Chasing the Wail : the Afrocubismo show
Here’s a youtube vid of Toumani Diabate, the great Malian kora player, and several other Diabates, probably relatives, playing with some equally accomplished Cuban musicians :
Their show is coming to the Metropolis in Montreal on Nov. 5 and I am going to be there and will be seeing Toumani, whom I wrote about in Dispatch …Read More
morningraga15 : A Malian Berber Medley
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After 15 seconds of silence which I thought I edited out, this starts with Seydou, by the Malian master musician Salif Keita, a tribute to the late fashion designer Seydou, who “showed the world African and especially Malian textiles. Who will dress us now ?” Salif sings. Then it goes to the first cut on …Read More
The Montreal Jazz Festival : Reuniting With Taj Mahal after 40 years
The Montreal Jazz Festival is one of the great musical joie de vivre blow-outs on the planet. I’ve been going to it since l999, when I did a story about it for Travel + Leisure. The most memorable concert I have gone to was Joao Gilberto, the great bossa nova guitarist and singer, six or …Read More