Post a Youtube link to a great musician/band from Africa or the Indian subcontinent!

FinsburyParkCarrots

This should help us expand our musical horizons, and discover great music beyond the "West."

However, there's a caviat here! No Nusrat or family: that's too easy ...

So I begin, with some great Indian classical music:

Nikhil Banerjee (sitar) and Zakir Hussain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AgwPzSBoxc

jeffbr

Here's one of my favorite African musicians. Fela Kuti was part of the whole afrobeat movement in the 70s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5RY36xiqdI

elmer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FwMr3foanNk

The_Fixer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBSDE-Dywo

LukinFan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwLOaCGG60

pjoasisrule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j2DHUw8SZg







Im only joking

Jeremy1012

pjoasisrule wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j2DHUw8SZg







Im only joking

the post above you wasn't, I don't think...

pjoasisrule

Jeremy1012 wrote:

the post above you wasn't, I don't think...

Some people on here have awful taste in music

elmer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gkhah8qJppg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ptEoW75kGiA

FinsburyParkCarrots

*Slaps certain people around, pimp-style*

No Mumbai Elvis impersonators or Durban post-rock glockenspiel tappers. I want the indigenous-ish sheeeet.

1STmammal2wearPants

pjoasisrule wrote:

Some people on here have awful taste in music

yes, some people really do have some awful, awful, taste in music......cough......cough......

London Calling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuXZRQXCn7Y

Baba Salah, rated by most as the best guitarist in Africa, check out this video from 3.20 onwards.

elmer

fuck it.:)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fKcjst8UZSc

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SBHucOSjkQs

awww yeah, spark dem cheiftains....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ORJBFI_OLdU

classic genius shit.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Well, he reckons he hails from somewhere halfway between Ethopia and Venus ...

HushBull

Orchestra Baobab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE6aCm41aPU

South of Seattle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUwLg2cNzno

Does M.I.A. count? Sri Lanka! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

Kann

I love that song, it's from Ali Farka Toure. Unfortunately it's just some blues, but whatever, Toure is a great musician from Africa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2U5rqLIOWg

harmless_little_f***

I have 3 or 4 Ladysmith Black Mambazo albums somwhere... they're brilliant.

who's_pearljam?

HushBull wrote:

Orchestra Baobab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE6aCm41aPU

I love Orchestra Baobab! 8)

And Kann, man I loved Ali Farka Toure!

Ok, well, this is right up my alley!

I guess we can start in Mali. That poor poor country is so rich with music. I was there for about a month a few years ago, and Youthinkyou’reold! and I even posted on this board from Timbuktu.

Mali’s musical hero, Ali Farka Toure. He not only was a great musician, but he was a star who put his money back into his village and did so much for other people and was nice nice man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWuzp_0hn4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fa4qmktM5o&feature=related

Ali Farka Toure and Boubacar Traore:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8dWNTzE8c&feature=related




Rokia Traore. If I wasn’t so in love with the woman who brought this music to me, I’d be in love with Rokia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPbUkI-FuXs&feature=related


Tinariwen. They tour around a lot now, and you betta go see them! It’s transendental!
They are a politically charged band and the form of music is touareg
from the deserts of Mali. Man, they were involved in revolutions and strife and fought for freedom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlVVuxnRwc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbdiCDsilCs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvt55yopjAU&feature=related





Mamady Keita:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq5XMWlqpik&feature=related


Another amazing person and player, Toumani Diabete playing the Kora.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pwNboDErY&feature=related


Mali again. Oumou Sangare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGg7mbeD0nQ&feature=related

And Belgian African music. Another love of my life! Zap Mama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6nj2dmjqYw&feature=related
A great live performer she is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOKNKj8AMs&feature=related


Well, more later. I've got a lot of them!

brainofme

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Ali Farka Toure

Rokia Traore.

which records of them would you recommend :-)

E.Bloom

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Another amazing person and player, Toumani Diabete playing the Kora.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pwNboDErY&feature=related

Diabatè is amazing. Is latest album is beautiful, and the album he recorded with Toure is one of my favorites

hendrix78

brainofme wrote:

which records of them would you recommend :-)

Ali Farka Toure's Niafunke is amazing. I also second the Tinariwen reccomendation. Those guys are awesome.

