PLAYLIST: 26Jan08: Favs from Africa

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes


3:00pm

Breathe Together
The Mothers
Township Sessions
2007
Capetown, South Africe; Philani Township; sampled public service announcements

Lion
Deson X & Kimikumara
Africa: The New Beats
2006

Ensaralen Gojo
Bole to Harlem
Bole to Harlem, Vol. 1
2006
Collaboration between artists from Ethiopia ("bole" style music) and NYC

3:15pm

Marena-Wotetea
Gigi
Gold & Wax
2006
Ethiopia

Aiwa
Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal
Ceasefire
2005
Sudan; Emmanuel Jal is former boy soldier

Msimu Kwa Msimu
X Plastaz
Massai Hip Hop
2004
Tanzania

3:30pm

Huwaiahuwa
Saba
Jidka
2007
Born in Somalia; parents from Somalia & Italy

Muume Wa Mtu
Dataz
Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania
2006
Tanzania

Yamala (Responsibility)
Yunasi
Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya
2004
Kenya

3:45pm

Watina (I Called Out)
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective
Watina
2007
Belize (Garifuna language; Afro-Caribbean culture)

Old On
Saucetone
Saucetone
2004
South African artist; plays slide guitar in Hawaiian and Mississippi Delta Blues style

Support
The Mothers
Township Sessions
2007
Capetown, South Africa; Philani Township

4:00pm

Lupe
Baka Beyond
The Meeting Pool
1995
Cameroon

Chanter l'amour
Manou Gallo
Manou Gallo
2007
Cote d'Ivoire; former bass player for Zap Mama

Yeah Yeah Ku Yeah
Bokoor Band
Bokoor Beats
1970s (vintage recording; exact date unknown)
Ghana

4:15pm

Boomerang
Daara J
World Beat Sessions 2004
Senegal

To mi to zi
Burkina Electric
Reen Tekre
2007
Burkina Faso

4:30pm

Jah kas cool boy
Lo'Jo
Boheme de cristal
2001
France (influenced by Tuareg tribesmen from Mali)

Tamatat Tilay
Tinariwen
Aman Iman: Water is Life
2007
Mali (Tuareg tribesmen)

Ngoni fola
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Segu Blue
2007
Mali

4:45pm

Tellement Gadjo que je suis gypsy
Michy Mano
The Cool Side of the Pillow
2005
Morocco

Habibi
Amina Annabi
Best of Amina
2006
Tunisia