Traditional and modern takes on Mali-an tunes. This is four dudes from Mali who just put out their debut album this year, called Music in Exile. Ace guitar work and a sweet groove mark just about all of these songs, although I don't speak the language to know whether or not the lyrics are anything special. Their most listened to track is called "Soubour" with about 114k listens on Spotify:
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Songhoy Blues
As of 9/11/15, this one is no longer listed on the lineup.
Traditional and modern takes on Mali-an tunes. This is four dudes from Mali who just put out their debut album this year, called Music in Exile. Ace guitar work and a sweet groove mark just about all of these songs, although I don't speak the language to know whether or not the lyrics are anything special. Their most listened to track is called "Soubour" with about 114k listens on Spotify:
Jam on, my man. Graceland grooves. The second most listened to track is also pretty funky - called "Al Hassidi Terei"
That video makes me want to vomit, but they sure look happy to be singing about whatever they are singing about! Sweet groove, tight tune. I tried to look up that the song title means, but the internet was being a pain in the ass. According to Google Translate, the song title means "Al Hassidi I Will" in Portuguese. Which doesn't really seem all that helpful. Anyway, cool band with a fun sound. Maybe I'll go check them out to get a little funk and fun into my day.
Traditional and modern takes on Mali-an tunes. This is four dudes from Mali who just put out their debut album this year, called Music in Exile. Ace guitar work and a sweet groove mark just about all of these songs, although I don't speak the language to know whether or not the lyrics are anything special. Their most listened to track is called "Soubour" with about 114k listens on Spotify:
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