Les negresses vertes – Apres la pluie (main vocal Rukus Dubba)
- remix by the masters at work.
Les Négresses Vertes, formed in 1987, are a French music group who are best described as a fusion of world music and some aspects of alternative rock. Their particular musical influences were Gypsy music, Punk rock (Gypsy punk), Algerian raï, Mediterranean and South American music and French café music.
Samira Said & Cheb Mami – Youm Wara Youm
Samira Said was raised in Rabat in Morocco and Cheb Mami in Algeria. To many fans, this was a dream collaboration.
Carol Samaha – Ragaalak
Carol Samaha is a Lebanese musician and actress. She has released three studio albums. Carole has a masters degree in acting and directing, which she has earned in 1999. She has won two Arab Music Awards.
Carole was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 July 1972
Gorécki – Symphonie No.3 – 2nd Movement
Henryk Gorécki (1933) is a polish composer of contemporary classical music. Górecki’s most popular piece is his “Third Symphony”, also known as the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”. The work is slow and contemplative, and each of the three movements are composed for orchestra and solo soprano. The libretto for the first movement is taken from a 15th century lament, while second movement uses the words of a teenage girl, Helena B?a?usiak, which she wrote on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell in Zakopane to invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary. The third uses the text of a Silesian folk song which describes the pain of a mother searching for a son killed in the Silesian uprisings. The dominant themes of the symphony are motherhood and separation through war. While the first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, the second movement is from that of a child separated from a parent.
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Chief Dr Oliver De Coque – Omeokachie
‘Omeokachie’ refers to a supreme being who has the final say.
A tribute to the highlife king – Chief Oliver de Coque
Oliver De Coque – Born Singer
Vintage Ogene highlife from the late Chief Oliver De Coque
Dr. Victor Olaiya – Baby Jowo / Ere Aladun (Audio)
classic highlife from Nigeria
Artist : Dr. Victor Olaiya
Album : The Best Of Dr. Victor Olaiya
Genre : Nigeria Highlife
Label : Premier Music
Victor Olaiya: 50 years of ingenious highlife on stage -
By Richard Eghaghe, Entertainment Correspondent (Daily Independent Online.)
A native of Ondo State, Dr Victor Olaiya was born on December 31, 1931, in Calabar, Cross River State, where his parents, Alfred Omolona Olaiya and Bathsheba Owolabi Motajo, had gone to settle. The 20th child of a family of 24, Olaiya speaks Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba fluently.
He took to music at a tender age, while equally pursuing his education. Young Olaiya had his first feel of playing music at the African School, Onitsha, where he was exposed to playing such instruments as Bb Flat Bombardon and Eb French Horn.
He moved to the commercial city of Lagos on completion of his secondary education and took to full time music. He played with such bands like the Sammy Akpabot Sextet and the Old Lagos City Orchestra.
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Machete – Novalima – Buddha Bar IX
Alhoevera – Tan Cani – Buddha Bar VIII Album
Orchestra Makassy – Legends Of East Africa
There doesn’t seem to be any videos for the hip moving “Kufisilika Sio Kalema” by Orchestra Makassy, however, I just found an article on the BBC website about the band.
iTunes and Amazon have the entire album!
Here’s a sample from Amazon!
