SONG OF THE WEEK...WORLD BEATS. TB's favourite Forum is back...with new sounds to enhance the travel experience
"F" is for TIKEN JAH FAKOLY...the reggae master from Cote D'Ivoire
"JE DIS NON"
"DELIVRANCE"
Reply to this The title track ffom the CD I picked up in Timbuktu in Mali
TIKEN JAH FAKOLY from Cote d'Ivoire
"AFRICAN REVOLUTION"
Reply to this F is also for Fela's son Femi (with Macy Gray)...the sort of music I would buy now 😊
Reply to this In response to: Msg #182613
Welcome to World Beats Ren...where we discover sounds other than pop culture...where worlds meet in song...just like we do when travelling.
One day I'll visit the Shrine in Lagos...the home of Afrobeat...founded by Fela Kuti and continued by his eldest son Femi Kuti...and while I'm waiting...I'll just get into the music. Thanks for posting.
Reply to this Darkness descended over the Sahara...and there I was...down the front dancing with the Tuareg, Songhai, Felani, Bambara, Bozo and Dogon...exceeding surreal...to this Tuareg and Wodaabi band
ETRAN FINATAWA...from Niger
"SURBAJO"
Reply to this Entering the world of the exotic
FULANI QUEEN...from Senegal...African Divas
Reply to this The rising star of young divas of West Africa
FATOUMATA DIAWARRA (FATOU)...from Mali
"CLANDESTIN"
"BISSA"
Reply to this Been hovering...now floating in the air currents of the desert...settling to rest
Now for the FABULOUS sounds of the tar, kamanche, oud & percussion
FARAN ENSEMBLE...from Israel (I think)
"CUBAYA"...starting the day with coffee
"GESHEM"...(RAIN)
"DUNE"
Reply to this Hip hop music is now so widespread people barely remember it once represented a very specific place, the South Bronx of the early 1980s. Here's a reminder: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five "The Message"
Reply to this "G" is for GREAT...GRACIOUS...GLORIOUS
GURRUMUL...the extraordinary talent from Australia...with STING from UK
"EVERY STEP YOU TAKE"
Reply to this With La Copa Do Mundo in full swing, its time for some Brazilian Samba. This one was written for the tournament: Gregor Salto, "Samba do Mundo"
Reply to this In 1993, two Brazilian DJs sampled/ripped off some of the best Samba music ever made, and remixed it into a worldwide dance smash. I still feel compelled to move hearing it. The Goodmen "Give It Up (Batacuda Refrescante)"
Reply to this A late entry under F, a medley by the Four Seasons:
and under G I submit for your consideration Gary Lewis and the Playboys:
Although I grew up in Asia, and that was the extent of my World Music, I really wasn't a fan of that sound. So all I have to offer is what I grew up with, and the memories the songs bring back.
Reply to this World Music is about discovery...opening oneself to the sounds of the globe...in this case emotion
SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGIT BARDOT...from France
The Original "JE T'AIME"
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