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<p>Nakhane - Killer &#x27;25<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231Y795g" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231Y795g"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3231</span><span class="invisible">Y795g</span></a></p><p>More music: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=nakhane" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/?s=nakhane</a></p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>James BKS – Kwele</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/james-bks-kwele/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/james-bks-kwele/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/james-bks-kw</span><span class="invisible">ele/</span></a></p><p>Kwele is James BKS’ first single released on Idris Elba’s new Label “7Wallace”, featuring Allan Kingdom &amp; Manu Dibango.</p><p>Lee-James Edjouma, better known by his stage name James BKS, and son of famous Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango, is a French lyricist, a music composer and a producer of African hip hop. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a></p>

<p>Worlasi – Pawa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/worlasi-pawa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/worlasi-pawa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/worlasi-pawa</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Worlasi is a multilingual singer, rapper, songwriter and music producer, from the Volta region of Ghana. He sings in his native language Ewe, as well as Fante, Ga and Pidgin throughout his music.</p><p><a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>

<p>Rokia Traore – Dounia</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rokia-traore-dounia/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rokia-traore-dounia/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rokia-traore</span><span class="invisible">-dounia/</span></a></p><p>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.”</p><p>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 […]</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>My new video is published on YouTube and my PeerTube channel.</p><p>I put gripes to music.</p><p>YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LZZJuJGDo84" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/LZZJuJGDo84</a></p><p>PeerTube:</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/vebYcTHjTYADcWEJGkVfoU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/vebYcTHjTYADcWEJGkVfoU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/vebYcTH</span><span class="invisible">jTYADcWEJGkVfoU</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/dance/" rel="tag">#dance</a></p>

<p>Up late? Or early? Is it mid-afternoon where you are?</p><p>New music, hot off the mixer and video editor!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/qJYJWAC_ni0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/qJYJWAC_ni0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/newmusic/" rel="tag">#NewMusic</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/dance/" rel="tag">#dance</a></p>

<p>New music video from me!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/YK2ITfWsUJk" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/YK2ITfWsUJk</a></p><p>Also available at my PeerTube site:</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/aejKvDZtpMYN3bUSyRWEXR" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/aejKvDZtpMYN3bUSyRWEXR"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/aejKvDZ</span><span class="invisible">tpMYN3bUSyRWEXR</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/alternative/" rel="tag">#alternative</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a></p>

<p>Stop the presses! New Music Video from me!</p><p>I really like this lead, so I left it in where usually I wouldn&#x27;t. What do you think?</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/rtad6YwVgYgPT6GCkhwRJ2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/rtad6YwVgYgPT6GCkhwRJ2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/rtad6Yw</span><span class="invisible">VgYgPT6GCkhwRJ2</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/alternative/" rel="tag">#Alternative</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve released another music video!</p><p>This is another with lyrics based on a poem by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@atomic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomic</span></a></span> </p><p>Available at my PeerTube site:</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVran8GW34tVSraiPz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVran8GW34tVSraiPz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVr</span><span class="invisible">an8GW34tVSraiPz</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/musicvideo/" rel="tag">#MusicVideo</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/alternativerock/" rel="tag">#AlternativeRock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a></p>

<p>New music!!</p><p>Lyrics by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> and @[email protected] but I am responsible for everything else, lol.</p><p>This song is based on 3 posts in a mastodon thread.</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/fwBDpkJDurSEimxiR4ycau" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/fwBDpkJDurSEimxiR4ycau"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/fwBDpkJ</span><span class="invisible">DurSEimxiR4ycau</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/funk/" rel="tag">#funk</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/newmusic/" rel="tag">#NewMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonmusic/" rel="tag">#MastodonMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/musicproduction/" rel="tag">#MusicProduction</a></p>

<p>Onipa – Open my Eyes</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-open-my-eyes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-open-my-eyes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-open-m</span><span class="invisible">y-eyes/</span></a></p><p>Onipa’s debut single “Open My Eyes” sets the tone for their high octane fusion of styles, weaving together Congolese guitars lines, disco drums, synth bass and K.O.G’s distinctive pidgin rap. The song tells us how in a world full of confusion and distraction, we sometimes need to look inside ourselves for the answers. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>

<p>Onipa – Off the Grid</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-off-the-grid/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-off-the-grid/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/onipa-off-th</span><span class="invisible">e-grid/</span></a></p><p>Off the Grid by Onipa is a journey that joins the origin story of dance rhythms from Africa to electronic dance music of today’s clubs and festivals, connecting African folklore and storytelling to rap, jazz and hip hop.</p><p>Video shot around the coast of Accra in Ghana. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>

<p>Zango – WITCH</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zango-witch/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/zango-witch/</a></p><p>We Intend to Cause Havoc! (aka WITCH), the famous 70’s ZamRock band is back with a new album, “Zango”!</p><p>After a long hiatus, the spirit of the band was reborn in 2012, with lead vocalist Emanuel “Jagari” Chanda.</p><p>In this 2023 mini-documentary, Making of Zango, which follows the band’s 2019 feature length documentary […]</p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/zambia/" rel="tag">#Zambia</a> <a href="/tags/zamrock/" rel="tag">#Zamrock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>New music video just dropped!! It&#x27;s about one of the greatest threats facing humanity!!!! I may run out of exclamation points!!!!!!! This is serious, people!!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p>🛸 </p><p>Another Fediverse production featuring lyrics by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@atomic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomic</span></a></span>. You know that verse is good. It&#x27;s Fediverse.</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/wU9jcWhTKj1cFKGeJRnrTd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/wU9jcWhTKj1cFKGeJRnrTd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/wU9jcWh</span><span class="invisible">TKj1cFKGeJRnrTd</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>

<p>Takeifa Band – Supporter</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/takeifa-band-supporter/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/takeifa-band-supporter/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/takeifa-band</span><span class="invisible">-supporter/</span></a></p><p>If you walk through the streets of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, and ask one of the locals where the Keita siblings live, you will soon get an answer, because the Takeifa Band around its founder and lead vocalist Jac Keita have long been a musical institution in Senegal, their home country.</p><p>The cohesion of the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Mystery of the lost Mandela song</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mystery-lost-mandela-song/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mystery-lost-mandela-song/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mystery-lost</span><span class="invisible">-mandela-song/</span></a></p><p>Shortly after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, a South African equivalent of &quot;We Are the World&quot; was recorded to celebrate Madiba’s freedom. But the song and the video sank without a trace. Here, for the first time, the video maker tells the secret history of &quot;The People Want Mandela&quot; and how it […]</p><p><a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Mamani Keita – Gagner l’Argent Français</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mamani-keita-gagner-argent-francais/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mamani-keita-gagner-argent-francais/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mamani-keita</span><span class="invisible">-gagner-argent-francais/</span></a></p><p>“Gagner l’argent français” est un morceau qui parle de la difficulté des immigrés des pays du Sud dans les pays d’Europe, quelle que soit la corporation dans laquelle ils travaillent. Leur ressource économique vient principalement des petits boulots, donc des boulots pénibles (ménages, restauration, bâtiments…..). Un message destiné à la jeunesse africaine, selon lequel [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>RIP Thomas Chibade</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-thomas-chibade/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rip-thomas-chibade/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rip-thomas-c</span><span class="invisible">hibade/</span></a></p><p>One of Malawi‘s biggest music stars, Thomas Chibade, dead at the age of 37 in October 2023. His compositions, between Reggae and AfroPop, were popular among young Malawians.</p><p>He started his carrer in the early 2000s with his album “Zatukusira”, a Chichewa word which could be translated as “It has come out”. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/malawi/" rel="tag">#Malawi</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/reggae/" rel="tag">#Reggae</a></p>

<p>BLK JKS – Harare</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-harare/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-harare/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/blk-jks-hara</span><span class="invisible">re/</span></a></p><p>The band BLK JKS came back after a 10-years hiatus, with their album “Abantu / Before Humans” in 2021 and a documentary.</p><p>&quot;They are a seminal force in the South African underground. After an extended hiatus the Johannesburg foursome, championed by The Mars Volta and TV On The Radio (amongst many others), return with a […]</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>The Parlotones – Overexposed</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/parlotones-overexposed-2008/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/parlotones-overexposed-2008/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/parlotones-o</span><span class="invisible">verexposed-2008/</span></a></p><p>I probably discovered the Parlotones at one of the annual Midem exhibitions I attended.</p><p>The song “Overexposed” is from their second album “Radiocontrolledrobot” released in 2005 in South Africa and again in 2007 with an international version with less tracks.</p><p>The Parlotones are a renowned South African indie rock band hailing from Johannesburg, formed in 1998. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/altrock/" rel="tag">#altRock</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Zolani Mahola – The One Who Sings</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zolani-mahola-the-one-who-sings/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/zolani-mahola-the-one-who-sings/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/zolani-mahol</span><span class="invisible">a-the-one-who-sings/</span></a></p><p>Lead singer Zolani Mahola left Freshlyground to go solo in 2019. South African singer, actress, storyteller and inspiration speaker, she is now also known under the stage name “The One Who Sings,” after the title of her one-woman play based on her life. She won the prestigious Fleur Du Cap award as “Best Actress.” […]</p><p><a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Pop Makossa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/pop-makossa/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/pop-makossa/</a></p><p>Compilation “Pop Makossa – The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon (1976​-​1984)”</p><p>[…] all the tracks are a revelation. The beat that holds everything together has its origins in the rhythms of the Sawa people; Ambassey, Bolobo, Assiko and Essewé, a traditional funeral dance. But it wasn’t until these rhythms arrived in the cities of Cameroon […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70sMusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80sMusic</a></p>

<p>RNB/HIPHOP/EDM/POP Playlist<br><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/playlist-rnb-hiphop-edm-pop/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/playlist-rnb-hiphop-edm-pop/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/playlist-rnb</span><span class="invisible">-hiphop-edm-pop/</span></a></p><p>Haven&#x27;t updated it for quite some time, but with 100+ tracks, this playlist should keep your ears busy for a while...</p><p><a href="/tags/rnb/" rel="tag">#RnB</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/edm/" rel="tag">#EDM</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/africanmusic/" rel="tag">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/playlist/" rel="tag">#Playlist</a> <a href="/tags/mastomusic/" rel="tag">#MastoMusic</a></p>

<p>Dark Suburb – The Awakening</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/awakening-dark-suburb/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/awakening-dark-suburb/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/awakening-da</span><span class="invisible">rk-suburb/</span></a></p><p>Dark Suburb is an alt-rock band from Ghana. They started their musical journey in 2015.<br>Despite their intimidating stage personas, the band advocates a social perspective that looks beyond the confines of Ghana’s highly class-, gender-, and ethnicity-structured society. The “We are all skeletons” slogan looks to bones, not as symbols of death and warning, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/altrock/" rel="tag">#altRock</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/metal/" rel="tag">#Metal</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Weeping – Bright Blue</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/weeping-bright-blue/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/weeping-bright-blue/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/weeping-brig</span><span class="invisible">ht-blue/</span></a></p><p>One of the anthems of the South African anti-apartheid struggle, “Weeping” was recorded in 1987 by Cape Town group Bright Blue.</p><p>It doesn’t matter now<br>It’s over anyhow<br>He tells the world that it’s sleeping<br>But as the night came round<br>I heard it slowly sound<br>It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping …</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>