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Fatoumata to play at Rough Trade
Posted on October 4th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
Fatoumata Diawara, the Malian songbird who has taken the UK by storm, will be performing in-store at Rough Trade East on October 13.
Once a backup singer for the famous singer Oumou Sangaré, Fatou recently struck out on her own with a debut solo album, Fatou, on World Circuit. The album has been well received – a Top of the World in our current issue – and concert reviews abound with her praises. Her style is charming and delightful, playing with Wassoulou rhythms with a husky voice and grounded guitar lines.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to catch her live, October 13 is the perfect opportunity. The show begins at 1pm at Rough Trade East on Brick Lane.
For more concert information, please visit www.roughtrade.com
You can read more about Fatoumata Diawara in our current issue (#79 October 2011).
Songlines Music Awards 2010 nominations
Posted on March 17th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
Songlines magazine announces the final nominees of the Songlines Music Awards 2010 and releases a compilation album on March 22, featuring all 16 nominated artists.
Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural awards, Songlines magazine is delighted to announce the final nominees in the 2010 Songlines Music Awards. The Songlines Music Awards recognise outstanding talent in world music and are voted by Songlines readers and the general public. There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer. The final nominees are the top four in each category from the public vote. The winners of each category will be announced in the June issue (#68) of Songlines, on sale from April 30, 2010. The 16 final nominees are:
BEST ARTIST
Goran Bregović (for the album Alkohol – Sljivovica & Champagne on Blue Wrasse)
Bassekou Kouyaté (for the album I Speak Fula with Ngoni ba on Out Here Records)
Oumou Sangaré (for the album Seya on World Circuit)
Lura (for the album Eclipse on Lusafrica)
BEST GROUP
Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes TuttiMundi (for the album Night Train for Lovers and Thieves on Network Medien)
Staff Benda Bilili (for the album Très Très Fort on Crammed Discs)
Tinariwen (for the album Imidiwan: Companions on Independiente)
Shooglenifty (for the album Murmichan on Shoogle Records)
CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (for the album Tell No Lies on Real World)
Transglobal Underground (for the album Run Devils & Demon (Best Of) on Nascente)
Stockholm Lisboa Project (for the album Diagonal on Westpark)
Faiz Ali Faiz/Titi Robin (for the album Jaadu on Accords Croisés)
NEWCOMER
Invisible System (for the album Punt: Made in Ethiopia on Harper Diabaté)
Deolinda (for the album Canção ao Lado on World Connection)
Speed Caravan (for the album Kalashnik Love on Real World)
Mamer (for the album Eagle on Real World)
“The audience for world music is greater now than it’s ever been,” says Simon Broughton, editor-in-chief of Songlines, “and it’s reaching out in ever more diverse directions. The fact that we have Balkan maestro Goran Bregović and Western China’s Mamer as nominees is indicative of that. But it’s still essential to have awards in which the leading names can be feted and the new and innovative names highlighted.”
Songlines is also releasing a compilation album, distributed by Proper Music, on March 22, 2010, featuring all 16 nominated artists.
www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards
African Soul Rebels 2010 tour hits the UK from February 18
Posted on February 14th, 2010 in World Music by Songlines.
The sixth African Soul Rebels tour of the UK takes place February 18-March 3 with three more diverse acts from across the length and breadth of the continent. The headline act is one of the great women of Malian song, Oumou Sangaré. Her most recent album Seya [reviewed in #58] was nominated for a Grammy award, and she continues to be one of the greatest singers in the musical powerhouse nation of Mali.
She is joined by one of those timeless West African big band ensembles whose music never grows tired. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou from Benin create a vibrant mix of James Brown-inspired funk and soul and voudon sato and sakpata rhythms as contested to on the new release Volume Two Echos Hypnotiques on the Analog Africa label [reviewed in #66].
You have to travel down the length of Africa to find the final member of this year’s African Soul Rebels trio. Kalahari Surfers is Warrick Sony – composer, musician, experimentalist and anti-apartheid activist. Back in 1981, Kalahari Surfers began as a solo project that soon became one of the most politically radical sounds to come out of apartheid South Africa. It was also musically radical – mixing reggae, punk, electronica, hip-hop and avant-garde rock. Sony brings his psychedelic sound to the UK as the African Soul Rebels take in 12 dates…
18 Feb Poole Lighthouse 0844 406 8666 lighthousepoole.co.uk
19 Feb Brighton Dome 01273 709709 brightondome.org
20 Feb London The Barbican 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
21 Feb Northampton Royal & Derngate 01604 624811 royalandderngate.co.uk
22 Feb Bristol Colston Hall 0117 922 3686 colstonhall.org
24 Feb Basingstoke The Anvil 01256 844244 anvilarts.org.uk
25 Feb Coventry Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 warwickartscentre.co.uk
26 Feb Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789 liverpoolphil.com
27 Feb Edinburgh Usher Hall 0131 228 1155 usherhall.co.uk
28 Feb Manchester Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 bridgewater-hall.co.uk
02 Mar Leicester De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111 demontforthall.co.uk
03 Mar Gateshead The Sage Gateshead 0191 443 4661 thesagegateshead.org
www.musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk
African Soul Rebels 2010 tour hits the UK from February 18
Posted on January 7th, 2010 in World Music by Songlines.
The sixth African Soul Rebels tour of the UK takes place February 18-March 3 with three more diverse acts from across the length and breadth of the continent. The headline act is one of the great women of Malian song, Oumou Sangaré. Her most recent album Seya [reviewed in #58] has been nominated for a Grammy award, and she continues to be one of the greatest singers in the musical powerhouse nation of Mali.
She is joined by one of those timeless West African big band ensembles whose music never grows tired. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou from Benin create a vibrant mix of James Brown-inspired funk and soul and voudon sato and sakpata rhythms as contested to on their new release Volume Two Echos Hypnotiques on the Analog Africa label [reviewed in #66].
You have to travel down the length of Africa to find the final member of this year’s African Soul Rebels trio. Kalahari Surfers is Warrick Sony – composer, musician, experimentalist and anti-apartheid activist. Back in 1981, Kalahari Surfers began as a solo project that soon became one of the most politically radical sounds to come out of apartheid South Africa. It was also musically radical – mixing reggae, punk, electronica, hip-hop and avant-garde rock. Sony brings his psychedelic sound to the UK as the African Soul Rebels take in 12 dates in Poole, Brighton, London, Northampton, Bristol, Basingstoke, Coventry, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leicester and Gateshead.
www.musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk
