Osataan sitä folkkia tehdä muuallakin.
"Intensely shy and blind since birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is an extraordinary talent who speaks through his music. His debut solo album has recently been described as the most beautiful recording ever made by an Aboriginal musician."Secret Agent is a short film made by World Circuit and Pulse Films to accompany Tony Allen's 2009 album Secret Agent. Pure afrobeat!
Contains exclusive footage, including performances of tracks from the album, new interviews, with contributions from Damon Albarn and Flea.
It’s business as usual and business, as usual, is pretty damn good. (BBC Music)
And now Allen, Fela's longtime drummer and collaborator, pitches in with Secret Agent, another sterling set. (All about jazz)
The second track Michel Cleis uses in his 2009 dance hit La Mezcla.
Toto la Momposina ftw!
Wonderful song by Sonia Bazanta Vides, Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tot%C3%B3_la_Momposina
A relatively unknown song that lead to this summer's Ibiza fave by Michel Cleis, La Mezcla.
Another fine example of how sampling and the recycling of music can be applied in a way to create new music and introduce lesser known styles to a different audience, but more important, a new generation.
Spacious live concert by Nigerian legend Fela Kuti, one hour of amazing freaked out jazzy afrobeats.
A musical documentary about Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela. Fela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights actvist and political maverick
"Playing For Change: Peace Through Music" airs on PBS in August. Check your local PBS station listings for dates and times.
Update: We just got word that producer/engineer Mark Johnson's (PBS) Tavis Smiley appearance will be Tuesday p.m., August 11th. Consult your local PBS station listings for the time.
Here's Mark, describing his reasons for starting this project, and discussing its mission:
This is my first post on Posterous. I'm still learning about how Posterous is different than other blogging platforms and thinking about how I want to use it. I posted the Playing For Change video clip because I love this project and wanted to see how the clip looks and sounds on Posterous. Stay tuned...and feel free to comment, ask questions or make suggestions here, if you're so inclined. Thanks for stopping by.
Andy Roberts - Highway Blues - Havering Folk Club
New video embed on posterous
