#2734: New Music from West Africa

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Hear new music from the Tuareg band Tinariwen on this New Sounds. Fresh from opening for the Rolling Stones this past summer, the band unleashes more electric guitar-driven primal desert blues on their latest effort, "Aman Iman." Also, the Afromotive - a thundering 9-piece band from the Ivory Coast by way of Asheville, North Carolina - make irresistibly Afro-beat-y-licious dance music. We'll sample some of that, and listen for music from Youssou N'Dour, Leni Stern, and others.

PROGRAM #2734, Recent Afropop (First aired on Fri. 11/09/07)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Tinariwen

Aman Iwan: Water Is Life

Mano Dayak [5:30] Imidiwan Winakalin [4:30]

World Village #468067** www.worldvillage
music.com *

Youssou N’Dour

Rokku Mi Rokka

Pullo Ardo [4:00] Baay Faal [4:30]

Nonesuch #266044 ** www.nonesuch.com

Various artists: Tony Allen With Afrika 70

Make the Most of Your Time On Earth: A Rough Guide To The World

Progress [6:00]

Rough Guide #RGBOX-6 www.worldmusic.net

The Afromotive

Scare Tactics

Yako [9:30]

Harmonized #031 www.harmonized
records.com

Colombiafrica – the Mystic Orchestra

Voodoo Love Inna Champeta-Land

Sambangole [5:00]

Riverboat #1035 www.worldmusic.net

Leni Stern

Africa

Ousmane [6:30]

WLSR #1037 www.lenistern.com

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