Musiques d'Afrique newsletter No. 20/21 (April/May 2003)

Dear African Music fan,

The Musiques d'Afrique web site (
http://www.geocities.com/fbessem/musique.html ) has been
updated again in April and May. The site now features 160
pages on 160 artists, bands and solo musicians, with more
than 1050 albums mentioned, of which around 150 featured in
detail in separate pop-up windows.

1. Musiques d’Afrique update: six (6) new artist pages have
been added:

Africando:

Panafrican/world wide supergroup set up in 1992 by Ibrahima
Sylla, Boncana Maiga and the late Pape Seck. Hardly needing
an introduction, their African flavoured salsa music went
around the globe, a brand new album «Martina» will
prolongate the success undoubtedly;

Reddy Amisi:

Talented singer from Congo, who learnt the business in Papa
Wemba's Viva la Musica. After numerous albums with Viva La
Musica, Reddy is now ready for a solo career with a newly
established group Casa Do Canto. A new album is out in
January 2003;

Djiguiya:

Group from Burkina Faso, already toured around Europe, now
finally with a first CD available in Europe.
Semi-traditional music with lots of percussion and balafon
(African xylophone), full of energy;

Saramaya:

Another group from Burkina Faso, playing more or less in the
same style as Djiguiya. Great solo's of the pentatonic
balafons… Their CD is available through Musiques d'Afrique !
This summer, they are touring in France;

Mamou Sidibé:

Young and talented singer from Mali. Her second CD is just
out in Mali (and will be available through Musiques
d'Afrique soon) and promises to become a big hit. Her style
is close to that of Issa Bagaogo, which isn't a bad sign !

Hadja Soumano:

Yet another female singer from Mali, but one with a stunning
voice, both powerful and warm. Hadja is underestimated in
the West, few of her songs are commercially available at the
moment. A shame…

The CD web shop provides rare albums from Africa (mainly
West Africa) not (yet) distributed internationally. At the
moment, a small number of CDs mainly from Mali and Burkina
Faso are available. Don't miss these unique recordings:

Coumba Sidibé: Mansa,

Adama Yalomba: M'bora (only one left!!),

Les Escrocs: Kalan,

Les Escrocs: Kokadjè,

Dene Issebere: Djigui,

Saramaya: Mougnou.

In the near future, more albums will be offered.

Several existing pages have been updated:

New albums of Toumani Diabaté, Boubacar Traoré, Jean-Pierre
Essome, and Sam Mangwana have been added; The pages on
André-Marie Tala, Robson Banda, Defao, Empire Bakuba, Sam
Mangwana, Oliver Mtukudzi and Adama Yalomba have been
updated with more album details and/or extended
discographies.

2. African music news:

Various new albums have been released in the past weeks:

- Africando - Martina - Senegal

- Djiguiya - Sakidi - Burkina Faso

- Super Rail Band - Kongo Sigui - Mali

- Mamou Sidibe - Mussoya - Mali

- Sam Mangwana - Cantos de Esperança - Congo

- Jean-Pierre Essome - A César - Cameroon

- Les Sans Visa - Ennemi public - Cameroon

Albums in preparation: Rokia Traoré, Amy Koita, Adama
Yalomba, Magic Black Men, Idrissa Souamoro, J-B. M’Piana

For more news, please check regularly our pages for updates!

The page on World Music Festivals in Europe has been updated
again with more festival dates in 2003.

Les pages de tous les artistes maliens (43 pages !) sur
Musiques du Mali sont desormais aussi disponibles en langue
française !

If you have suggestions to add specific musicians or albums
not mentioned on existing pages, do not hesitate to drop us
a line.

Feel free to take a look again.

Kind regards,

Frank Bessem
Musiques d'Afrique
fbessem @ yahoo.com (remove spaces – stop spam!)

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Click on the link to "listen to Abdouli play Donsofoli" which is a
hunter's rhythm.  The link is on the following page:

http://www.rootsyrecords.com/

Enjoy,
Jeremy

Dear friends of Piranha,


THE KLEZMATICS: NEW RECORD & TOUR

*TOP 20 of World Music Charts Europe*

*** THE KLEZMATICS (New York)***
"RISE UP!" (Cat.no. CD-PIR1686) * Shteyt Oyf! *
Including 5 songs in yiddish + 1 song in english/yiddish + 1 song
in english + 1 song in aramaic + 2 songs wordless + 5 instrumentals;
file under: USA/World/Klezmer/Brass/Jazz
total playing time 67:44

RELEASE DATE for the world 16.Mai / GAS 23.Mai
* not available for USA, Canada, Israel *

"With music like this, if you don´t see God, you´re fucking blind."
Robin Williams

The world's most acclaimed Yiddish music band doing what they do best.
Rise up! Shteyt oyf! is a collection of 15 new Klezmatics tracks.
Ancestral melodies, love songs of heart-breaking beauty, songs for
the next WTO protest; music of strength, passion, anthemic grandeur,
and an ecstatic Jewish dance party. Includes "I Ain't Afraid", a
prophetic statement about the insanity of fanaticism from the pen of
Holly Near, spiritual mother of the Women's Music.

PR-MATERIAL
AVAILABLE in connection with this release is the
"Record Release Info-sheet" (please download here:
http://www.piranha.de/records/files/Releaseinfo1686.pdf  )

It's always a pleasure

Sophie @ Piranha Records Berlin


RISE UP! TOUR 2003
31.05. - Montréal, Québec, Canada
03.06. - Köln, Germany - Kantine
04.06. - Karlsruhe, Germany - Tollhaus
05.06. - Ulm, Germany - Zeltfestival
06.06. - Zurich, Switzerland - Moods
07.06. - Regensburg, Germany - Thon-Dittmer Palais
08.06. - Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
11.06. - Jena, Germany - - with the Philharmonie of Jena
12.06. - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
13.06. - Marburg, Germany - KFZ
15.06. - Wien, Austria - Szene

Come and join !
For more tourdates, please check http://www.piranha.de

Brooklyn Sounds/651 ARTS - http://www.651ARTS.org
in association with Arts at St.Ann's - http://www.artatstanns.org


Presents...

