The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Safar]

Stéphane performs his composition Bistro Fada. New York Observer recently said, "Stephane Wrembel represents the living face of Gypsy jazz." Rolling Stone Magazine has called him “a revelation”.

Stéphane Wrembel - Bistro Fada (France)

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Senegalese kora master Sourakata Koité began music from pretty much day one. "All the Koité are musicians!,” he says. Indeed he is a member of a family of djéli (or griot in French), the hereditary caste of musician-storyteller-historians in West Africa. After moving to Paris in the late 70s he began to play in different bands and for musicians like Manu Dibango, Touré Kounda, Mangala, Mah Damba and more.

Sourakata Koité -- Ha-Madi

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1970s/80s Senegalese mbalax rarely gets old to me. Is it the dusty electric guitar expositions? these soulful, acrobatic vocals? the jazzily-phrased yet kick-out-the-jams, bombastic drum stabs? I have only listened to this 1.5 times but that was enough to warrant sharing this lesser traded gem by a classic ensemble of the Dakar scene.

Number One Dakar 83 – Aile (Senegal)

Their music painted a vivid, you-are-there account of the great age of the heady 90s when Africa was in the throes of independence euphoria.

Dalom Kids - Ndilambile (South Africa)

[Safar]

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Spoiler for Number One Dakar 83 – Touki (Senegal):

Gillian Howard Welch (/ˈɡɪliən ˈwɛltʃ/; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, country and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms.

Gillian Welch - Wrecking Ball (USA)

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Safar

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Spoiler for Number One Dakar 83 – Touki (Senegal):

Gillian Welch - Wrecking Ball (USA)

I'm curious as to how you would define "Americana", Safar. To me it's an all purpose category which includes a lot of musicians who would seem to not have a lot to do with one another, from purely acoustic music to performers like Gillian Welch to straight ahead rock and rollers like Webb Wilder. It's like, "we'll, we don't know what to call it--it's ot a clear cut category like counrty, folk, metal or punk, so let's just call it Americana."

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by Safar

Dalom Kids - Ndilambile (South Africa)

This entire album rules actually!

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

This entire album rules actually!

I really like this--exotic and "accesible" at the same time.







https://youtu.be/weNXnOe-2wA

[Safar]

Of all the Dalom Kids songs I have heard Ndilambile is my favourite one, and the more I listen to it, the more I like it. There are more nice songs of the group out there, but in my opinion, to put it into one sentence, there are others too which lack the South African (o.k. I have never been to South Africa) vibe Ndilambile has.

[Safar]

For nearly 3,000 years, the city of Naples, Italy has been a bustling urban cultural center, a natural crucible for the arts and sounds of the western world. Ars Nova Napoli, a sextet of buskers playing strings, percussion, and accordion, distills Napoli's rich historical tradition into uniquely exciting modern performance.
Since its inception, the sextet headed by singer Marcello Squillante has committed itself to exploring the most diverse genres of southern Italy – from the pizzica of Apulia via the serenades of Sicily to the Calabrian tarantella. They readily listen to the traditional singing of the local people and how they handle their instruments at first hand.

Ars Nova Napoli - Canzone della vela (Italy)

[Safar]

Angelo Debarre is a French guitarist born into the Django Reinhardt Gypsy tradition. Having lived in a caravan for many decades, he spent his youth performing in France with family and friends. On top of his love for the music of Django Reinhardt, he is also well known for his passion for eastern European music which he discovered in the 80s, when many eastern European Gypsy musicians were performing in Paris at the Roue Fleurie. Today, he is recognized as one of the top Gypsy Jazz guitarists in the world.

Angelo Debarre - La Manouche (Gypsy Waltz) (France)

[Safar]

Riturnella is a folk song of Calabrian origin. In it a swallow, a great traveler, is asked to wait for the time to speak words of love to take to her distant beloved.

Isabella Longo - Riturnella (Italy)