Late Night Music Club with Bassekou Kouyate
By Howie Klein Thursday Nov 27, 2008 8:00pmI've been planning out a trip to Mali and Senegal for a few months and I'm getting ready to leave soon. I failed in persuading Amato to come along-- although I have a feeling if it was Maui instead of Mali, it might have worked. Meanwhile these two west African countries have incredibly rich musical traditions that have had immense impact on popular American music. I've been lucky to have introductions to musicians in both countries. I didn't know much about Bassekou Kouyate-- aside from the fact that he's a cool ngoni player, did some work with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Taj Mahal and that he is at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight and has a killer My Space page and a wonderful EPK. I'll write back from Bamako after I see him play live in a few weeks. For now, I hope you enjoy his music as much as I do.
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Music from Mali slays me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NTHjnd1EI&fe...
bassekou kouyate & ngoni ba - segu blue pt.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbjXWWeevSc&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSYIqv3IaJQ
What a wonderful combination of instruments and rhythms. Outstanding!
Have fun on your trip and stay safe, Howie.
You sweet thang. I saw the thread you were talking about and it was nasty. Just flag it or join in the fray and talk politely. People will always respect you for it.
I'm leaving for a family thing at a local tavern for the third Thanksgiving celebration of the day.
So I'm outty. Have a great night all.
and behave yourself! haha
These kind of musical choices for the LNMC are wonderful. Exposure is always a great thing for everyone.
Beauty must follow the beat, and this dude is all over it. So cool.
Alice's Restaurant might have been nice on Thanksgiving.
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Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree (live)
And a version w/ no vid in two parts
Alices restaurant part 1 of 2 - Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie's Alices restaurant 2 of 2
I agree with the person who mentioned that Alice's Restaurant would be a nice thing tonight.
Anyhow, here's The Ruxpin, click the link to read my story about The Ruxpin, my involvement with them and the links to the 2 songs ... -
http://tbsn.thesequencers.us/?p=256
you sure love going to different and some would say exotic .. places
Somehow I don't think Howie thinks Arkansas is all that exotic. ;-)
Keane - The Lovers are Losing
Mike Doughty - Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well
Gemma Hayes (Live) - Evening Sun
And because you don't get an ambient/jungle mix played live with actual instruments versus drum machines and synths too often:
Nitin Sawhney & Reena Bhardwaj - Nadia
He was the king of Kouyate ...
Stan and the Sequencers (covering/sequencing Flash and the Pan's tunes): Make Your Own Cross and Lights In The Night -
http://www.thesequencers.us/mklight.html
I've been doing the holiday thing for way too many days. Three days should be enough but with all the divorces that have created la familia cubed or more succinctly to the fourth degree, I think I'll just post randomly and not really care if it fits with the thread.
I love Papa Sven but he does seem so SNL Deiter-ish.
Sven Vaeth - Mind Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6mSwqnR1SY
> Sven Vaeth - Mind Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6mSwqnR1SY
It's reminding me of John Lennon, my friend.
Why? I'm intrigued.
Mind games, eh?
ps, I love the skin-tight bodywear featured in the video!
I'm visiting family and it's all small town stuff. I thought I left for the night but it turned out so lame that I walked two blocks back to the abode and decided to unwind checking out the internet. Lots of things are annoying. You can't pick your family but you can pick your friends or so goes the idea.
Does your nose run and your feet smell????
Well maybe you're built backwards. :-)
Keep on playing your nose games. ("The nose knows" - Cysco Pyke)
:)
I love me too.
:-)
but you can't pick your friend's nose.
Words of wisdom from my dad.
Sven is a Masters mix on Live 105 like it's 1989.
But that's 900 miles and 20 light years away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1DHm7p1sm4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhfkWBBaUt8
"If you knew my story and history..would you stick around with someone like me?"
Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0
And I love the lo-fi feel of the video. Reminds me of old Highlights magazines or "See Dick Run" primers brought to modern art.
So glad you liked it. And I totally agree with your sentiment about the old Highlights mags brought to modern art. Creepy coolness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZrvJj3p3Nc
for my bitches. Not safe for work or the little ones.
Discobitch - C'est beau la bourgeoisie
I love it. I just got new speakers for a late birthday gift and this is great. Anyone who can pump this up outta do so.
I just blasted it over the video I'm watching. It went to #2 on the pop charts in France.
I'm having a hey day with this.
Discobitch seems a little bitchy, no?
miss kitty, you are purring tonight!
Jem - They
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSLvcJ4I1mw
Who made up all the rules?
We follow them like fools.
Believe them to be true;
Don't care to think them through/
I'm sorry, so sorry.
I'm sorry it's like this.
I'm sorry, so sorry.
I'm sorry we do this.
And it's ironic too...
'Cos what we tend to do
Is act on what they say,
And then it is that way.
Who are they?
Where are they?
How can they possibly
Know all this?
Who are they?
Where are they?
How can they possibly
Know all this?
Do you see what I see?
Why do we live like this?
Is it because it's true:
That ignorance is bliss.
and sweet dreams to all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYaZYmTwOxA
Lot's of people won't get this video.
But trust me, it's hot.
And the men dancing in it are getting laid every night by all kinds of women. They aren't gay as many American men will probably view it due to our stagnated caveman culture.
Personally, I dig it. I dig everything different then what we are supposed to conform to.
While it's always disconcerting while traveling and living abroad with the big American bullseye on your back, you eventually learn to go with the flow and our man Obama has made it a helluva lot easier.
Still, it's hard to integrate and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
and I get a lot of music out of the mashups and mixes.
Ian Brown - Dolphins Were Monkeys
Not from that site, but a DJ Shadow remix...
Dj Shadow - Dolphins were Monkeys
I just favorited the djshadow remix of "Dolphins were Monkeys" on my Daily Motion account. I've replayed it a bunch of times. It's haunting.
What is the URL for dj site you found? I'd love to have it.
don't want a herd of non contributers headed over there and using up the bandwidth
;)
dead can dance - Rakim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAcQPjkOkA
May I also suggest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWLjQXXFByI
There's a great album called "Jazz Africa" featuring Foday Musa Suso and Herbie Hancock. Definitely work checking out. Unfortunately nothing on the youtube.
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