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Mali Mali: I Was Told to Keep An Eye Out (digital outlets)

...Mali is New Zealand songwriter/singer Ben Tolich... ...at the Eno-esque midpoint then slowly returns. Mali Mali/Tolich is very much on a path of his own... ...vinyl in the Bill Hammond cover) from the Mali Mali website here Yeah it will be live on my...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/9354/mali-mali-i-was-told-to-keep-an-eye-out-digital-outlets/

Amadou and Miriam: Welcome to Mali (Warners)

...of artists it produces, you'd have to say Mali seems to have -- like Jamaica -- an almost... ...sweet and sometimes decaffeinated side of Mali music. The first half of this beautifully... ...I still prefer any number of other acts from Mali. This one will certainly find its place at... ...however. But a tip: follow this link to Mali and start poking around. You won't be...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2236/amadou-and-miriam-welcome-to-mali-warners/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Ben Tolich aka Mali Mali

...reviewed the interesting and unique sound of Mali Mali, which is the performance name of... ...it we thought it time to find out more about Mali Mali (not the least where the name came from)... ...that really excited me. Where did the name Mali Mali come from? My Grandpa (or Dida) called me... ...when I was little. It’s Croatian for . .... ...here where the complete digital discography of Mali Mali is also available in a ridiculously cheap...

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RECOMMENDED RECORD: Mali Mali: Spirit Tide (Home Alone/digital outlets)

...other Recommended Record picks . . . As Mali Mali, singer-songwriter Ben Tolich has created... ...all those expecting easy entry – but as Mali Mali, Ben Tolich has developed into one of our... ...here where the complete digital discography of Mali Mali is also available in a ridiculously cheap...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10651/recommended-record-mali-mali-spirit-tide-home-alone-digital-outlets/

Mali Mali: Azimuth (Home Alone)

...label here may be a pointer: Local artist Mali Mali (aka Ben Tolich) recorded the eight songs... ...album (a full song shy of a half-hour), Mali Mali announces himself as someone increasingly... ...Spotify the “popular” listing for Mali Mali interpolates a piece into this album from... ...but a small collection worth exploring. Mali Mali 'Azimuth' Tour Friday 6th July- Dog with...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/8478/mali-mali-azimuth-home-alone/

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth, A Malian Journey (Universal)

...last week I was saying to a friend that Mali was starting to feel like the new Jamaica.... ...in Elsewhere) who have connections with Mali. All of these people have readily available... ...in shops around the world. And Mali has proven a source for Western musicians too:... ...Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) made his album Mali Music about four years ago, blues singer Corey... ...journey and recorded the album Mississippi To Mali, and now jazz singer Bridgewater has gone back... ...If there is a reason why musicians from Mali haven't achieved the profile of reggae... ...Footprints with a Western band and some Malian guests seems a little out of place but Nina... ...in some places quite an intellectual take on Mali and its music and won't appeal much if, like... ...at the outset. But there is more than enough Mali here to bring it back to...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1172/dee-dee-bridgewater-red-earth-a-malian-journey-universal/

Habib Koite and Bamada: Afriki (Cumbancha/Elite)

...from Mali doesn't come much more mesmerising or mellow... ...on three continents, Koite typically drew on Mali's regional styles -- although most listeners...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1448/habib-koite-and-bamada-afriki-cumbancha-elite/

Rokia Traore: Tchamantche (Lateral Note/Southbound)

...to come across the deep well of talent out of Mali, much of which has appeared at Elsewhere: the... ...you can add her to that long list. Born in Mali, educated in Europe and at home on concert... ...everywhere, she is perhaps the artist from Mali who is extended the range of traditional music...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2401/rokia-traore-tchamantche-lateral-note-southbound/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou (World Circuit)

...another artist out of Mali who confirms that country -- alongside only... ...sound of this? Then check out this artist from Mali. FOR OTHER 'BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011' ALBUMS GO...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/4552/best-of-elsewhere-2011-fatoumata-diawara-fatou-world-circuit/

RUTHIE FOSTER: LIVE AT ANTONE'S (Fuse DVD)

...Up This Mornin', gets on her producer Papa Mali up for Heal Yourself and duets with...

