Let’s have some African music.

I love that plinky plonky guitar sound that African music has.

Like this….

Let’s have some more.
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Not all african music has that but….Kanda bongo man / soukous is what you want

Why not..

A bit differnt but recommended to me when I asked for new to me music.  More brass based jazz but some interesting rhythms

Ive always had a soft spot for King Sunny ade  NOt sure this is the best version

Love this CD. Very ‘sanitised’ for the European market, but excellent on in the background.

Fela Kuti – Zombie

There’s a little bit of plinky at the beginning 🙂

but not a lot in this

Not much plinkiness, but possibly one of my favourite collabs.

Queen Bee – Tioumani Diabaté and Taj Mahal (and Ramata Diakité )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExZfMD0YCA

Good post by the way.

Run out already?

No Die Antwoord?

Kenyan pop.  Has some strong memories for me from decades ago.

seychellois.  dunno if that counts 🙂  Its a bit bizzare to say the least but I love it.  Cocody rock and peace in libera are two others of his

Don’t throw me off the forum for this please

can anyone explain why the bagpipes?

I like this. A bit of Zambian rock

This thread needs more Nigerian funk

Something a bit more modern

I know she is not everyone’s cup of tea but I enjoyed some of the ‘Total World Tour ‘series of videos Joss Stone did about 5 years ago where she visited local musicians in Africa and other parts of the world. There were some interesting collaborations with her learning the parts in the native language. some real plinky guitar here

Surprised not to see any love yet for Ali Farka Toure. https://youtu.be/OgNFwXC4I6M

Africa – home of The Blues, as demonstrated by Boubacar Traore

I love this video, stick with it.

Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck – Opposite People (Fela Kuti)

BillMc’s recommendation is spot on.

Nice one.

We do have Kanda Bongo Man on our shop playlist and it always gets the little kids wiggling their bums!

Many a relaxed evening in student digs listening to Baka Beyond before a visit to the 24 hour garage across the road 😉

I love African music, particularly from Mali and Senegal. It was only decades later that whilst I knew I had African heritage did I find through a DNA test that it was from Mali and Senegal.

Here’s some Rokia Traore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBek8t3x5I&list=RDEM7LQ8VFG0gpTvs9ocmic-kA&start_radio=1

Zippy, I was hitch hiking around southern Africa (SA, Botswana, Zim) in 1983 and I recorded that off the radio. Took me about 10 yrs to find out who it was. Kenyan Benga, SA mbaqanga also worth checking out. On that trip I saw Hugh Masakela twice in Gaborone and Thomas Mapfumo (he’d played with Marley at the independence celebrations) in Harare.  Great stuff.

Jonny Clegg should be on everyone’s playlist.

Songhoy Blues are a great band.

Been enjoying listening to some of these this afternoon. Liked that WITCH one…. then saw them pop up on Instagram going to be at a local venue later this year. SPOOOKY 😉

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvPEIybNCKY/

True story. I’m teaching at Wandsworth School for Boys, c 1984, it was rough as. We get called to ‘assembly’ at lunchtime with our tutor groups. I thought there’d been a murder. Anyway, we sat down and out on the stage comes Ali Faca Toure, and plays. Blimey O’Reilly, the most spine chillling amazing music.

The bhundu boys lived in Hawick for a while
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TNdCJaOyi20&feature=share

@sirromj  – thanks for alerting me to that. I didn’t know they were touring over here. Will hopefully get to the Manchester gig.

This is driving me crackers.

I used to have a tape of music very similar to soukous – zim zam or something like that but I cannot find either the tape or any reference online – anyone any clues?