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http://www.marabi.net

http://www.myspace.com/mouniramitchala

Mounira Mitchala est une jeune chanteuse tchadienne, auteur-compositeur-interprète, s'il vous plat, qui commence à se faire un nom par chez nous. Autant le dire d'emblée, la voix est magnifique, vibrante dans les graves et presque angélique dans les aigus - comme seules savent le faire les chanteuses africaines ! Les chansons ne sont pas en reste : très accrocheuses et surprenantes, elles allient mélodie et instrumentation inhabituelle, à mi-chemin entre tradition et modernité pourrait-on dire (ça fait un peu Libé ou Télérama d'écrire ça, mais c'est vrai !), avec des instruments issus de la culture pop/rock (guitares, basse...) et des sonorités acoustiques authentiques. Mounira ne fait pas de la musique traditionnelle, elle propose une musique actuelle. Les amateurs de world music adaptée à nos critères européens (ce que je dis ne se veut pas péjoratif...) auront peut-être du mal à rentrer dedans, mais cela vaut la peine de s'accrocher, je vous assure ! Quant aux textes, ils sont politiquement très engagés; les sujets sont graves : le Darfour évidemment, le Sahara, le droit des femmes, etc. Ils ne sont pas traduits (cela aurait été intéressant...), mais le thème de chaque titre est brièvement exposé en Français). Très chaudement recommandé !

par bruspell
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Origine du Groupe : Tchad
Style : World Music
Sortie : 2008

Tracklist :
01 - Annil
02 - Zarlie
03 - Tourapna
04 - Talou Lena
05 - Assamony
06 - Darfour
07 - Koulnodji
08 - Annaloule
09 - Al Sahara
10 - Adinna
11 - Hadjilidjai
12 - Darna

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/carmensouza

http://carmensouza-uk.blogspot.com

Origine du Groupe : Cap Verde

Style : World Music

Sortie : 2008

Tracklist :

01 - Confianca (4:16)
02 - Afrika (5:09)
03 - Ind'Feso (3:31)
04 - Levanta No Bai (3:35)
05 - Verdade (3:58)
06 - Code (4:58)
07 - Sem Valor (4:14)
08 - D'Xam Ess Moment (3:17)
09 - Tud Tem I Razao I Moment (3:30)
10 - Pergunta Sem Fin (4:31)
11 - Viadade E Leviandade (3:00)
12 - S. Anton M'Cre Conche Bo Estoria (4:44)

La chanteuse capverdienne Carmen Souza est dotée d'une voix douce qui semble pouvoir aborder sans effort tous les genres et d'un sens du rythme qui la rapproche de nombreuses chanteuses de jazz.

Selon le journal portugais l'Expresso, "Verdade" (en français : "la vérité") "mérite son nom dans chacun de ses mots et chacune de ses notes, même s'il mélange les rythmes traditionnels de l'archipel avec de multiples genres, notamment le jazz".

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Origine du Groupe : Orichas

Style : World Music

Sortie : 1998

Tracklist :

01 - Papa Legba ouve baye
02 - St. Jak pa la
03 - An nou mache
04 - Ketu songs for Osain
05 - Bori songs
06 - Agolona
07 - Opanije (rhythms for Omolu)
08 - Ketu- Roda de Dada (song cycle)
09 - Ketu songs for Oxala
10 - Song for Elegua
11 - Song for Nana Buruku
12 - Song for Ogun
13 - Song for Dada
14 - Song for Yemaya
15 - Ochun Talade
16 - Song for Yemaya
17 - Song for Yemaya
18 - Song for Chango
19 - Itutu song (funerary rites)
20 - Itutu song
21 - Yariba-Oshun
22 - Shango ceremonial music
23 - Shango ceremonial music.
24 - Invocation

As winter progresses, long after its foliage has been shed, the tree loses most of the moisture in its trunk and must rely more than ever on the sap stored in its roots. In this spirit, Soundological would like to share with you a healthy helping of the musical equivalent of sap from said roots and the wellspring from which the branches of most musical traditions featured on this blog -- Blues, Jazz, Soul, Gospel, R&B, Funk, Rock & Roll, Hip Hop, etc. -- have extended themselves.

Long OOP, this CD fetches a high price (a new copy can go for upwards of ) and is valuable not only for its pristine presentation of remastered material from the Library of Congress (that's why these recordings fall under the public domain) but for the reverent and revelatory booklet that provides enlightening reading regardless of the degree of familiarity one may have with the religious and cultural diaspora from Mother Africa. One might say this collection is essential for both its text and context, so if you were not fortunate enough to find it a decade ago it's highly recommended you take advantage now.