Film at Elsewhere: film/4318/ruthie-foster-live-at-antones-fuse-dvd/

Khruangbin/Vieux Farka Toure: Ali (digital outlets)

...Khruangbin trio out of Texas would end up in Mali, the breeding ground of great guitarists and... ...with. The band didn't literally go to Mali, rather Vieux came to their producer Steve... ...and Vieux Farka Toure . . . and the music of Mali. . You can hear and buy this album at bandcamp...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/10443/khruangbin-vieux-farka-toure-ali-digital-outlets/

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba: Jama ko (Out Here/Southbound)

...player (a lute/banjo-like instrument) from Mali delivered his beautiful Segu Blue album.... ...On their first day in the studio in Bamako, Mali's capital, there was a military coup and the... ...the album is a gentle plea for peace (and Mali's reputation for tolerance in the Islamic...

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Oumou Sangare: Seya (World Circuit/Elite)

...previous album by this compelling singer from Mali has been posted at Elsewhere. Believe me she's... ...Toumani Diabate on kora, and on her return to Mali began specialising in the Wassoulou style of... ...the sexes, and draws on both traditional Malian song and the Wassoulou tradition. At this...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2163/oumou-sangare-seya-world-circuit-elite/

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba: Ba Power (Glitterbeat)

...in the Bambara language of Mali, the word “ba” means great or... ...It's not all way-out (sadness about troubled Mali abounds) and it's still African music (those... ...this goes beyond anything previously out of Mali. Or by Kouyate who broke through in world...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7030/bassekou-kouyate-and-ngoni-ba-ba-power-glitterbeat/

Mamadou Diabate: Courage (World Village)

...was a founder of the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and with the great Toumani Diabate as a...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/4193/mamadou-diabate-courage-world-village/

Omar and the Howlers: Essential Collection (Ruf/Yellow Eye)

...or band members who include guitarists Papa Mali, Jimmie Vaughan and Magic Slim and sax player... ...like the more brooding Bad Seed (with Papa Mali on electric sitar), the Creedence-like swamp...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4687/omar-and-the-howlers-essential-collection-ruf-yellow-eye/

Josephine Foster: Domestic Sphere (Fire/digital outlets)

...and idiosyncratic sounds of noemienours, Mali Mali, Jandek, John Jacob Niles, Hasil Adkins ....

Music at Elsewhere: music/10665/josephine-foster-domestic-sphere-fire-digital-outlets/

Trio-Da-Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan (World Circuit)

...adventures, here with an acclaimed trio from Mali. Trio-Da-Kali are rightly hailed as griot... ...addressing the dire political situation in Mali today over declamatory strings, the... ...swooping cello) and Eh Ya Ye has an almost minimalist quality in its arrangement behind that... ...their finest. Largely because this trio from Mali are quite...

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Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate: Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit)

...to important social and political figures in Mali, the uplifting instrumentals don't have much... ...scholar is superb, but in an archetypal Mali-meets-crossover flamenco way. More immediate...

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Djelimady Tounkara: Solon Kono (Harmonia Mundi)

...to work within the tradition of his homeland Mali on a set of songs which invite in the family...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/868/djelimady-tounkara-solon-kono-harmonia-mundi/

Dirt Music: BKO (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)

...abbreviation for Bamako airport in Mali and Dirt Music are US alt.country musicians... ...Desert Wind up first ground this very much in Mali with ululations, wailing voices, those Sahara... ...ushers in another style: elements of the Mali sound are still evident but this churns like a... ...favour of the Americans although the delicious Mali guitars are the colouring: the swampy groove...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3103/dirt-music-bko-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/

PAPA MALI INTERVIEWED (2011): The Nawlins spirit walking

...on bass. Yet Welbourne – known as Papa Mali, a name given him by friends in reggae legend... ...Nelson Miller who gave him the name Papa Mali. “I got to know Winston Rodney [Burning...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3948/papa-mali-interviewed-2011-the-nawlins-spirit-walking/

