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Kondi Band - It's God's World (So Don't Be Bad) (Ft. Sweatson Klank)
Kondi Band - It's God's World (So Don't Be Bad) (Ft. Sweatson Klank)
Sounds like: Populous, Mura Masa, Bombino
Tags: Editor's Pick, Electronic, house, folk
By Mikky George on Aug 24, 2021 | Vibranium and DrumsA new age track filled with Africana and pure electronica, leads to a beautifully eclectic sound.The re-emergence of the Neo-African sound in music is a welcoming experience to me. I've always wa... read more →
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Oumou Sangaré - Saa Magni
Oumou Sangaré - Saa Magni
Sounds like: Tinariwen, Chiwoniso
Tags: Editor's Pick, world music, tinariwen, west african
By Dylan Heneck on Jan 7, 2020 | Time remains constant. Yet music creation expands at a rate faster than we are able to increase our median life expectancy. That means we'll never be able to get through all the music that we want to.If there's one... read more →
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Modibo Diabate & Les Djeliya - Sabu Ye Mogo Yala
Modibo Diabate & Les Djeliya - Sabu Ye Mogo Yala
Sounds like: Ali Farka Toure, Maalem Mahmoud Guinia, Oumou Sangaré, Vukazithathe
Tags: Editor's Pick, world music, african, world
By Dylan Heneck on Aug 1, 2017 | 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... read more →
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Oumou Sangaré - Ah Ndiya (K&F Edit)
Oumou Sangaré - Ah Ndiya (K&F Edit)
Sounds like: Maalem Mahmoud Guinia, Baaba Maal, Batuk, Mikael Seifu, Manthe Ribane
Tags: Editor's Pick, house, afro-beat, west african
By Dylan Heneck on Jul 27, 2017 | Keep this track to yourself if you're a DJ. Absolutely no one else should be lighting up the dancefloor with your fire. Take it from someone who shares music for a living (sarcasm). Even if you have to take some perpetrators out (not sarcasm). Actua... read more →
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Sudan Archives - Paid
Sudan Archives - Paid
Sounds like: Washed Out, Empress Of, Baths
By Molly O'Mera on Jun 30, 2017 | Legendary LA label Stones Throw Records has many big names to boast, but some of their greatest gems are still small – like Sudan Archives. One of their newer and younger signees, she has just released the experimental and hypnotic “Paid,” the secon... read more →
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Amadou & Mariam - Taxi Bamako (Ft. Manu Chao)
Amadou & Mariam - Taxi Bamako (Ft. Manu Chao)
Sounds like: Ali Farka Touré, Rokia Traoré, Tinariwen
Tags: Editor's Pick, world music, west african, manu chao
By Jason Grishkoff on Apr 23, 2017 | Oh hey, it's Sunday, which means I'm probably somewhere in the middle of the Karoo setting up my tribe's AfrikaBurn project.  One of the soundtracks of all my burns so far has been Amadou & Mariam's Dimanche à Bamako, an album produced by none o... read more →
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Iba Diabaté - Waba
Iba Diabaté - Waba
Sounds like: John Wizards, Aero Manyelo
By Dylan Heneck on May 19, 2015 | Akwaaba Music from Accra, Ghana took this track off of private for me to review (I love them). They have an amazing library of artists from all over Africa. What we have here is a very special, extra easy track from Iba Diabaté, whose name I had to c... read more →
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Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Sounds like: Angelique Kidjo, Goat, Tinariwen
By Laurence Morgan on Aug 3, 2014 | Africa may have found its latest female singing star, and she comes from Mauritania.  Noura Mint Seymali is a name you aren't likely to have heard, but in West Africa, she has celebrity status. She comes from a successful and musical family, and has... read more →
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