03-31-2021 > WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks 1968-1979 # WmW: Lole y Manuel, L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti, Chico Buarque, Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Balla et ses Balladins, Malicorne, Oneness of Juju, Afrobeat Airways, Fabrizio De André, Robbie Basho,Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju
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1968-1979
Nuevo Dia (Manuel Molina)
Bulerias de la Luna (Manuel Molina)
Sangre gitana y Mora (Manuel Molina)
from Nuevo día 1975
...This couple was the first exponent of flamenco music aimed at a non-exclusively flamenco audience. They were one of the first precursors of the musical stream called "New flamenco".
Lole and Manuel were married, and were a professional couple. Manuel Molina and Dolores Montoya are members of Romani families of artistic descent. Manuel was the son of Manuel Molina Acosta, better known as "El Encajero", who was a professional guitar player. Lole is the daughter of flamenco singer and dancer Antonia Rodríguez Moreno, better known as "La Negra", and her father was the dancer Juan Montoya. Their daughter is the singer Alba Molina...
Kulukutu
Kanaga
from L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti 1977
Kindred Spirits kicks off its Mali-series with one of the most in demand Mali records, by L’Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti. They are one of the region’s modern orchestra groups, who were were able to flourish in the golden age of West African state music funding. In 1977 the Malian government owned label ‘Mali Kunkan’, released a series of LP’s, including this must-have gem.
Feijoada Completa (Chico Buarque)
Trocando Em Miúdos (Chico Buarque / Francis Hime)
Pequeña Serenata Diurna )Silvio Rodríguez)
from Chico Buarque 1978
Après Os Saltimbancos (1977), un disque léger, ludique et récréatif, Chico Buarque retourne à ses fondamentaux grâce à Chico Buarque (1978), un album éponyme qui mélange MPB et Samba. "Feijoada Completa", qui introduit l'album, s'inscrit dans la tradition Samba chère au compositeur - interprète. .. Sans être transcendant, Chico Buarque est un assez bon album, de facture classique, avec beaucoup de variété, quelques facilités, des arrangements vraiment à la hauteur et des voix, dont celle de Chico Buarque, plutôt convaincantes. ..
Rubén Blades is one of the most successful vocalists and songwriters in the history of Panamanian music and salsa. A former member of bands led by Ray Barretto and Willie Colón, Blades has continued to influence salsa music with his highly literate, politically tinged lyrics and his modern arrangements, which substitute the usual horn and Latin percussion sections with synthesizers and drum sets.
Plástico (Rubén Blades)
Pedro Navaja (Rubén Blades)
Siembra (Rubén Blades)
from Siembra 1979
The high point of Willie Colón's ongoing collaboration with Rubén Blades (and close to a career peak for both artists), Siembra exploded on the salsa scene in 1978 and has never been forgotten by fans. Beginning with a minute of playfully deceptive quasi-disco arrangements, Colón and his band slip into a devastating salsa groove for the opener, "Plástico," on which Blades first criticizes America's throwaway society and then brings all of Latin America together with a call to unity...
Formed in Guinea in 1964, the original seven-piece line-up of this government-sponsored group had previously been part of a 25-piece ensemble that split into two groups (the other being Keletigue And His Tambourinis).
Bambo
Paulette
from Objectif Perfection 1980
Led by trumpeter Balla Onivogui, the group also featured trombonist/saxophonist Pivi Moriba (Onivogui and Moriba were both teachers who had studied music in Senegal together and were known as the ‘Intellectuels de la Musique Folklorique’), and singer Kanté Manfila (the cousin of the better known Guinean singer/guitarist of the same name). By 1967 the group, which was based at Jardin de Guinee in Conakry, was 15 strong. At this point seven members left to work with Miriam Makeba. Balla recruited new musicians and within three months the Balladins were playing live again. In 1970 Onivogui was stripped of his title of band leader by the minister responsible for the government funded groups, following an argument over money. However, Guinean President Sekou Toure, who was a fan of the group, insisted on Balla’s reinstatement as leader having heard them announced on the radio as Pivi Et Ses Balladins...
Malicorne founder Gabriel Yacoub, taking his inspiration from the French/Celtic explorations of Alan Stivell and Dan Ar Braz as well as the British folk/rock of Steeleye Span, led his crew in producing rich, haunting arrangements of the folk music of France, Brittany, and francophone Canada.
Balançoire en Feu
Dans la Rivière
Petite oasis
from Balançoire en feu 1981
The band's later recordings feature original compositions and more contemporary instrumentation while retaining a traditional flavor.
Based around saxophonist James Plunky Branch, Oneness of Juju was the second incarnation of the Afrocentric creative jazz group Juju who recorded two albums for the Strata East label in the early '70s....
