Since you are interested in Welcome to Mali, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Babylon Circus
La Belle Etoile [ Cartell / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] Lyon based Babylon Circus is music laced with ska, gypsy, rock, vaudevillian antics, dancehall & reggae. A true musical menagerie, the 9-piece big band have... |
Chiwoniso
Rebel Woman [ Cumbancha Music / CD - released 4/Nov/2008 ] Zimbabwe's Chiwoniso performs entrancing and uplifting songs with ancient soul and modern spirit. Backed by the mesmerizing interlocking melodies of the mbira and the deep grooves of an all-star lineup, her voice resounds with defiant strength and... |
Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle
Inspiration Information [ Strut Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2009 ] This CD pairs up Studio One reggae legend and Massive Attack collaborator Horace Andy with revered UK producer and remixer Ashley Beedle for a new and unique soundclash. |
Issa Bagayogo
Mali Koura [ Six Degrees / CD - released 15/Dec/2008 ] "The finest Afro-European rhythmic structures Mali can provide."- VILLAGE VOICE. "Bagayogo blends folk into funky electronics, tastfully arranging looped rhythms to accompany acoustic virtuosity."- REMIX MAG. |
Paban Das Baul
Music of the Honey Gatherers [ World Music Network / CD - released 24/May/2010 ] Steeped in the ancient tradition of the Bauls, the wandering spiritual musicians of Bengal - a beautiful and varied collection of stripped back and powerful trance-inducing Baul songs, imbued with the itinerant flavour of life on the road. |
Staff Benda Bilili
Tres Tres Fort [ Crammed / CD - released 11/May/2009 ] "One of the most extraordinary albums of the year...gloriously uplifting...their songs are lyrical, thoughtful, remarkably cheerful and occasionally startling." - The Guardian (5 stars) |
Various Artists
Marabi Africa Volume 2 [ Marabi Records / CD - released 19/Jan/2009 ] From the Maghreb to Southern Africa, from the Gulf of Guinea to the islands of the Indian Ocean, the music of the African continent makes up an always-changing patchwork of sounds, colours and rhythms. |
Umalali
The Garifuna Women's Project [ Cumbancha Music / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] "Beautiful, hypnotic, melancholic melodies...every track is a gem...a unique, deeply moving, unforgettable album."-Songlines. |
Oumou Sangare
Seya [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 23/Mar/2009 ] "(5 stars) Spectacular...a majestic mistress of many moods who presides over her musicians with regal confidence...a masterpiece."-The Observer Music Monthly. |