Amel Larrieux w/ WUNMI
http://www.651arts.org/calendar/brooklynsounds.asp

Saturday, June 7, 2003 at 8pm

@

St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water Street (at the foot of Dock Street)
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.artatstanns.org

For the inaugural concert of 651 ARTS' annual Brooklyn
Sounds series, presenting the best of Brooklyn musicians,
features two dynamic women.

Amel Larrieux - with her soon-to-be-released album
Bravebird, draws on jazz, hip-hop, gospel funky R&B and
World Styles, challenging traditional musical formats.
Formerly of Groove Theory (Tell Me), Larrieux gained acclaim
with her solo album Infinite Possibilities and her
performance on the film soundtrack of Barbershop. "The
silky-voiced chanteuse…calls to mind female jazz greats and
contemporary soul eclectics from Billy Holiday to Les
Nubians." – Rolling Stone

WUNMI - Queen of the underground dance scene with her
exhilarating vocals, can be heard on today's hottest tracks,
from the classic MAW Expensive to the recent Our Time Is
Coming to the upcoming Truby Trio, Pasta Boy's.

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Taking Afro-pop to the next level

Congolese singer-songwriter Koffi Olomide offers a
spectacular, high-energy visual performance.

Congo rhythms (Athis Photo)

More Afro-pop

By Don Heckman, Special to The Times

Koffi Olomide in action is a sight to behold. Elegant as a
peacock, garbed in designer fashions, the Congolese
singer-songwriter moves with the slender sensuality and
charismatic demeanor of a male diva. His concerts in Africa
and Europe, where his music has brought the rhythms of the
Congo into the Afro-pop mainstream, are major stadium
events, comparable to a performance by a Michael Jackson or
a Bruce Springsteen.

Olomide makes his first West Coast appearance Saturday night
at the Palladium in a performance featuring a colorful
company of 22, including eight dancers, six vocalists and
eight musicians. The program will also include the African
Acrobats of Kenya (who have been seen on "The Late Show With
David Letterman"), Nze Eugene Decoque and the "gyration
master," Tony One Week.

Nnamdi Moweta, a KPFK-FM (90.7) and Voice of America radio
personality, has been working with producer Mary Ofili for
nearly a year to sort through the complicated process of
bringing Olomide to Los Angeles.

"This will be his first stop on a tour of major cities,"
Moweta says. "It takes us back to the first King Sunny Adé
show at the Palladium in the mid-'80s -- a very special
occasion because it introduced African music to so many
people. And this one, I believe, is going to have the same
effect."

Although he is still little known in the U.S., Olomide, who
was born in the northeast Congolese city of Kisangani in
1956 and raised in Kinshasa in the west Congo, has had a
particularly powerful effect upon African audiences. Early
last month, at a concert in Benin, the crush of listeners in
a stadium that was filled beyond capacity resulted in 17
deaths and dozens of injuries.

Olomide was in transit from Brazzaville to Kinshasa to
Europe to the U.S. as this article was being written, and
unreachable by phone. He did, however, refer to the Benin
concert last week in a conversation on Moweta's radio show.

"I was very unhappy in Benin," he said. "Because I lost very
many fans, and this ... will be in my heart for the rest of
my career."

Despite the tragedy, the event reflects Olomide's enormous
popularity at a time when music provides rare moments of
contrast with Africa's turbulent political, social and
humanitarian troubles. "I want," he said, "to reach everyone
-- Americans, Africans living in the U.S. and African
Americans."

African music first began to make its way into the
international pop mainstream in the mid-20th century, when
Cuban-Caribbean music, the guitar and European horns and
drums interfaced with traditional African melodies and
rhythms. Performers such as Fela Kuti, Papa Wemba, Baaba
Maal, Youssou N'Dour and Salif Keita -- to name a very few
-- have transformed these elements into an engaging music
underscored by irresistibly foot-tapping rhythms.

Olomide, along with Femi Kuti (Fela's son), is taking that
music into new territories. In Kuti's case, he is doing so
via an artistic alliance with hip-hop. Olomide's perspective
is more far reaching -- a spectacular, high-energy visual
performance with the fast-paced impact of an MTV music
video.

Equally important, adds Moweta, "Koffi has the ability to
get so much music out of the drummers, the singers and the
dancers. Fela Kuti had the same ability, to get the flow
from a stage full of musicians. But Koffi writes very good
songs, as well, and has a kind of instinctive feeling for
getting in touch with a crowd.

Coming to California "has been a dream, because I've never
been there before," Olomide told Moweta. "And I will do
everything I can to give everyone a hot show."

http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-wk-out5jun05,0,4497462.
story?coll=cl-home-more-channels

Come listen, come see RADIO AFRODICIA, streaming 24/7
Http://www.Afrodicia.com

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hello everyone, if anyone is interested in downloading and sharing
african music online, join us on direct connect..

  the hub address is owusuwaa.dynu.com.

  we currently have alot of african music to share with everyone and
look forward to share with anyone interested.

u can always contact me by email if you dont know how to access
direct connect, i will be happy to assist anyone to come join us:))

  my email is rasmarley@....

  thank you all, great group btw.

cdRoots New Additions for May-June, 2003
http://www.cdroots.com
contact@...
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Our special pages for African music can be accessed at
http://www.cdroots.com/africa.shtml
and look for the link for the Real Audio stream of songs from all over
the continent.

Zambian Roadside
Zambia's Southern Province is vibrant with a large diversity of music
- topical songs, unique guitar styles (often with self-made guitars),
catchy tunes and rhythms, beautiful harmony singing, and interesting
percussion. Field recorder Michael Baird calls it 'the roadside
reality - the state of music as it is.' This is a REALLY fantastic
recording for African music enthusiasts and anyone who loves great
acoustic guitar music, no matter from where.

