The New Case of the African Folk Revival
This show is one of the rare occasions when I get to promote a terrific African band that will be playing in Portland!
The band in question is Songhoy Blues, hailing from Mali. This 4-man combo plays a gritty, rock-infused variation on the desert blues sound popularized by Ali Farka Toure. They join acts such as Tinariwen, Sidi Toure, and Bassekou Kouyate at the front edge of a powerful folk revival movement in today's Malian music scene.
Songhoy Blues will play on Monday April 4 at the Doug Fir. Additionally, there will be a screening of a new movie about Mali's music scene on Thursday April 7 at the Hollywood Theater ("They Will Have to Kill us First"). This documentary reveals the struggles of musicians in Northern Mali due to bans on music imposed by an occupying force of Islamic fundamentalists... Songhoy Blues is featured. Both events are highly recommended!!
I will play several songs today from the recently issued Songhoy Blues LP, along with other tracks from today's folk revival movement in and around Mali. This will be one of those rare shows where all featured music has been made in the past 10 years. Modern ancient sounds on this episode of the Adventures.
- 12:03pm Ko Kuma Magni by Kasse Mady Diabate on Kirike (No Format)
- 12:07pm Bon Koum by Sidi Toure & Dourra Cisse on Sahel Folk (Thrill Jockey)
- 12:11pm Mariama Kaba by Boubacar Traore on Boubacar Traore and his Guitar (Little Axe Records)
- 12:15pm Niang Balo by Nuru Kane on The Rough Guide to African Blues (Rough Guide Music)
- 12:21pm Chegharouna by Abba Gargando on Ishilan n-Tenere (Mississippi Records Sahel Sounds)
- 12:26pm J'ai Pas La Choix by Mdou Moctar on Adounia (Sahel Sounds)
- 12:30pm Diagatoula by Barou Drame on Lost in Mali (Riverboat Records)
- 12:35pm Ay Hora by Sidi Toure on Alafia (Thrill Jockey)
- 12:40pm Tabali Te by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on Segu Blue (Out Here Records)
- 12:44pm Banani by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on Segu Blue (Out Here Records)
- 12:48pm Moustapha by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on I Speak Fula (Out Here Records)
- 12:52pm Mbowdi by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on Segu Blue (Out Here Records)
- 12:56pm Te Duniya Laban by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on Ba Power (Glitter Beat)
- 1:02pm Mali by Songhoy Blues on Music in Exile (Atlantic)
- 1:06pm Jolie by Songhoy Blues on Music in Exile (Atlantic)
- 1:10pm Kaya by Ali Baba Cisse on Lost in Mali (Riverboat Records)
- 1:14pm Bonya by Modiba Diabate on Lost in Mali (Riverboat Records)
- 1:18pm Ne Sabou by Nainy Kone on Lost in Mali (Riverboat Records)
- 1:22pm Sekou Oumarou by Songhoy Blues on Music in Exile (Atlantic)
- 1:26pm Al Hassidi Terei by Songhoy Blues on Music in Exile (Atlantic)
- 1:30pm Tenere Wer Tat Zinchegh by Terakaft on Desert Blues (Rough Guide)
- 1:34pm Lulla by Tinariwen on Imidiwan (Independiente)
- 1:38pm Tin Ihlan by Tinariwen on Emmaar (Anti-)
- 1:44pm Soubour by Songhoy Blues on Music in Exile (Atlantic)
- 1:48pm Union Malian des Aveugles by Miria on Lost in Mali (Riverboat Records)
- 1:52pm Lamale by Les Freres Smith & Mamani Keita on Free To Go (independent press)
- 1:56pm Ne Me Fatigue Pas by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba on Jama Ko (Out Here Records)
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