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AFRICAN SONGS
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1
Sounds like:
Manu Dibango,
Roseaux,
Amadou & Mariam
By
Jami Selikow
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Jan 10, 2023
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I'm not one who is able to speak on the importance of unique lives peaking through the very dominant Western voice that permeates most of our collective media. I do, however, have a sneaking suspicion that it's of ...
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2
Sounds like:
Ulf Blonde,
Onipa,
Kondi Band
By
Jami Selikow
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Jun 1, 2022
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I'm giving this one to the organic house genre, and yes, the genre is made all the better for it. What a track!With "Engolo," Fonosaur perfectly fuses an African-inspired vocal track with a style of house that's re...
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3
Sounds like:
San Cisco,
Magdalena Bay,
Al Bairre
By
Jami Selikow
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May 8, 2020
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Hello South Africa. It's good to be back home. After two years away, I'm glad to have Red Robyn welcome me back with her track "Got Me" featuring The World of Birds.There's something about the South African indie m...
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4
Sounds like:
Populous,
Christian Kleine,
Isan,
Nuuro
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 2, 2018
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Step 1 to enjoying this track: get some high quality headphones with a bit of a bassy thump.
Step 2 to enjoying this track: turn up the volume on those headphones.
Vancouver-based due Someone Someone released this beat about two weeks ago, and it c...
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5
Sounds like:
Ali Farka Toure,
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia,
Oumou Sangaré,
Vukazithathe
By
Dylan Heneck
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Aug 1, 2017
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Recorded in the home of Modibo Diabate in Bamako, Mali, this song, to me, is a testament to the beauty of music. It highlights what likely a lot of the musicians featured on Indie Shuffle take for granted, access to recording equipment, maybe if that...
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6
Sounds like:
Spoek Mathambo,
Bongeziwe Mabandla,
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia
By
Dylan Heneck
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Jun 16, 2017
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Tracks with African roots have received extra attention from me recently. During a recent trip to Spain there was an instrumentalist from Morocco who genuinely snake charmed me, and now I want to impress you all in the same way.
No jokes though abou...
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7
Sounds like:
Antonicious,
Thomas Traspedini,
Stimela
By
Matthew Rightford
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Jun 28, 2017
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Just over a month ago I posted about one of Cape Town's most exciting performances of the year - that of Petite Noir and Bongeziwe Mabandla, who had recently just released his second album, Mangaliso (meaning Miracle in his home language of isiXhosa)...
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8
Sounds like:
Black Coffee,
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia,
Clap! Clap!
By
Dylan Heneck
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Jun 14, 2017
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Oh, how my life changed for the better when I found Akwaaba Music (a Ghanaian label that releases music from all corners of Africa). It's something like the time your mother and father found one another, you wouldn't exist otherwise.
This post, in t...
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