Posts by Go Van Gogh
Cheick Tidiane Seck's Sabaly
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Cheick Tidiane Seck is a fairly commercial Malian artist. Connie (who usually likes a lot of very dark stuff) loves this CD. The rhythms, and some of the melodies are call and response in that Saharan style, but many of the tunes are fairly bright and poppy in a more South West African sort of way. The songs move through a number of styles, almost as if it were a sampler, but really because Sec
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Professional Gear, No talent.
I was watching On The Rhumba River which could be considered a Congolese Buena Vista Social Club. Papa Wendo (Antoine Kolosoy), a Singer and band leader now deceased, but then in his late 70's, is asked to put the band back together. Not in any Blues Brother way (as this is real life) but to earn some cash. It's 2004 Kinshasa, the war and the final Mobutu years having taken their toll.Wendo ...
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Revisiting the death of regionalism
OK maybe I am a Luddite after all. While flush toilets, and central heating are wonderful, there are some things 19th century I will be sad to never know. Specifically I am on about the lack of local flavor due to the ever consolidating forces leading to mono culture.Just to annoy myself, I will dredge up a few boring well known ideas, to enable the getting on with it of todays issue.1. 99% ...
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