ETRAN FINATAWA INTERVIEWED (2006): From sands to stadiums

...invitation for the Festival of the Desert in Mali in 2004. For that trip they prepared two songs... ...success and when the two bands came back from Mali we decided to work together. After some month... ...many young rap singers. People like music from Mali, they like to listen to Ali Farka Toure, Oumou...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2293/etran-finatawa-interviewed-2006-from-sands-to-stadiums/

7 Walkers: 7 Walkers (Response/Southbound)

...Papa Mali here has a story: the late bluesman John... ...spotted his talent when Mali (born Malcolm Welbourne in Louisiana) was in...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3769/7-walkers-7-walkers-response-southbound/

Nuru Kane: Sigil (Riverboat)

...he lived in Paris in the late 90s, played at Mali's famous Festival in the Desert in 2004 with...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/931/nuru-kane-sigil-riverboat/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007: Tinariwen: Aman Iman/Water is Life (Filter)

...barbed wire lines which are as ancient as Mali but seemingly also grounded in Son House and...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1124/best-of-elsewhere-2007-tinariwen-aman-iman-water-is-life-filter/

Rokia Traore, Ne So (Nonesuch)

...Elsewhere has previously noted, the nation of Mali which was a hotbed for talent two decades ago...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7414/rokia-traore-ne-so-nonesuch/

Various: Womad New Zealand 2008 (Shock)

...the musical journey takes you from Brazil to Mali, Israel to France and Russia . . . and many...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1503/various-womad-new-zealand-2008-shock/

Ali Farka Toure: Savane (World Circuit/Elite)

...out of the musically fertile region around Mali in the last century. The area -- from which...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/873/ali-farka-toure-savane-world-circuit-elite/

Various: The Rough Guide to Africa Blues (Elite)

...late Ali Farka Toure (from his Mississippi to Mali album), Bob Brozman and Djeli Moussa Diawara,...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1186/various-the-rough-guide-to-africa-blues-elite/

Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra: Boulevard de l'Independence (/Elite)

...of this uplifting album by Diabate from Mali come with an intelligent and interesting...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/876/toumani-diabates-symmetric-orchestra-boulevard-de-lindependence-elite/

TARANAKI WOMAD 2017: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP

...(Vietnam), Hot 8 Brass Band (USA), Inna Mojia (Mali), La Mambanegra (Colombia), Lord Echo... ...Mt Eden (Auckland/Aotearoa), Oumou Sangare (Mali), Rob Ruha (Matakaoa (Gisborne)/Aotearoa),...

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Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba: Segu Blue (Out Here/Elite)

...death in March 2006 of the great Mali musician Ali Farka Toure -- who reached a...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1440/bassekou-kouyate-and-ngoni-ba-segu-blue-out-here-elite/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE WORLD MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: Oumou Sangare

...and expressive voices out of her homeland of Mali -- indeed, out of the African continent --... ...Tierno Bokar. Hampate ba he is a writer from Mali and he is so pure and necessary to read from... ...they might understand you better are . . . Mali Blues, Tombouctou and no long time ago I... .... . .? (Care to share a simple recipe?) I love Malian food, Djouka de fonio, it's a couscous with... ...and if so for how long? Everyday I sing. In Mali every moment has a singing ceremony. So when I...

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RUTHIE FOSTER (2011): A Southern soul sister rises

...Ruthie Foster (2007) was produced by Papa Mali (interviewed here) and has Lucinda Williams'...

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SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

...post-Clean. Available from here. Mali Mali; As a Dog Dreams (malimalisongs):... ...kinda close . . . and overdue to write about. Mali Mali is Ben Tolich from Auckland and these...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/7494/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/

Various Artists: Womad; Sounds of the Planet 2011 (Border)

...Cat) and Amadou and Miriam (with Welcome to Mali which they performed at the opening of the...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3905/various-artists-womad-sounds-of-the-planet-2011-border/

GLOBAL RADIO: A round-up of recent world music releases

...enough. Various Artists; Lost in Mali (Riverboat/Southbound): The nation of Mali in... ...New names, ancient sounds, hypnotic music from Mali. Again. Ana Alcaide; Tales of Pangea (ARC...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7197/global-radio-a-round-up-of-recent-world-music-releases/

POTTED PROFILE: Salif Keita

...quite an extraordinary career. He was born in Mali and was a direct descendant of Sundiata Keita,...