Super Rail Band de Bamako - Kongo Sigui
fRoots says: 'the magnificent new one from the other outfit in the
holy trinity of guitar-led West African bands.' Great, brand new
recordings, stripped down and grooving. This is some of the best of
the west African guitar sound.

Various Ghana - The Guitar and the Gun
A classic collection of highlife from Ghana, recorded 1981-84 during
the revolution. Bokor Studios saved the music of an era in spite of
hardships and now these great recordings, orginally released on vinyl
by Earthworks, are finally on a CD.

Sam Mangwana - Cantos de Esperanca - 17.99
One of the greatest voices of Congolese rumba goes back to the Latin
roots on this 2003 release. Essential, in my opinion.

Papa Susso - Sotuma-sere
Kora player Alahji Papa Susso is a recognized master of the
instrument, a member of one of the most revered Mandinka musical
families. This is a set of extended solos, all beautifully recorded.

Abdelli - Among Brothers (Shipping May 10)
Abdelli brings the poetry and music of the Kabyls, Berbers of North
Africa into the twentieth century with a modern yet strongly acoustic
and folk-rooted sense of style. In addition to his own instruments
(mandola, vocals), he is joined by a cast of musicians from Morocco,
Spain, Belgium, Chile, Argentina and Tunisia, contributing guitars
(electric and acoustic), accordions, darbouka, bendir, tabla, tar,
bombo, guiro, ud, nay, violin and much more.

Baden Powell - Os Afro Sambas (Available June 15)
Together with Brazilian singer Vinicius de Moraes, Powell made these
remarkable recording in the 1960s to show the deep connection between
South American and African music and culture. A welcome reissue of an
essential session.

Back in stock from the Caprice Swedish Radio series:
Music from Cape Verde
Music from Ethiopia
Music from Uganda  - 3 volumes
Music from Tanzania and Zanzibar 1

-------------------------------------------------
Some other global hits that might be of interest:

The Blind Boys of Alabama - Higher Ground
The Blind Boys of Alabama are backed by 'sacred steel' musicians
Robert Randolph and his Family Band and the result is an album that is
soulful and inspired. Features songs made written or made famous by
Aretha Franklin, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Cliff, Funkadelic,
Stevie Wonder, Ben Harper, plus traditional gospel classics.

Solomon & Socalled - Hiphop Khasene
Solomon & Socalled's cast of musicians, including special guest. David
Krakauer, turn an authentic Eastern European Jewish wedding, the
khasene, into a hiphop extravaganza complete with old-school Yiddish
freestylin' on the mike from shtetl-MC Michael Alpert. Come join the
wedding party, share in ancient marriage rituals and celebrate the
union of fiddle and microphone! The album also includes a special,
exclusive remix from Smadj.

Apanui - E Tau Nei
fRoots' Ian Anderson says: 'What we have here is a beautifully subtle,
understated (though often powerful, as on the war dance 'Taku Pu') and
very attractive blend of Maori traditional song forms, rhythms,
oratory and harmonies with R & B, reggae, trip hop, garage and a whole
mix of recent dance technology. That sounds like a familiar process
with equivalents the world over these days, but this one mostly
achieves that near-impossible melding where the elements accentuate
each other rather than detract...'

Various - Maori Music Collection
Sixteen tracks from ten different musicians/musical groups cover
traditional to pop music from Maori roots. Ngahiwi Apanui, Tuahine,
Aotearoa Maori Chorale, Aorangi, Ko te Whanua O Morvin Raua Ko Kura
Simon, Aotearoa, Dread Beat & Blood, David Grace & Injustice, Te
Mokai, Maramapai, Chelsea & Lynaire Simon.

cdRoots
http://www.cdroots.com
contact@...

After a 5-year haitus from touring, Malawi-born, Zimbabwe-raised
singer/songwriter, Tony Bird, is back with upcoming shows at Club
Passim (http://www.clubpassim.com) in Cambridge, MA on June 13th, and
Caffe Lena (http://www.caffelena.com) in Saratoga Springs, NY on June
14th.

Tony's intelligent, colorful lyrics evoke the breathtaking beauty of
his beloved Africa. Because of his steadfast commitment to expressing
his opposition to apartheid, Bird was forced to leave Africa, but his
convictions and powerful lyrics are as profound as ever.

Bring your friends and start your summer with a night of mesmerizing
music from Tony Bird.

http://www.mangotime.net

Hi, I just joined this group.

Does anyone know what became of Jali Musa Jawara's "Yasimika" CD?
It's one of my favorite recordings in the entire world, but somehow
lost it along the way.

I've been searching for it and searching for it, and cannot find it.
Any suggestions? Will it be re-released soon? It's strange that such
a classic recording has diseappeared.

Or, if anyone wants to make a trade, I'd love to. Some of my favorite
recordings that I have are "Djam Leellii" by Maal and Seck, "Kela
Tradition" by Kasse Mady, Francis Bebey's "Sourire de lune," nearly
everything by Ella Fitzgerald during her Verve period, Nonesuch
Explorer's classic Javanese Gamelan Vols. 2-3, many CDs by Muzsikas
(from Hungary, w/ Marta Sebestyen on vocals), and many jazz vocal CDs.

I look forward to learning alot more about music in this list! :-)

-Michael

Please let me know how to access the site.
Regards
John
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   From: rasbongo
   To: african_music@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:29 PM
   Subject: [african_music] Trading African Music Online


   hello everyone, if anyone is interested in downloading and sharing
   african music online, join us on direct connect..

   the hub address is owusuwaa.dynu.com.

   we currently have alot of african music to share with everyone and
   look forward to share with anyone interested.

   u can always contact me by email if you dont know how to access
   direct connect, i will be happy to assist anyone to come join us:))

   my email is rasmarley@....

   thank you all, great group btw.


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From:

  "Mosi A. Ifatunji" <mifatunji@...> |

Date:

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:41:28 -0500

Subject:

The Eplugger - An Urban Informer Wattstax, "the Black Woodstock" will be
showing... In Chicago

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Mosi,

My name is MC Williams and I want to inform the eplugger group about a great
movie that will be shown this weekend. Here's the info can you get this in the
group email.