African Rhythms (Plunky Nkabinde)
Space Jungle Funk (James Plunky Branch / Melvin Glover)
from African Rhythms 1970-1982
Legendary music by "lost" bands hardly ever measures up to its own hype. This just might be an exception. Oneness of Juju albums are the sort of holy grail that keeps soul collectors thrashing about at night. To the label's everlasting credit, Strut has relieved listeners of that problem. The music itself is the direct forebear of bands like the Brand New Heavies, a mix of club funk and disco that at times tends to get a little precious. Here, however, what always starts out ordinary enough is quickly fractured by the addition of bracing elements, whether a grinding sax solo, some thundering drums...
Uppers International - Aja Wondo
The Cutlass Band - Obiara Wondo
Los Issufu and His Moslems - Kana Soro
Waza-Afriko 76 - Gbei Kpakpa Hife Sika
From the coastal cities of Accra and Cape Coast, basked in a tropical sound heavily influenced by highlife, to the semi-Saharan cities of Tamalé and Bolgatanga (part of a self-proclaimed 'Islamic Funk Belt') via the central city of Kumasi, Analog Africa has criss-crossed Ghana in search of rare tracks for the Afrobeat Airways series.
Following the success of the first instalment in 2009, Analog Africa is proud to present the second volume - a selection of 13 ultra-rare tracks composed by some of the musical giants who had created a movement that rocked the West African nation throughout the '70s...
With the death of Fabrizio de André from cancer on January 11, 1999, Italy lost one of its best and most modern singer/songwriters. Inspired by the songwriting of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, De André's songs encompassed Genoese folk songs, French protest/social commentary, beatnik "stream of consciousness" poetry, and the soundtracks of Italian film Westerns.
Creuza de Mä (Fabrizio de André / Mauro Pagani)
'A Pittima (Fabrizio de André / Mauro Pagani)
Sinan Capudàn Pascià (Fabrizio de André / Mauro Pagani)
from Crêuza de mä 1984
A curious, fascinating release, Creuza de Ma was named by none less than David Byrne as one of his favorite albums from the '80s -- and, for once, it seems like he really meant it beyond reasons of simple cred-seeking. Creuza de Ma itself isn't in fact an Italian album per se, but a Genoese one, with all lyrics sung in that particular dialect, a blend of Italian, French, and Catalan that's different enough from Italian to require full translations of the words into that language in the liner notes...
Guitarist, composer, and singer who melded American folk traditions with the classical approaches of India and the West.
Hari Kari, Kali Style (Robbie Basho)
Brahmanís Blues (Robbie Basho)
Gypsy Rosary (Robbie Basho)
When director Liam Barker released his obsessively wonderful film Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho in 2015, he artfully revealed the musician's mysterious, heartbreaking legend. He was also the first to be given access to Basho's personal archive. Long thought lost, it was bequeathed to Sufism Reoriented upon his death in 1986.... All previously unreleased material from 1965 to 1985... Disc one focuses on early energetic inventions on folk, blues, and the roots of "American raga." Its highlights include a striking vocal read of Robert Johnson's "If I Had Possession." The driving, percussive "Harakari Kali Style" and "Brahman's Blues" showcase him at an early peak, grappling with his raw, raga-influenced music with otherworldly authority. .. Disc two's "Gypsy Rosary" is among the most compelling of the raga-inspired instrumentals...
Globetrotting French musician whose eclectic body of work encompasses New York's no wave scene and authentic African rhythms.
Long Voodoo Ago
Bravado
from One for the Soul 1986
After her deep dive into South African music on the 1984 album Zulu Rock, Lizzy Mercier Descloux had hoped to follow in a similar vein with an album recorded in New Orleans featuring both the Soweto crew she had worked with on Zulu Rock and local Cajun and zydeco musicians. However, securing visas for the South Africans proved impossible, and Mercier Descloux and producer Adam Kidron instead traveled to Brazil, where they recorded One for the Soul in Rio de Janeiro.... As it is, for the most part, One for the Soul is a good and clever dance record from an artist capable of a great deal more.
Odeyemi - Oni Suru
Felixson Ngasia & The Survivals - Black Precious Colour
International Brothers Band - Onuma Dimnobi
The U.K.'s Strut label is well-known among music fiends for its fine compilations, unusual yet savvy collaborations, and provocative new releases.... Among the label's accomplishments are the Nigeria 70 comps that began release in 2001; they are chock-full of stunning cross-pollinations of funk, jazz, rock, soul, and traditional African musics.
Nigeria 70: No Wahala (Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987) is the fourth volume in the series and the first in more than eight years. It is one of the more provocative and satisfying entries in the collection. Compiled by Duncan Brooker with copious notes and interviews by Quinton Scott, this set collects 12 fine specimens of West African groove music, seamlessly sequenced. Opener "Oniu Suru" by Idowu Odeyemi is an excellent example. Originally issued on LP by EMI Nigeria in 1987, it is a late high life masterpiece, with a staccato horn section engaged in interplay and counterpoint with layers of electric guitars and organic percussion, while Odeyemi's sweet vocals range inside rhythm and melody to meld with some of the foremost instrumentalists on the scene...
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