AMG Review
by John Vallier

    The 24 tracks featured on this compilation are aural snapshots of Haitian Vodoun, Cuban Santeria, Trinidadian Shango, and Brazilian Candomble religious ceremonies. They were originally recorded between the late '30s and the mid-'50s by such notable ethnologists as Laura Boulton, Melville Herskovits, and Lydia Cabrera. Culturally speaking, these recordings highlight African diasporic religions that originated with the Yoruba and Dahomean peoples and were brought to the New World with enslaved Africans. Retrieved from deep storage at the Library of Congress and digitally remastered by a team of audio experts, The Yoruba/Dahomean Collection: Orishas Across the Ocean is a powerful audio record that documents both the proud cultural legacy and sophisticated musical practices associated with Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian cultures.

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Origine du Groupe : China

Style : World

Sortie : 1992 (1930's - 1940's)

Tracklist :
1 夜上海 Night in Shanghai, Zhou Xuan
2 I have a situation, Wu Ying-yin
3 Dream, Zhou Xuan
4 郎是春日風 Lang Is the Spring Wind,白虹
5 Unspeakably Happy, 葛蘭
6 Give me a kiss, Zhang Lu
7 Without You, 白光
8 I want you to love, 葛蘭 (sung in English and Chinese)
9 小癩痲, Zhang Lu
10 Meet Maiden Henbu 恨不相逢未嫁時, Xianglan
11 Soul Ying Dreams 魂縈舊夢, 白光
12 Heartbroken Red 斷腸紅, Wu Ying-yin
13 My Dolls, Zhang Lu

Original Pathe label recordings 1930s-1940s?
apparently remastered from vinyl
(translations from Google Translate; omitted where translation seemed off)

In the early 1990s EMI Hong Kong transferred dozens and dozens of records from the cosmopolitan film and club scene of 1930s-1940s Shanghai to an extended series of CDs. The recordings were from the legendary Pathe label; and as near as I can tell fell out of print, and were unknown outside Chinese record shops, which, fortunately, I had the odd habit of trolling in the 1990s. New York City has a huge Chinese community and I've found lots of interesting music in Chinatown shops, though it can be completely hit or miss. As has been pointed out, sentimental pop love songs are HUGE in China even today, PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan all included. Fortunately, this CD turned out to be a hit.

Before the second world war, Shanghai had become, by all accounts, the cultural doorway through which European and American influence arrived. The questionable relationship of Western powers and Western capitalism to corrupt, doomed Republican China is the topic for another blog than this one; let it be said that this collection of old-fashioned pop tunes shows that Shanghai had become a veritable sponge of diverse cultural influences.

Some of the songs here attempt to bring a more traditional Chinese sound to pop ballads, and these (esp. the tunes by Wu Ying-yin) are not the reason I'm posting this here. The songs that show a huge American influence are amazingly bouyant slices of nightclub jazz pop, albeit the kind your grandparents dug. The highlight here, don't miss it, is the super-swinging "I Want You To Love" (track 8), sung partly in heavily accented breakneck English: "Listen to your mama and you never will regret it..." Track 5 is also tops, and it sure sounds like this tropical Afro-Cuban number begins "Ja Jambo": Unspeakably Happy is about right. Track 6, "Give Me a Kiss" is another swinger, with a drum solo, and a swinging solo violin. The opening track is great as well, with an old-fashioned movie sound to it. Track 10 is similarly cinematic, with sweeping strings.

If you enjoy old-fashioned female vocalists and pre-bebop jazz, don't be put off by the fact that you won't understand most of these songs. This is really an entertaining listen.

The original CD came with the most elaborately folded booklet I've ever seen; a single sheet folded up origami-like with layers of flaps that give it a unique three-dimensional feel. I've included scans of most of it; it's 97% in Chinese. (I can't recommend Google Translate enough!)这是一个非常有趣的记录。喜欢它！

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Note :

http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Di+Melo

http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomdimelo

Origine du groupe : Brazil

Style : World Music , Groove, Soul, Funk , Bossa Nova

Sortie : 1975

Tracklist :

1. Kilariô
2. a vida em seus métodos diz calma
3. aceito tudo
4. conformópolis
5. má-lida
6. sementes
7. penalonga
8. minha estrela
9. se o mundo acabasse em mel
10. alma gêmea
11. joão
12. indecisão

One of the classics of the Odeon era in Brazil, a samba-funk nugget that's brimful of sunny, funky tracks. Arrangements are by Hermeto Pascoal, another musical genius from Brazil, and the mix of funky horns and electric keyboards doesn't get too much in the way of the acoustic guitar and viola on the tracks which are definitely half-way between brazilian funk-soul and MPB.
The heavy groove is present all the way through, without getting too formulaic or being a mere imitation of the American sound —so don't pass this unique record, right on time for the warmer days!
Enjoy it!
by Greg
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