Thanks, MC

MC Williams


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ill be showing for just one week in the Chicago area. This film, shot by an
all-black crew, which opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1973, and was nominated
for a Golden Globe in 1974, documents an all-day concert

featuring

the Staple Singers, Albert King, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes - and featuring a
young Richard Pryor - emceed by Jesse Jackson.

The concert was a fund-raiser for the Watts area of LA which had been torn apart
by riots 7 years earlier, and the film also includes interviews with people from
the Watts community.

The reels for this film were found, uncatelogued in a warehouse last year, and
were painstakingly restored by a team in San Francisco.

The re-release of Wattstax in Chicago is this Friday,

June 13 and plays through Thursday June 19

LMK Century Center, LCE Country Club Hills.

DON'T MISS IT!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2003

---------------------------------

Jubilate and Florida Memorial College Debut Their Summer Music Institute“Make
Somethin’ Happen!”
Free Summer Camp for South Florida High School Music Students

All Star Faculty Helmed by Jazz Great Melton Mustafa


Opa Locka, Florida --- Monday, June 16 kicks off the Jubilate Arts Preparatory
Academy’s (JAPA) newest collaboration with Florida Memorial College’s (FMC)
Department of Music, “Make Somethin’ Happen,” a Summer Music Institute (SMI) for
High School Students, sponsored by the Dade Community Foundation, Miami Dade
Public Schools and the Keith & Renata Ward Family Fund.

Additional sponsors include the Miami Dade County’s Department of Cultural
Affairs, Coral Gables Congregational Church, the Jim Moran Foundation, C.T.
Randolph, Bank Atlantic and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Held on the campus of FMC, 15800 N.W. 42nd Ave., the Institute presents an
exciting chance for talented high school students to participate, in a rich and
rewarding two week-long workshop led by a vibrant faculty of music educators and
performers.

Students will focus in one of these programs of music study: composition, jazz
studies (The Jazz Cats), keyboards, strings, pan, computer literacy and
proficiency with technology through music, voice and choral; and participate in
weekly Topics in Music seminars in listening, performance anxiety, applying to
college, the art of auditioning, and chamber music. Core courses such as
musicianship and composition offer students the opportunity to broaden their
musical perspective.

There is no cost for this program for those who register before June 12,
afterward, it’s $25. Free transportation will be provided from designated Miami
Dade Public Schools.

Advanced students will receive "hands on" training at Gloria and Emilio
Estefan’s Crescent Moon’s state of the art recording studios. Under the tutelage
of staff producers, Fred “BamBam” Scott and Liza, they will receive technical
training, produce a demo and learn about the complexities of the music business
as they prepare for an exciting career in the entertainment industry.

"The Summer Music Institute (SMI) offers an ideal summer music experience in a
safe, drug free environment which will support and encourage students efforts to
improve their academic achievement and enhance their physical, mental, and
social well being,” said Josef Spencer, Jubilate’s CEO.

There will also be three special workshops as part of this summer’s program;
Effective Communication Skills with Dr. Tina Dupree of the Motivational Training
Center, F.C.A.T. preparation and The Florida Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Institute
for Non-Violence’s Kingian Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution Program.

Their training culminates with the SMI GRAND CONCERT, “Makin’ Somethin’ Happen,”
Sunday, June 29, at 2:00 p.m. on the campus of FMC. The performance will feature
all the students and faculty in a variety of ensembles.

The outstanding SMI instructors include the legendary Melton Mustafa, famed
trumpeter and arranger from the legendary Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands;
Joe Williams’s protégé and an extraordinary violinist and vocalist, Nicole
Yarling; Dr. Dawn Batson, FMC Assistant Professor of Music; Greg Rhamming,
currently appearing on Broadway in the Phantom of the Opera; vocalist Ruby Baker
and many special guests.

Students will have the opportunity to learn from the real-world experience of
these and other faculty members throughout the week, as they study a variety of
styles, including gospel, jazz, classical, pop, R&B, rock, blues, funk, fusion,
and straight ahead jazz.

"Working with Jubilate, we've helped so many teenagers these past few years, but
the need to help these gifted, motivated students continues to grow as they
prepare for college in the face of significant education budget cuts across the
state," said Dr. Alfred Pinkston, Director of Music for Florida Memorial
College.

Three years ago, Jubilate created the Jubilate Arts Preparatory Academy (JAPA)
because, as community educators, they had too often seen low-income, promising
students with enormous talent slowed because of a lack of financial support,
encouragement, consistent top-quality training, or awareness of the many options
available to them in the performing arts and to redirect the lives of youth who
may be a step away from violent life on the streets.

Dr. Nelson Hall, Jubilate’s founder stated, “Of the first group of graduating
High School seniors, an incredible 100% of them received music scholarships, and
this is in area where over 40% of the high school students never finish school.”
We could never have done this without the support of Miami Dade Public Schools,
our funders and most important, the commitment of the students themselves.”

Florida Memorial College is South Florida’s only historically black college and
a member of The College Fund/UNCF.  A private, four-year liberal arts and
undergraduate degree granting institution, the College has been in Miami since
1968.

To register, email a registration form (available on our web site,
http://jubilatearts.org/SMIApp2.htm ) to: jubilate_arts@... or you can
sign up on the first day of class at FMC’s Music Department. For more
information and questions, contact the SMI Hotline at 954.559.0587.

Jubilate is a 501 C3 – not for profit Florida Corporation, and tax-deductible
contributions can be made to, Jubilate, Inc. PO Box 831504, Miami, Florida
33283.

###

For more information, or to request media coverage of the institute, please
contact:
Ira L. Everett, Jr.
Jubilate, Inc.
954.559.0587
jubilate_arts@...
jubilatearts.org
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Denbaya, a West African Drum and Dance non-profit organization, is
sponsoring the Second Annual "Le Jour de Doundoumba" July 5th at  the
beautiful Emigrant Lake park in lovely Ashland, Oregon. (Camping available--
Come early and see Ashland's famous Fourth of July Parade the day before!)

