The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[ando here]

I Know What I Know Paul Simon

[Lisnaholic]

That's a nice lively song, Psy-Fi! I would translate "Que pena" as "What a shame" or "How embarrassing" so it sounds like a song that is laughing about life's small misfortunes. That's a lesson we all need to be reminded of at times!

Originally Posted by ando here

Hi, ando here, I don't think we've formally "met" on MB, but I've noticed this and other contributions of yours. Welcome to MB!

Graceland is a favourite album of mine, and that clip really brings "I know what I know" to life.

There is so much good music from Africa, and you prompted me to revisit an old favourite, the Horoya Band National:-



Where are these guys from? The country of Guinea (sometimes called Guinea-Conakry in an attempt to distinguish it from two other countries: the neighbouring Guinea-Bissau and Equitorial Guinea, which is over a thousand miles to the east).

[ando here]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Hi, ando here, I don't think we've formally "met" on MB, but I've noticed this and other contributions of yours. Welcome to MB!

Graceland is a favourite album of mine, and that clip really brings "I know what I know" to life.

There is so much good music from Africa, and you prompted me to revisit an old favourite, the Horoya Band National:-



Where are these guys from? The country of Guinea (sometimes called Guinea-Conakry in an attempt to distinguish it from two other countries: the neighbouring Guinea-Bissau and Equitorial Guinea, which is over a thousand miles to the east).

Greetings. Nice to meet you.

Yes, well, we're talking about an entire continent of people and their music, aren't we? And when you think about its musical history... that's lifetimes of exploration. The clip is new to me. Very nice. My first instinct is to call it Bantu but I could be completely wrong. Nice starting off point in any case. Thanks!

[Psy-Fi]

One from the coast of Colombia...

Canalón de Timbiquí - Qué Pena

[Psy-Fi]

A compilation of various musicians and groups from the Colombian coast during 1975 to 1980...

Various Artists - La Locura de Machuca (2020)

[Lisnaholic]

You've been pretty deep into South American music for quite a while now, Psy-Fi: it seems like ages ago that we were dipping into desert blues together, so here's a reminder for you of how it can sound:-



Khaira Arby

[Psy-Fi]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

You've been pretty deep into South American music for quite a while now, Psy-Fi: it seems like ages ago that we were dipping into desert blues together, so here's a reminder for you of how it can sound:-



Khaira Arby

^ That one was new to me.

It's been a few months since I last listened to any of that stuff. This is my most recent discovery in the genre...

https://www.musicbanter.com/2119983-post948.html

Though, I was already familiar with her via 'Les Filles de Illighadad.'

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

It's been a few months since I last listened to any of that stuff. This is my most recent discovery in the genre...

https://www.musicbanter.com/2119983-post948.html

Though, I was already familiar with her via 'Les Filles de Illighadad.'

The name Les Filles de Illighadad looks familiar; if so, it's prob from an earlier rec of yours, Psy-Fi.
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Sometimes, it's not the recommended artist themselves that you pick up on, but another artist mentioned inside that rec. It was while checking out Hallelujah Chicken Run Band that I came across this compilation album: Sweet As Broken Dates:-

Bandcamp album link: https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com...horn-of-africa

This track from the album, by the Sharaf Band, has a medium-paced ramshackle sound that I really like:-

[Psy-Fi]

Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Mali Sadio

[Psy-Fi]

A re-release of a compilation which was originally released in 2006...

Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Take One (2020)

In 1972, the country of Rhodesia – as Zimbabwe was then known – was in the middle of a long-simmering struggle for independence from British colonial rule. In the hotels and nightclubs of the capital, bands could make a living playing a mix of Afro-Rock, Cha-Cha-Cha and Congolese Rumba. But as the desire for independence grew stronger, a number of Zimbabwean musicians began to look to their own culture for inspiration. They began to emulate the staccato sound and looping melodies of the mbira (thumb piano) on their electric guitars, and to replicate the insistent shaker rhythms on the hi-hat; they also started to sing in the Shona language and to add overtly political messages to their lyrics (safe in the knowledge that the predominantly white minority government wouldn’t understand them). From this collision of electric instruments and indigenous traditions, a new style of Zimbabwean popular music – later known as Chimurenga, from the Shona word for ‘struggle’ – was born. And there were few bands more essential to the development of this music than the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.