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    Found some cool new stuff lately, starting with browsing through the post-Fela work of drummer Tony Allen, who unfortunately died last year

    Here is a Jazz-Afrobeat Fusion record he made in 2017



    the guitarist on this record was Cameroonian Indy Dibongue, who just released this tribute to his fellow countryman, guitarist, electronic music pioneer and writer Francis Bebey



    which led me to discovering Francis Bebey






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    African music… I LOVE TOTO!!!

    All joking aside, this is cool stuff. I really love hearing the Middle Eastern scales they use in their traditional songs. African rhythms are a big part of Mediterranean music as well.

    Can’t wait to check the videos out when I get home on WiFi.


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    African drumming has been my entrance gate into music.

    I bought my first Djembe drum in 1990 - some 31 years ago.


    thanks for the links, gotta check them out later on.


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    Coincidentally, I was listening to Mdou Moctar this morning.


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    Random stuff from several decades spent wandering around (mainly west) Africa...where to start...I used to go into 'recording studios' - places that buy 1 copy of every new release & then sell bootleg tapes....ask if I could sit & listen...most of it hasn't made it to youtube yet...

    Senegalese bias 'cos I lived there for 10 yrs...to Togo 'cos it's got the words best food, the bias to the female voice I only noticed as I was posting links - someone in Senegal did ask me once if I had a thing for Guinee Conakry shouters...Also...I need to get into some new shit.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNw7jIPEXU






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