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Africa: 50 Years of Music

5171 days ago

Guardian Music — From established stars such as Youssou N'Dour, Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango to forgotten acts of past decades, a historic music collection marking 50 years of African self-rule is unsurpassedIn 1960, British prime minister Harold Macmill... more info

African music the actual African diaspora likes

5187 days ago

Guardian Music — What is Britain's African disapora listening to? Surprise: it's not what we call world music. Jane Cornwell finds out what gets the expats jumpingThe Troxy in east London, and 2,500 pairs of hands are in the air. It's been four years since the R&B du... more info

Tinariwen Kora Salif Keita Baaba Maal Youssou N'Dour Staff Benda Bilili

Billy Bragg to record album with Rosanne Cash

5190 days ago

Guardian Music — English folk singer and activist to collaborate with daughter of legendary country singer this NovemberBilly Bragg's next album will be a collaboration with singer Rosanne Cash, he revealed this week. The English rabble-rouser has already started wri... more info

Billy Bragg Rosanne Cash Johnny Cash Loudon Wainwright III Elvis Costello Salif Keita Ramblin' Jack Elliott Wilco Jeff Tweedy

Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal: Chamber Music | World music review

5236 days ago

Guardian Music — (No Format)It's no insult to describe Ballake Sissoko as the second best (and second best-known) kora player in both Mali and the world, for he is a master musician who is eclipsed only by his close friend and neighbour Toumani Diabate, with whom he... more info

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Zimbabwe culture festival battles against the odds

5306 days ago

Guardian Music — From infectious Afro-fusion rhythms to plays dealing with political violence, the Harare International Festival aims to showcase the best of Zimbabwean arts – but organising it was far from easyZimbabwe may be recovering from acute political and e... more info

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Salif Keita Returns with "La Difference" and North American Tour

5306 days ago

All About Jazz — White Skin, Black Blood: Salif Keita's Golden Voice Transforms Social Stigma into Global Grooves on La Difference The descendant of warrior princes, the son of two black African parents, Afro-pop pioneer Salif Keita was born "white." Inheriting albi... more info

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FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Playboy 32nd Annual Jazz Festival 2010 Featured Musicians

5355 days ago

All About Jazz — According to an article by LiveDaily.com contributor Suzanne Kayian, the Playboy Jazz Festival announces their line-up as follows... "Chick Corea, George Benson and The Manhattan Transfer are among the artists performing in June at the Hollywood Bow... more info

George Benson The Manhattan Transfer Los Van Van Salif Keita Esperanza Spalding

Roots music: what in the world next? | Open thread

5363 days ago

Guardian Music — DJ Charlie Gillett has died, yet the world music he championed lives on more vigorously than ever. What do you recommend?Good news and sad news for roots music. Good news for the traditional Cornish band from Port Isaac, Fisherman's Friend, whose rep... more info

Youssou N'Dour Salif Keita Mariza

Charlie Gillett obituary

5363 days ago

Guardian Music — Radio DJ, champion of world music and author of a major history of rock'n'rollFew people can have opened so many ears to such a variety of music over the last four decades as Charlie Gillett, the author and radio disc jockey, who has died aged 68 af... more info

Chuck Berry Promised Land Youssou N'Dour Salif Keita Mariza Dire Straits Buddy Holly

5376 days ago

Guardian Music — (Decca)Salif Keita has always liked to surprise. From the experimental, keyboard-backed energy of Soro, in the late 1980s, to the gently exquisite acoustic albums that have marked his return to Mali, Africa's finest and most soulful singer has cons... more info

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Africa: 50 Years of Music

African music the actual African diaspora likes

Billy Bragg to record album with Rosanne Cash

Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal: Chamber Music | World music review

Zimbabwe culture festival battles against the odds

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Salif Keita Returns with "La Difference" and North American Tour

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Playboy 32nd Annual Jazz Festival 2010 Featured Musicians

Roots music: what in the world next? | Open thread

Charlie Gillett obituary

Salif Keita: La diffÃ©rence | CD review

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