Expand your listening. Music from the USA, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Colombia, Senegal, Kenya, Mali, Greece, and beyond.
Month: May 2019
There is so much to listen to. Music from Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Iraq, Algeria, Cape Verde, Canada, USA, France, Cameroon, and beyond.
Hama Sankare is a renowned composer, arranger, vocalist, and calabash player from Mali whose reputation grew rapidly working with Ali Farka Touré. On Niafunke, Sankare is not just preserving this music, he is passionately bringing it to the next generation.
What Heat, the band’s second release, raises the stakes by joining forces with Metropole Orkest for a fascinating project. Bokanté and Metropole Orkest capture a musical tension from start to finish that keeps the listener on the edge of their seat. This union goes beyond a simple collaboration.