This day-long event includes multi-level djembe, dundun, dance, song, and
history instruction along with authentic West African food, an African
Marketplace and a huge Doundoumba Ceremony at the end of the day! Not to
mention a wonderful lake for swimming, boating, or whatever, AND a giant
waterslide if you're so inclined!

This is going to be a really fun and educational event with instructors from the
Fore-Fote School of West African Drum and Dance--including Fore-Fote
founder, M. Lamine "Dibo" Camara, and his son, Ryan M. Camara, along with
dancer from "Ballet d'Afrique Noir," Djibril Camara.

This one is definitely worth a roadtrip. For more info, please visit:  <http://
www.fore-fote.com> and click on the "Le Jour de Doundoumba" link--(It has a
really cool Flash animation that's worth seeing, too!)

See you there!!!

YAYA DIALLO Musician/Author from Mali, West Africa

"Yaya Diallo, an elder from Mali, West Africa shares his music,
experience and insights"


YAYA DIALLO

Musician – Composer – Dancer – Healer

Teacher – Lecturer – Storyteller

Guide to Mali: "Healing Drum Tours"

Native of Mali, West Africa

Author: The Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings

         At the Threshold of the African Soul



Yaya Diallo, a native of Mali West Africa, is the embodiment of a
country renowned for its rich musical culture. Inspired by his
intimate experience in traditional village life Yaya expresses his
profound knowledge of West African healing arts in his instrumental
album Nangapè of West African drumming, balafon and flute music.
Yaya Diallo's albums The Healing Drum, Dounoukan and Dombáa
Folee offer ceremonial, ritual and Minianka medicine music of Mali.

Live at Club Soda, Yaya Diallo's forthcoming album, recorded in
performance with his band Kanza takes a dramatic shift as Yaya
bridges traditional music with occidental sounds including saxophone,
electric violin, bass and lead guitars and drum set as well as voice,
traditional African drums and balafon. Yaya Diallo's innovative
music gives solo voice to all the instruments within an African
rhythmic structure and swings with a sound reminiscent of 1950's
rock-n-roll and blues to a beat driven and spoken to by the Dounouba
and Djembe drums.

Yaya Diallo says music is as important as the blood in his veins--the
essence of the African soul. He writes, "Playing music to benefit
people was the fundamental value of our musical culture…. At
present we are witnessing the massacre of the African culture….
The old initiators no longer have young people to educate….
adoptive religion had as its objective the killing of the last savage
and they have shouted `mission accomplished!' I doubt that it
is."

Following graduation from the University of Montreal and a brief
career as a chemist, Yaya Diallo was co-founder of the music and
dance groups Djembe-Kan and Cléba and a member of the African
Troubadours with the World Music Institute as well as a faculty
member of the Creative Music Studio and the Omega Institute for
Holistic Studies of New York. Yaya Diallo is active with his band
Kanza and continues to teach and perform internationally. Goals
include the creation of traditional African healing centers. Listen
to Yaya Diallo's music on New Music Canada,
http://www.newmusiccanada.com. Contact Onzou Records,
info@... ,
http://www.onzou.com .


ONZOU RECORDS CATALOGUE

Nangape OZ001:

Nangape is Yaya Diallo's classic 1980 instrumental album of West
African drumming, balafon and flute music reissued on CD in 2002 on
Onzou Records, http://www.onzou.com . Available at CD Baby,
http://www.cdbaby.com/yayadiallo .

Dounoukan OZ002:

Yaya Diallo's album Dounoukan shares the music of traditional West
African village ceremonies, rituals and daily activities. This album
is available at CD Baby, http://www.cdbaby.com/yayadiallo2 and
PeaceWork Music Net, http://www.peaceworkmusic.net , a global music
distributor using CDRs with major regional branches in the USA, UK,
France and Ireland and China.

Live at Club Soda OZ003:

Yaya Diallo's forthcoming album, Live at Club Soda, features his band
Kanza with saxophone, electric violin, bass and lead guitars, drum
set and vocals along with traditional West African drums recorded in
performance in Montreal, 1989.


STREAMING AUDIO AVAILABLE ONLINE

Yaya Diallo's music albums Nangape and Dounoukan and the track
"Samba The Trucker" from Live at Club Soda are available for
listening on New Music Canada,
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_id=7862 and
Roots Music Canada,
http://www.rootsmusiccanada.com/main.cfm?Band_Id=7862 .



REVIEWS CD NANGAPE:

" ... the album is a delightful exploration of the traditional music
of Mali in general, and of the use of the balafon in particular."
Mike High, "Speaking Their Piece," Cadence--The American Review of
Jazz & Blues. May 1982, p. 35.

" ... Yaya Diallo, who hails from Mali, and whose congas, balafon,
tama and dounouba capture West African 4/4 and 6/8 in so lively and
listenable a manner it is hard to resist them."
Down Beat, April, 1983.

" ... If you are interested in the African healing arts and the
sounds used, this is the CD you should have in your library. NANGAPE
is a great _expression of Yaya Diallo's cultural heritage."
Lee Prosser, http://www.jazzreview.com , 2002.

" ... Nangape, a timeless classic in its own right, holds the
primitive sounds of drums intermingling with the progressive and
soothing sounds of flutes that encapsulate you in a world of inner
peace.... tranquil, peaceful and utterly awing ... this album
completely blew me away and that's coming from a person that listens
to industrial/electronic based metal and glitch-prone digital
hardcore!"
Wednesday Elektra, Space Junkies Magazine,
http://www.angelfire.com/music4/space_junkies Vol. 2, 2002.

" ... a gem of West African music highlighting Diallo's skill at
dounouba, tama, and conga as well as djembe and balafon."
Scott Allan Stevens, Victory Review: Acoustic Music Review Magazine,
Vol. 27, No. 7, July, 2002.

