#2978: New Music from the Berbers

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

There's music from North and West Africa on this New Sounds program. We'll hear a trancey and exuberant series of recordings of master musicians of Gnawa from Ouled Bambara. Also, we'll listen to the latest from the nomadic band Tinariwen from northern Mali - Saharan seven-piece Malian desert blues with twanging guitar-led fuzz and funk. Plus music by fellow Malian Issa Bayagogo on the banjo-like instrument called the ngoni, something from guitarist Justin Adams, and more.

PROGRAM #2978, New Music From the Berbers (First aired on Wed. 9-9-09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Tinariwen	Imidiwan: Companions	Lulla [3:47]	World Village 468096 www.worldvillagemusic.com
Various: Brahim Belkani	Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa	Sheshiyat Bambara [6:47]	Twos & Fews #002/ Drag City 403 Due out Oct 20, 2009 www.dragcity.com
Issa Bagayogo	Tassoumakan	Numu [5:21]	Six Degrees Records 657036 1103 www.sixdegreesrecords.com
Justin Adams	Desert Road	Blue Man [4:07]	World Village 468009 www.worldvillagemusic.com
Tinariwen	Imidiwan: Companions	Enseqi Ehad Didagh [5:41]	See above.
Various Artists	Sahrauis: The music of the Western Sahara	Viva el Polisario [4:23]	3 CD set Intuition Music 3255 Info at http://worldmusiccentral.org Available at Amazon and auction sites
The Best of Djur Djura	Voice of Silence	Fihel Asirem (you must act) [4:24]	Luaka Bop 45211 www.luakabop.com/catalog
Baaba Maal	Firin’ in Fouta	Ba [7:14]	Mango Records 162 539 944 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* and auction sites
The Best of Djur Djura	Voice of Silence	A Dezzi A Saa (the wheel of destiny)	See above.

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