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Orchestra Baobab

African...um, Thursday
about 1 year ago

My apologies. I usually make it a point not to moan about MOG in public, but as ther person who has been credited with fathering this toddler called African Tuesday - an erroneous attribution, I still insist the honor belongs to Cody and to consumerx - I should have contriibuted to the last one. Alas, MOG has not permitted me to upload songs for almost a week. I have tried. And once whatever bu...

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I've posted lots of Orchestra Baobab before
about 1 year ago

but thus far I haven't posted this - probably their best track of the 1980s. It was remade as "Homage A Tonton Ferrer" on "Specialist In All Styles" five years or so back, but this is the original, song by Rudy Gomis

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Orchestra Baobab now
about 1 year ago

and the title track of their 1980 LP on Jambaar Records of Dakar, Senegal, "Mouhamadou Bamba". He was a Senegalese religious leader and founder of the Mouride Brotherhood.The song is written and sung by Thione Seck. Tomorrow night, incidentally, will be sixties Jamaican gospel all the way

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Lovely guitar and trombone playing
about 1 year ago

on this track by Orchestre Baobab, written by guitarist Bartelemy Attisso, and sung in Wolof by Rody Gomis and Ndiouga Dieng. "Colette" is Bartelemy's wife, and in the song he is begging her not to abandon him, as life without her would make no sense.Jesus Ramos is the trombonist by the way

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Given Ivylander's tribulations and posting failures
about 1 year ago

here, for your enjoyment, ripped from ancient vinyl, is Orchestra Baobab's 1982 Afro-Cuban Senegalese classic "Ray Mbele", written and sung by Medoune Diallo, who shares lead vocals with Balla Sidibe

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