"... thank You so much for kind letter and fantastic brilliant CD!!!
Incredibly bright powerful impression! We were glad and proud touch
creation of such distinguished artist as Yaya Diallo. It really was
invaluable important discovery for us. Much friendly love from
Siberia."
Serge Tikhanoff, Radio Penquin, Siberia, Russia, Onzou Records email,
July 21, 2002.

"Traditions and proud! With this two words I can describe the music
by "YAYA DIALLO." You can feel the spirit of Africa. Nice drumming,
percussions and flute. This artist really needs to be heard by many
listeners!"
Ljubo, Bulgaria, 2002-09-24. Source: Reviews,
www.mymp3network.com/member.asp?id=2549.

"I love your "Nangape" CD so much ... yours is one of the best I've
ever heard."
Derek Sivers, President, CD Baby, http://www.cdbaby.com . Onzou
Records
email, Sept. 25, 2002.

"The traditional rhythms of Africa are both medicinal and sacred,
this is just a fact of life."
Allen L. Johnston, "The Music Specialist," Onzou Records email, Nov.
22, 2002.

"VERY cool! Africa is THE mothercountry of rhythm 'n music!! ..."
Lord Litter, host of Lord Litter's Radio Show,
http://www.LordLitter.de
Onzou Records email, Jan. 9, 2003.

"You are VERY welcome!! ... 'specially releases like Yaya Daillo's
are a wonderful example of *true-non-fashion-music* .. *just*
music!! .. and - well - I just LOVE African sounds!!"
Lord Litter, host of Lord Litter's Radio Show,
http://www.LordLitter.de
Onzou Records email, March 25, 2003.

"We have only had a chance to listen through once this morning but
already realize what a beautiful album "Nangape" is."
Tim & Terri~B, Stone Premonitions, England,
http://www.Aural-Innovations.com/stonepremonitions  Onzou Records
email, Feb. 10,
2003.

"The Yaya Diallo album is a masterpiece."
Gary Lee, Radio show host, THE OVERFLOW, Radio Caroline,
http://www.radio-caroline.nl Onzou Records email, Feb. 23, 2003.



"YAYA DIALLO Musician/Author from Mali, West Africa" is
available on
Mi2N: http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=53072




Stephen Conroy, Producer/Manager
Yaya Diallo's West African Music
Onzou Records, http://www.onzou.com

KOFFI OLOMIDE'S SHOW IN DALLAS:

DATE: Sunday June 29th
TIME: 9pm
VENUE: Nobles Palace
2317 Lakeland Dr
@ Ferguson
DALLAS

Contact: 214 356 9845

http://www.wadzanai.org.zw/koffi/
http://www.soukousmusic.us

Hi!

Does anyone know where on the internet I can buy the CD of Carol Benoiton
(called "CB")
from the Seychelles?
She was nominated for a Kora Award last year and I would love to hear her music.

Please let me know if you can help!
Thanks!

Best Wishes
    Trond



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People always ask me the following question: how do you define your
music?
Well after about 20 years as a professional west african producer and
musician my music has grown beyond simplistic labelings. Nowadays it
is a lot easier to introduce Afrobeat music to the rest of the world.
African music has become a daily reality in many parts of the world.
The big record companies have ceased the opportunity to capitalize on
African music at the right time. In so doing they have triggered a
phenomenon beyond their grasp. Early on African music was portrayed
as high energy music with a lot of percussions. The message of the
songs were not given enough emphasis. African music was then an
exotic sound to be played at some event to create some ambiance...
Thank God now it is a very different ball game.
I am very proud to say that I am an african independent musician who
lives to reach other souls through my tunes. The western world has
learned to appreciate African music with respect. They have gotten
the message. There is a variety of themes in african music today;from
African philosophies to plain dance afro chants...
Where do I fit in the picture? I don't know exactly... All I know is
that my passion for African music is what drives me. About a year ago
I produce my first album titled Gaynde meaning lions in wolof-west
african language. It was a tribute to the senegalese national team
that played for the first time in history the world cup, soccer that
is. I hear express my gratitude to all of you that have supported me.
Be it by buying my music or by expressing some interest in what I do.
Anyway check out my wesbsite www.kingibu.com and plese don't be shy
send me a line to tell me about you at ibu@...
Peace and Love, King Ibu

Hey people.

It's Devin here from South Africa.

Great forum... glad I cam accross it!

OK - I'm a budding bassist who's looking to get into afro jazz!

Now I don't know if anyone here is into Maskanda music (South African
trad. township tunes).... I love the maskanda bass tone and rythm....
does ANYONE have ANY insight into how you could go about getting the
sound down? Tried by ear and aint getting very far.... lots of slides
I know, but that's about it...

It's just such a jumpy, vibrant sorta sound that I absolutely have to
add it to my musical vocab....

Anyhelp would be most appreciated otherwise I'm gonna have to assault
the next SA jazz bassist I see....

Thanks,
Devin.

In a very short time King Ibu has developed a presence on the world
stage.  Beginning with his successful debut "Gaynde," King Ibu
launched his music video to Senegalese embrace.  Although many well-
known artists wrote songs to pay tribute to the Senegalese National
Soccer team, it was the "Gaynde" video they played five times a day
and the "Gaynde" video that accompanied footage of the heralded
team's return home.  Recently King Ibu has recorded Internet CD sales
second only to Youssou NDour.  King plays almost every instrument on
his CD and somehow maintains a diversity of sound that includes
mbalakh, blues, and rock & roll.
                     VISIT WWW.KINGIBU.COM

Having worked with David Foster, Gene Page and Merv Griffen
Enterprises, Tyia is a veteran of both the studio and live
performance.  Tyia has sung the National Anthem for the inauguration
of Governor Gray Davis, for the Lakers, and the Clippers.  She has
also lent her voice to the "Message In a Bottle" soundtrack.  Tyia
has just completed her debut CD with her producer-of-choice: King Ibu.

                    VISIT WWW.KINGIBU.COM

While discovering individual success, these two solo artists
uncovered a meaningful partnership.  At one particular festival King
Ibu and Tyia began to sing songs they had written together.  The
style combined Tyia's love for Jazz with King Ibu's undeniably
rhythmic grooves.  Over the recent months King Ibu and Tyia have
shared the stage with Poncho Sanchez, Vance Gilbert and Tim
Weisburg.