Djelimandy Tounkara is another great African guitar player.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4E2aaQHcXHw

This is a great complation of funk/rock tracks by African groups:
http://www.amazon.com/World-Psychedelic-Classics-Loves-Thing/dp/B0007NMKSK/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1214499656&sr=8-1

who's_pearljam?

brainofme wrote:

which records of them would you recommend :-)

Like Hendrix78 said, Niafunke IS amazing. Hard choice. If you were to get three, I would get Radio Mali which is mostly acoustic and his voice and cool.
Niafunke is a mix of acoustic and electric and stellar.

If You only got ONE, you would get In the Heart of the Moon.
It's Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabete together, like E.Bloom said. That CD is like a gift to the world of music. Two masters of their instruments and culture. Two old friends sitting playing together having a good time. It was just before Ali Farka died and it's just a fitting way to say goodbye to him just by sitting back under the stars somewhere and listening to that CD.
You can't help but smile through that one.

Here's one from that CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZKYkMzR2s

lalalalaaaaaaaa

South of Seattle wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUwLg2cNzno

Does M.I.A. count? Sri Lanka! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

M.I.A. rules!

I'll add Aloke Dutta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pt0ZOiQF7s

SweetAndLow

Nobody has posted the guy Vedder has recorded with: legendary Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ... A couple years ago, i got a kick out of blasting his stuff outta my car in summer and watching peoples' reactions at stoplights.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fMCm-HfYfv8&feature=related

BrokenGlass

Absolutely mesmerizing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXk_8_8oLY

Jeremy1012

SweetAndLow wrote:

Nobody has posted the guy Vedder has recorded with: legendary Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ... A couple years ago, i got a kick out of blasting his stuff outta my car in summer and watching peoples' reactions at stoplights.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fMCm-HfYfv8&feature=related

ugh.. .that later period, westernised Nusrat is kind of horrible. His proper qawaali music is incredible. Some of the most powerful music ever made. I don't get those dance music albums of his.

This is more like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQVxrMZB18&feature=related

brainofme

hendrix78 wrote:

Ali Farka Toure's Niafunke is amazing. I also second the Tinariwen reccomendation. Those guys are awesome.

Djelimandy Tounkara is another great African guitar player.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4E2aaQHcXHw

This is a great complation of funk/rock tracks by African groups:
http://www.amazon.com/World-Psychedelic-Classics-Loves-Thing/dp/B0007NMKSK/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1214499656&sr=8-1

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Like Hendrix78 said, Niafunke IS amazing. Hard choice. If you were to get three, I would get Radio Mali which is mostly acoustic and his voice and cool.
Niafunke is a mix of acoustic and electric and stellar.

If You only got ONE, you would get In the Heart of the Moon.
It's Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabete together, like E.Bloom said. That CD is like a gift to the world of music. Two masters of their instruments and culture. Two old friends sitting playing together having a good time. It was just before Ali Farka died and it's just a fitting way to say goodbye to him just by sitting back under the stars somewhere and listening to that CD.
You can't help but smile through that one.

Here's one from that CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZKYkMzR2s

thanks for your recommendations.

and what about ROKIA TRAORE. what's the best one to get from her?

talkshowhost

Already mentioned, Ladysmith Black Mambazo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiB6vT5HT3U

Something different, if you like Jack Johnson-stlye songwriters, Farryl Purkiss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Iq3cjMh1Q

They're both from South Africa, otherwise it's always a good idea to check out Fela and Femi Kuti and some Afrobeat-drumwork (Tony Allen).

FinsburyParkCarrots

SweetAndLow wrote:

Nobody has posted the guy Vedder has recorded with: legendary Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ... A couple years ago, i got a kick out of blasting his stuff outta my car in summer and watching peoples' reactions at stoplights.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fMCm-HfYfv8&feature=related

I said no Nusrat in the first post.

OutOfBreath

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Like Hendrix78 said, Niafunke IS amazing. Hard choice. If you were to get three, I would get Radio Mali which is mostly acoustic and his voice and cool.
Niafunke is a mix of acoustic and electric and stellar.

If You only got ONE, you would get In the Heart of the Moon.
It's Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabete together, like E.Bloom said. That CD is like a gift to the world of music. Two masters of their instruments and culture. Two old friends sitting playing together having a good time. It was just before Ali Farka died and it's just a fitting way to say goodbye to him just by sitting back under the stars somewhere and listening to that CD.
You can't help but smile through that one.

Here's one from that CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZKYkMzR2s

Thanks for the tip! I just downloaded Moon and Niafunke. Sounds cool. I genrally love guitar-play, and this is almost exclusively that.

Peace
Dan