diabeye/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nfaly-diakit</span><span class="invisible">e-mogote-diabeye/</span></a></p><p>“Hunter Folk Vol 1: Tribute to Toumani Koné” is the first solo album by Nfaly Diakité, recorded in Bamako in June 2020. On the album, Nfaly is the only singer, providing backing vocals and playing the donso ngoni and keregne. The album is a tribute to the storyteller and poet Toumani Koné, the greatest donso […]</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Anansy Cissé – Aïgouna</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-mali-desert-blues/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse-mali-desert-blues/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/anansy-cisse</span><span class="invisible">-mali-desert-blues/</span></a></p><p>Anansy Cissé re-works the West African Desert Blues genre with a new, agitated attitude and souped-up guitar distortions.</p><p>Featuring the soku fiddle playing of Zoumana Tereta and accompanied by n’goni, bass and calabash, Cissé’s sound harnesses musical traditions and spits it out anew, taking us into “Mali Overdrive” (2014).<br>[…]</p><p><a href="/tags/desertblues/" rel="tag">#DesertBlues</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a></p>

<p>Salif Keita – Nou Pas Bouger revisité</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-nous-pas-bouger-revisite/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-nous-pas-bouger-revisite/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-</span><span class="invisible">nous-pas-bouger-revisite/</span></a></p><p>2 versions du célèbre titre de Salif Keita, une chanson qui traite de l’immigration. “Nous pas bouger revisité” par des groupes de Rap.</p><p>Ce titre est repris en 2006 avec son compatriote et maître du N’goni, Moriba Koïta et le groupe afro-rap sénégalais Daara J.</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/salifkeita/" rel="tag">#SalifKeita</a></p>