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Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo (Wagram)

...to say”. But this outing by one of Mali's finest singers and songwriters comes a full...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/8521/fatoumata-diawara-fenfo-wagram/

Little Axe: Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime (Real World/Southbound)

...has some of the emotional uplift of music from Mali; things get brittle and urban on the aching...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/3263/little-axe-bought-for-a-dollar-sold-for-a-dime-real-world-southbound/

Tinariwen: Emmaar (Pop Noire)

...and now with this seminal Tuareg group from Mali it is relocated to another desert. Because of...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6216/tinariwen-emmaar-pop-noire/

Various Artists: Womad Australia and NZ 2017 Compilation (Cartell)

...from Jamaica (with Rastaman), Inna Modja from Mali and others. So here's an enjoyable prep for...

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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2010 Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate: Ali and Toumani (World Circuit)

...the great guitarist Ali Farka Toure from Mali died in late 2005 he left an exceptional...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2938/best-of-elsewhere-2010-ali-farka-toure-and-toumani-diabate-ali-and-toumani-world-circuit/

Various Artists: Kinshasa One Two (Warp)

...to get on and do other things . . . hence his Mali Music album, The Good The Bad and The Queen,...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4725/various-artists-kinshasa-one-two-warp/

Songhoy Blues: Music in Exile (Transgressive)

...the final two songs – Desert Melodie and Mali – are imbued with sadness that is...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6859/songhoy-blues-music-in-exile-transgressive/

GLOBAL RADIO: A round-up of recent world music releases

...player Toure -- of a family who moved from Mali two generations ago -- is a child of his own... ...acknowledging his own multiple heritages from Mali and Mauritania. And as with so many African... ...more about the secular world. As close to Mali as India (her birthplace), this hurdles...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7152/global-radio-a-round-up-of-recent-world-music-releases/

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Desert Blues (Rough Guide/Southbound)

Elsewhere has long advanced the case for the thrilling music which comes out of the sub-Sahara and is driven by barbed-wire guitars and passionate vocals. This collection pulls together all the big na

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3522/various-artists-the-rough-guide-to-desert-blues-rough-guide-southbound/

Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top (Transgressive)

...profile outside of Blur -- Gorillaz, his Mali Music album, The Good, The Bad and The Queen...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2699/graham-coxon-the-spinning-top-transgressive/

Etoile De Dakar: Once Upon a Time in Senegal (Sterns/Southbound)

...rumba scene out of Zaire, the Rail Band from Mali, the Syliphone label from Guinea, Tabu Ley...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3282/etoile-de-dakar-once-upon-a-time-in-senegal-sterns-southbound/

Vieux Farka Toure; Vieux Farka Toure (World Village) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...the case with the late Ali Farka Toure from Mali who actively discouraged his son Vieux from...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1161/vieux-farka-toure-vieux-farka-toure-world-village-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Ry Cooder: My Name is Buddy (Warners)

...Sinuendo) and the late Ali Farka Toure from Mali (Talking Timbuktu) -- Cooder has become...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1116/ry-cooder-my-name-is-buddy-warners/

Angelique Kidjo: Oyo (Razor and Tie/Shock)

When singer Kidjo from Benin emerged in the early Nineties it seemed to me she got more mileage than she deserved, largely on the back of her story and looks rather than the music. Her early albums pr

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2925/angelique-kidjo-oyo-razor-and-tie-shock/

Songhoy Blues: Optimisme (Transgressive/digital outlets)

...we first encountered this four-piece from Mali in 2015 with their debut album Music in Exile... ...our World Music pages, but this is rockn'roll. Malian rock'n'roll for this moment in time. . You...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9642/songhoy-blues-optimisme-transgressive-digital-outlets/

DAMON ALBARN: FROM BRITPOP TO A CARTOON CHARACTER (2010)

...copies) with a fluid line-up, and had recorded Mali Music with various African musicians. For... ...had advantages, and used them. Blur, Gorillaz, Mali Music, The Good The Bad and The Queen . . ....

