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Monday, 2 April 2012
Fabrice Wonga - Congo Wifey
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Ricardo Fonseca - YO
Until yesterday, I had never heard of Roberto Fonseca.
I came across a newspaper review describing him as an electrifying performer who mixes Cuban rhythms with music from around the world.
I immediately made a note to myself to check out his music.
Fonseca is a Cuban Jazz pianist whose current work further experiments with a mix of electro and analogue sounds.
I have to admit, I myself am not a big fan of Jazz, mainly for the fact that I sometimes just don't get it's rhythms. But after listening to a couple of tracks from his new album 'YO' (Spanish for 'I' or 'Me'), I immediately fell in love.
How can I describe Fonseca and his talent??
Stunning!
Roberto Fonseca is touring Europe to present his new album 'YO' which was released on 19th March.
For those who are intersted, his tour dates are as follows:
- 23/03 Gateshead UK The Sage
- 24/03 Manchester UK RNCM
- 26/03 London UK Barbican
- 28/03 York UK Theatre Royal
- 29/03 Brighton UK The Dome
- 30/03 Bristol UK St. Georges
- 1/04 Birmingham UK Town Hall
Monday, 19 March 2012
Buraka Som Sistema - Bootyleg
Yay!
I swear, every time Buraka Som Sistema come out with something new, its like Christmas for me.
Buraka recently made a bootleg with Diplo doing the acapella, and of course.... I...LOVE...IT!!!
Even better, you can download it for free!!
Enjoy.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Samba Luku Samba
My love for world music (especially African) is a result of my dad's passion for Afro-Latin music. His hobby, tho not effective currently, was collecting records, which we store a mass selection in our house.
It's almost tradition for my dad on Sundays to sit in the living room, with a glass of chilled beer, listening to his vast collection and reminiscing about being back home in Africa.
So, I thought I'd ask him who his favourite artist of all time is.
I would have guessed Sam Mangwana, purely because he listens to him alot.
Instead, his all time musician is Ricardo Lemvo. Reasons being because he identifies with him culturally. Like Lemvo, my dad is of Angolan heritage, however fled from the war in Angola to Congo as a child with his family and lived there for a couple of years. He then later returned to Luanda where he met my mummy, worked a couple of years in Cuba, and then finally moved here to the UK. In total, my dad speaks six languages (Lingala, Kikongo, Portuguese, French, English and Spanish) the same as Lemvo, and
all though he experienced some cultural identity struggles, he has however learnt to embrace it all, as it has made him the man he is today.
Ricardo Lemvo
The Congo-born musician who is of Angolan ancestry is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Lemvo shows his multi-cultural diversity singing in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.
CrossFire ft. Haila – Carnaval
Swedish Dancehall and Soca group, CrossFire teamed up with the first lady of Cubaton Haila Mompié to. create Carnivale Mundial The tune fuses a lot of different music styles such as cubaton, electtronic, reggaeton and soca.