1st Annual Africa - A Journey in Dance - An African Dance Concert

@ York College Performing Arts Center
94-20 Guy R. Brrewer Blvd.
Jamaica, NY

DATE: June 28, 2003
TIME: 7-10 PM
COST: $25 in Advance / $30 At the Door
CALL: (718) 217-1622 for ticket information
WEBSITE: http://www.york.cuny.edu

Featuring:

The World Debut of Asase Yaa

From Guinea - The Dynamic Basicolo, Drummers & Dancers
feat. Mbemba Bangoura

Cinque (Folkloric Dance Theater)

From Ghana - Adeshie Dance Group

Fada Fina Kan (The Sounds of Africa)

Special Guest M.C. - Abdel Salaam

Music by DJ Ike

Presentation of Annual Sankofahene's
"Diaspora Citenship Award"
Hon. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks

Glad you enjoyed Koffi's show.  However his music is not
Soukous.  He plays a contemporary style of Congolese music
which he calls "Tcha-Tcho".

Anahata & The Urban Gypsy Dancers
"A Cutting Edge Exotic and Eclectic Dance Company!"
http://www.electroexotica.com

Hot Belly Dance - Temple Dance - Egyptian Cabaret - Tribal Style
Gypsy -Break Dance - Hoop Dance Fire Dance - Go-Go!  -
Burlesque

Sizzling Summer Shows & Events : CALIFORNIA

June 27th - Electro Exotica Art Salon
Sponsored By: Red Bull & Sky Vodka
LIVE MUSIC by: ONE Beat w/ Alex Spurkel & Special guests
Dancing to live mid-eastern music ensemble
ELECTRO EXOTICA SHOW: featuring Anahata & The Urban
Gypsy Dancers
ELIZA SCHNEIDER - Excerpts form her sell-out one woman
show, "FREEDOM OF SPEECH"
ART GALLERY: hosted by Joella March
Melrose Lightspace 7600 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles
@ Curson (Upstairs, SW Corner)
Doors Open 8PM
$10 at the door

July 27th - Goddess of the 7 Suns
Psyche Deli Sundaes
6021 Hollywood Blvd.
Just East of Gower
Door Open 8PM
$10 at the door

Lollapalooza  West Coast Tour
with Dream Circus Theater

August  16th -
Los Angeles - Hyundai Pavillion @ Glen Helen

August  17th -
San Diego - Coors Amphitheater, Chula Vista

August  19th -
Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View

BURNING MAN
Black Rock City City, Nevada
See you on the Playa!

For more info:
Contact Tribal Temple Studio
phone: 323.931.5022
email: tribaltemple@...

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Ignite Passion! Stimulate Creativity!
Experience of a Heightened Sense of Beauty.
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Grreetings, our next monthly drumming worskhop is Friday June 27th. For
dirctions, please visit our web site @ http://riversdrummers.tripod.com and
join our web group or email me works as well!;)



-The Dancing Troll!
-Fergus the Red, Son of Moahm.
-Clan Distant Thunder and House of Hormones.
"I am just a Thundering Hormone"!
"If you can't kill your friends, who can you kill"?
"Fire Good,  Bring Trees!!!!!"

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THE URBAN NETWORK FOUNDATION'S HOLLYWOOD 2003 BENEFIT CONCERT

Friday, July 4, 2003 - House of Blues Sunset Strip, 8430 Sunset
Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

7 PM - Doors open at The House of Blues Sunset Strip

8 PM - Opening Performance by WADADA KHUFU (Reggae Artiste)

9 PM to 9.15 PM - 1st Intermission

9.15 PM - RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA LOCA (Cuban Salsa/African Soukous)
(RITMO ARTISTS)

10.15 PM to 10.30 PM - 2nd Intermission

10.30 PM to 12 Midnight - HEADLINER ACT! - THE WEST AFRICAN HIGHLIFE
BAND (African Highlife/African Jazz) (AFRICAN MUSIC SOURCE)

12 Midnight to 1.30 AM - After Party with DJ

TICKET PRICE INFORMATION:

GENERAL ADMISSION Ticket $ 40 per person

VIP Ticket $ 55 per person (VIP tickets include FOOD & BEVERAGE and
can only be purchased at the HOB Box Office!) There are only 150 VIP
tickets available.

All tickets can be purchased at The House of Blues Sunset Strip Box
Office or at any Ticket Master location on a first come first served
basis.

TICKET TIP: It is cheaper to "physically" buy tickets at the House
of Blues Box Office than buying them through Ticket Master! You
avoid all the Ticket Master service charges.

The $ 40 GENERAL ADMISSION Ticket will cost you a total of $ 44 if
you buy it at the House of Blues Box Office. If you call the House
of Blues Box Office to buy tickets over the phone, it will cost you
a total of $ 48. If you buy your tickets through Ticket Master, it
will cost you about $ 52 for this same GENERAL ADMISSION ticket.

The House of Blues Sunset Strip Box Office can be reached on
323.848.5100 (http://www.hob.com)

The Los Angeles area Ticket Master can be reached on 213.480.3232

The Hollywood 2003 Benefit Concert is a 21 and over event.

For additional information, visit: URBAN NETWORK FOUNDATION

SEE YOU THERE.

Sorry for the omission in the previous e-mail notification

The website to visit for additional information is:
http://www.urbannetwork.info

Come out, have a great time, make new friends while supporting a
good cause.

Partial proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the
Alzheimer's Association for minority research and education to find
a cure for the disease.

Thank you.

how are you all? im new to the group and im excited to see that there are so
many postings.  anyhow i was just wondering if you guys have ever heard of a
group called mamani bamako and marc minelli? i heard their album "electro
bamako" the other day and it was awesome.  its a blend of jazz and malian music,
definitely different though. i tried to find more stuff on them but havent had
any
luck. the only thing that i found on their record company's website. you guys
should go check it out and maybe you'll have more luck than me!! keep me posted

the site is:
http://palmpictures.bluetape.com/albums/electrobamako.html

Actually Koffi's music is now called Ndombolo.  Chacho
was when he first started with back in the 80's with
the Album PaPa Boneur.