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3756/damon-albarn-from-britpop-to-a-cartoon-character-2010/

The Rail Band: Soundiata (Southbound)

...Band is one of the cornerstone groups out of Mali and launched the careers of Mory Kante and... ...popular bands in the country. Sponsored by the Malian railway company, it survived despite...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1538/the-rail-band-soundiata-southbound/

ERIC BIBB INTERVIEWED (2009): Born into this

...also worked with African artists, notably from Mali. Again he traces his passion for the music of... ...When I hear this music my soul revels, these Mali musicians feel like kin." Bibb, now 57,...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4918/eric-bibb-interviewed-2009-born-into-this/

Tinariwen: Amajdar (Anti/digital outlets)

...astonishing Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali and her guitarist husband Jeiche Ould Chighaly... ...apocalyptic psychedelics of Zawal. Perhaps Seymali and Chighaly encountered Tinariwen while on... ...band played blindingly mesmerising sets. Seymali takes a back seat in the chorus on Zawal but... ...studio – back close to their homeland of Mali after two albums recorded in the Californian...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9187/tinariwen-amajdar-anti-digital-outlets/

Hossam Ramzy: Rock the Tabla (Arc Music)

...(a percussion duet located somewhere betwen Mali and Cairo). The title track (with a secret,...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/4378/hossam-ramzy-rock-the-tabla-arc-music/

Debashish Bhattacharya/Bob Brozman: Mahima (2003)

...come. There's an African influence on Bana Mali, and Digi Digi Dom Dom is as silly, poppy and...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2447/debashish-bhattacharya-bob-brozman-mahima-2003/

RECOMMENDED RECORD: Tamikrest; Tamotait (Glitterbeat/digital outlets)

...previous release Kidal (named for the town in Mali where they formed) in 2017. As we've mentioned...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9406/recommended-record-tamikrest-tamotait-glitterbeat-digital-outlets/

TROMBONE SHORTY INTERVIEWED (2011): Born to blow

...in New Orleans. I was talking recently to Papa Mali and he was saying just how many musicians had...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4068/trombone-shorty-interviewed-2011-born-to-blow/

Terakaft: Alone (Out Here)

...live in exile after the on-going conflicts in Mali, but even in songs like the pop-conscious...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7155/terakaft-alone-out-here/

Aziza Brahim: Abba el Hamada (Glitterbeat/Southbound)

...side of a metaphorical wall) and those from Mali. All the time she was building bridges, not... ...acoustic and electric guitars (in Spanish and Malian styles) and her band here are drawn from...

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Salif Keita: Un Autre Blanc (Naive/Southbound)

...his Western counterparts: 69 is very old in Mali – a decade beyond the average –...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/8798/salif-keita-un-autre-blanc-naive-southbound/

IMAGINING AFRICA IN THE SIXTIES: The Soul of Africa album considered

...and we can now hear original recordings by Mali’s legendary Rail Band (which included...

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WOMAD TARANAKI CONSIDERED (2013): Some thoughts from the frontline

...could claim an opening act as powerful as the Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure who peeled off... ...of the finest music came from musicians from Mali, a country where Islamic extremists are... ...(and Chinese folk), Bassekou Kouyate from Mali who turned a workshop into an intimate...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5584/womad-taranaki-considered-2013-some-thoughts-from-the-frontline/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE WORLD MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: St Germain

...album finds him working with musicians from Mali on traditional instruments, and he weaves in a...

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Blur: The Magic Whip (Warners)

...(Gorillaz; The Good, The Bad and The Queen; Mali Music and so on) Blur guitarist Graham Coxon...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6939/blur-the-magic-whip-warners/

75 Dollar Bill: I Was Real (Glitterbeat/Southbound)

...who saw the extraordinary Noura Mint Seymali from Mauritania at Womad Taranaki in 2018... ...new generation of desert blues artists out of Mali. With viola – which also explains why...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9007/75-dollar-bill-i-was-real-glitterbeat-southbound/

AFRICA EXPRESS PRESENTS TERRY RILEY'S IN C: Modern to ancient and back

...a treatmernt of Terry Riley's cornerstone minimalist piece In C, "But the buggers didn't... ...certainly the first widely significant minimalist composition. Earlier work along not... ...populace. Thereafter, it was all on for minimalism and although composers such as Philip Glass... ...device to speak about a style, "minimalism" was as useful a term as any. Riley's... ...and . . . And now a group of musicians from Mali who -- with Brian Eno, Damon Albarn (on his...

Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6899/africa-express-presents-terry-rileys-in-c-modern-to-ancient-and-back/

WOMAD TARANAKI PHOTO ESSAY (2018): The world of music, arts and images

...Interviewed at Elsewhere here . . TINARIWEN (MALI) . . MY BUBBA (ICELAND/SWEDEN) . . VICTORIA... ...and GHADA SCHBEIR (LEBANON) . NOURA MINT SEYMALI (MAURITANIA) . RODRIGO Y GABRIELA...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/8362/womad-taranaki-photo-essay-2018-the-world-of-music-arts-and-images/

TERRY RILEY: SHRI CAMEL, CONSIDERED (1978): Listening is easy with eyes closed

...was the title of his breakthrough, Sixties minimalist album (recorded for the first time in '68),... ...has been performed by musicians from China and Mali, by Indian musicians in New York, by horn... ...exists at a kind of mid-point between minimalism, Indian raga and electronica. And pulling it...

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WOMAD NEW ZEALAND 2013: When the world comes to town

...legends of African music and jazz. SALIF KEITA Malian singer Keita perhaps came to the widest... ...albino -- with a rare voice, Keita returned to Mali around 2000 and has been a significant figure... ...Mali's music scene (which, like Jamaica, seems... ...in the Elsewhere world. The son of the great Malian musician Ali Farka Toure, Vieux Farka Tour... ...and distinctive within the broad parameters of Malian blues. In recent times he has worked with...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5320/womad-new-zealand-2013-when-the-world-comes-to-town/

BAABA MAAL INTERVIEWED (1999): The soul of Senegal

...am Fulani and Fulani people are in the Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, everywhere in Africa. So I am...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5770/baaba-maal-interviewed-1999-the-soul-of-senegal/

THE WOMAD WORLD RETURNS TO TARANAKI (2022): Here comes a Hendrix from the desert

...culture. These people from areas of Niger, Mali, Algeria and Libya were demanding autonomy so...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/10495/the-womad-world-returns-to-taranaki-2022-here-comes-a-hendrix-from-the-desert/

RY COODER INTERVIEWED (2009): Dry, wry and moving right along

...Western The Long Riders. He has recorded with Mali guitarist Ali Farka Toure and Cuban Manuel... ...about by pure accident when the musicians from Mali didn’t turn up, right? Yeah. Total... ...Nick Gold had an idea to bring West African Malian guitarists to join the guys in Cuba, which I...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2590/ry-cooder-interviewed-2009-dry-wry-and-moving-right-along/

Fela Anikulapo Kuti: The Black President; The Best Best of Fela

...-- which in itself might lead you to Alban's Mali Music album of 2002 and another direction in...

Tagged with: afrobeat | fela anikulapo kuti | femi kuti | james brown |

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/802/fela-anikulapo-kuti-the-black-president-the-best-best-of-fela/

GLOBAL RADIO: A round-up of recent world music releases

...albino musician Salif Keita going back to Mali and hooking up again with old pals and...

Tagged with: world music |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7139/global-radio-a-round-up-of-recent-world-music-releases/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . VOICE OF BACEPROT: Heavy from the hijab

...geography (if you listen to music from Mali, you look it up) and so much more. We laughed...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10350/we-need-to-talk-about-voice-of-baceprot-heavy-from-the-hijab/

ELSEWHERE WORLD SERVICE: A quick overview of recent world music releases

...Kouyate one of the great new singers from Mali, Inna Modja and Rokia Kone. All of these woman...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7939/elsewhere-world-service-a-quick-overview-of-recent-world-music-releases/

LO'JO INTERVIEWED (2012): The maison where worlds collude

...is a sister city with Bamako, the capital of Mali, “so we have a special connection with... ...Malian people”. Out of this melange of...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/4697/lojo-interviewed-2012-the-maison-where-worlds-collude/

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2023: THE READERS' CHOICES

...(02/11) Maisey Rika - Hinamarama (11/12) Mali Mali - Spirit Tide (31/03) Maxine Funke -...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10974/the-best-of-elsewhere-2023-the-readers-choices/

BIG DADDY WILSON INTERVIEWED (2012): Blues sprechen here

...reinvigorating the blues, he went off to Mali and so on. The music wasn't locked into a...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4919/big-daddy-wilson-interviewed-2012-blues-sprechen-here/

TARANAKI WOMAD 2020: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP in words, sound and vision

...euphoric energy to every stage. . Salif Keita (Mali) The undisputed Ambassador of African Music... ...for joyous songwriting. . Trio da Kali (Mali) A young supergroup from the Mande culture,...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9154/taranaki-womad-2020-the-artists-line-up-in-words-sound-and-vision/

TARANAKI WOMAD 2015; THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP

...live in Cork. Toumani & Sidiki Diabate (Mali): Out of troubled Mali comes the great kora... ...griot, master kora player and hip-hop star in Mali. The album they recently recorded together... ...here) addresses the jihadist takeover in Mali, where bans on music were imposed in northern...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6637/taranaki-womad-2015-the-artists-line-up/

WOMAD TARANAKI 2014: Under starter's orders

...fantastic and different music from places like Mali and Bali, Fiji and Tbilisi . . .? The CDs were...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6184/womad-taranaki-2014-under-starters-orders/

TARANAKI WOMAD CONSIDERED (2017): Another Womarathon of world music

...unexpected and in that regard Inna Modja from Mali beforehand in the Dell brought a sharp... ...headlining set by the great Oumou Sangare from Mali because – as with a few Womad acts,...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/7895/taranaki-womad-considered-2017-another-womarathon-of-world-music/

BOB BROZMAN INTERVIEWED (2011) All the world's a stage, and he plays on it

...he has played across the planet from Hawaii to Mali, Okinawa to Papua New Guinea. And along the... ...they brought the Greek modes with them. So the Malian and Tuareg guys are playing in those kinds...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3840/bob-brozman-interviewed-2011-all-the-worlds-a-stage-and-he-plays-on-it/

2020, THE YEAR IN REARVIEW: Sounds from solitude

...everywhere (here too); Songhoy Blues out of Mali welded hard rock and African guitars . . . And...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9665/2020-the-year-in-rearview-sounds-from-solitude/

THE EVER- EXPANDING LINE-UP FOR WOMAD 2018: The world coming to Taranaki

...are hungry for social justice. * NOURA MINT SEYMALI (Mauritania) Noura Mint Seymali's scorching... ...up when they perform live. * TINARIWEN (Mali) Scorching desert blues will hit WOMAD NZ with... ...Vent du Nord My Bubba Nano Stern Noura Mint Seymali Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band Rahim Alhaj...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/8142/the-ever-expanding-line-up-for-womad-2018-the-world-coming-to-taranaki/

WOMAD TARANAKI 2018 CONSIDERED: On y va, jump jump

...deserved. It was Islamic singer Noura Mint Seymali and her band from Mauritania, whom I had... .... . but I did not want to miss a second of Seymali and her band. The other who kept me was the... ...exceptional Tinariwen (originally from Mali) who played to the packed Todd Energy Brooklyn... ...utterly compelling. But where Chigaly in Seymali's band pulled out long and extemporised solos,... ...on the Sunday night (more of them soon) and Seymali and her band deserved a bigger audience (many... ...provided a deft mix of classical pieces, minimalism, material by Jeff Buckley, Bowie, and nods...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8354/womad-taranaki-2018-considered-on-y-va-jump-jump/

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/1788/sorrento-italy-in-the-tower-of-the-saracins-luxury-travel/

Bat For Lashes: Fur and Gold (UNSpin/EMI)

...opening track with its repeated ripples of minimalism, the ethereal vocals, a sense of eerie...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1315/bat-for-lashes-fur-and-gold-unspin-emi/

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