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Life is not complicated only we are.
  Peace and blessings.

Rooted in traditional West African music the sound is reminiscent
of 1950's rock-n-roll and blues. Howlin' saxaopone, electric
violin, ... in African rhythmic music.

"Samba The Trucker" on Yaya Diallo's upcoming album Live at Club Soda
with his band Kanza can now be listened to on New Music Canada,
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_id=7862 .


Submitted by:
Stephen Conroy, Producer/Manager
Yaya Diallo's West African Music
Onzou Records, http://www.onzou.com

Does anyone know of a song called "loving you more than kwaito"? if it
exists who sang it and is there somewhere i can maybe download it?

Julia

Thank you for sending the information to BR.

The International African Arts Festival (IAAF)

Caribbean Monarch Shadow belts out a song.

http://www.iaafestival.com


Tristate BR's and members of sister groups --  Go! -- You will enjoy!

Ev


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Media Contacts: Julia Shaw (917) 501-6780
                          Renee Forster (917) 698-9803


Festival
Entertainment Schedule 2003

The International African Arts Festival (IAAF) continues it's 32-year-old legacy
of bringing arts, entertainment and a unique shopping experience to the streets
of Central Brooklyn.  This year's cultural extravaganza begins Friday, July 4th
through Sunday, July 6th, and will be held each day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
on Fulton Street from Malcolm X Boulevard to Marcus Garvey Boulevard and
admission will be free!  Welcoming old friends and new visitors from across the
globe.


Friday, July 4, 2003
Dedicated to Etta Jones, Sonny "Abubadika" Carson

12:00 - Chief Bey Opening Libations (on the Kuumba Stage)
1:00 - Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dance Co.  (on the Kuumba Stage)
2:00 - Talent Search (on the Runway)
3:00 - Poetica - Spoken Word (on the Kuumba Stage)
2:00 -Ty Phoenix Band - Progressive Hip Hop (on the Kuumba Stage)
2:30 - Lamar Hill - Spoken Word (on the Kuumba Stage)
3:25 - Alma Horton Band - Urban Contemporary (on the Kuumba Stage
4:00 -Tribute to Chief Hawthorne Bey &
William Franklin Stephen, Sr. (on the Kuumba Stage)
4:00 - Natural Hair Showcase (on the Runway)
4:30 - Persuaders - R&B (on the Kuumba Stage)
5:00- Orisha Theatre Repertoire -Street Theater (on the Kuumba Stage)
5:00- Live Era - Hip Hop & Spoken Word Showcase (on the Runway)
6:00 - Chandra Simmons - R&B (on the Kuumba Stage)
Kuumba Stage located at Lewis
Runway located near Malcolm X


Saturday July 5, 2003
Dedicated to Jimmy Adams, Cecil Carl Blackman

9-2 - NAKO Annual Symposium (Restoration Plaza)
12:00 - Friends-N-Strangers -Youth Jazz Band (on the Kuumba Stage)
1:00 - Urban Contemporary Jitsu - Martial Arts Demonstration (on the Kuumba
Stage)
1:30 - Tehut-Nine-Spoken Word (on the Kuumba Stage)
1:30 - Lil' Mama - R&B, Hip Hop (on the Runway)
2:00 - Talent Search (on the Runway)
2:00 - Shelley Nicole & The Black Bush Band - Funk (on the Kuumba Stage)
2:35 - The Cirius Band - Urban Contemporary (on the Kuumba Stage)
3:00 - Serengeti - Progressive Hip Hop (on the Kuumba Stage)
3:30 - Common Thread - Hip Soul  (on the Kuumba Stage)
3:00 - WWRL Showcase -Sponik Spoken Word w/a touch of music (on the Runway)
4:00 - Tulani Kinard & Ashe of Peace Fellowship -Inspirational (on the Kuumba
Stage)
4:00 - Designer Fashion Showcase (on the Runway)
5:00 - Artganic - Reggae (on the Kuumba Stage)
5:00- Dirty Soul -  Hip Hop & R&B  (on the Runway)
5:30- A.N.S. - Hip Hop &  R&B (on the Runway)
6:00 - Jimmy Hazel & Sepia XL - Rock-n-Roll (on the Kuumba Stage)
10:00 - Festival After Party held at Akbar Hall
Kuumba Stage located at Lewis
Runway located near Malcolm X


Sunday July 6, 2003
Dedicated to Cheryl Byron, M. Babatunde Olatunji, Richard "D-train Poet" Bartee

12:30 - Ancestor Tribute to Cheryl Byron & Richard Bartee (on the Kuumba Stage)
1:00 - Pharo Z - Urban Contemporary (on the Kuumba Stage)
1:00 - African Heritage Ministries (on the Runway)
2:00 - ChinaBlac - Progressive Hip Hop (on the Kuumba Stage)
3:00 - Talent Search Finals (on the Runway)
2:30 - Imani Uzuri - Soul (on the Kuumba Stage)
2:00 - Subconscious Jugganut - Urban Contemporary (on the Runway)
3:30- Toni Blackman - Urban Contemporary (on the Kuumba Stage)
4:00- Persuaders- R&B (on the Kuumba Stage)
4:00 - Designer Fashion Showcase  (on the Runway)
5:00 - Tulivu Donna Cummerbatch-Jazz (on the Kuumba Stage)
5:00 - Sabar Dance - African Dance Party on the Street
(held near the Kmet Food Court)
6:00 - Universal Afrikan Dance (on the Kuumba Stage)
6:00 - Live Era - Hip Hop & Spoken Word Showcase (on the Runway)
Kuumba Stage located at Lewis
Runway located near Malcolm X

www.iaafestival.com

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It's All About Us !

Thank You  IAA Festival

http://www.iaafestival.com/index.html

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