What are you listening to right now?

mjosef · « **Reply #17220 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 10:23 pm »

Music hailing from Algeria...

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An assured debut from Invaders of the Heart singer Ali Slimani. Algerian rai roots find solid ground with trance-like grooves. The hand of Jah Wobble's production dub is unmistakable.

Abdel Ali Slimani (vocals); Justin Adams (electric guitar, background vocals); Jah Wobble (bass instrument); John Reynolds (drums, background vocals).
http://www.amazon.com/Mraya-Abdel-Ali-Slimani/dp/B000000HPJ

Abdel Ali Slimani, mraya

mjosef · « **Reply #17221 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 10:55 pm »

Stuck in Algeria...

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The poetic and passionate music of a man who brings his ancient culture into the twentieth century, in collaboration with musicians from South America and the Ukraine.

Abdelli is a Berber of the Kabyle people, indigenous North Africans who inhabited the region since pre-Arab times. His instrument is the mandole, an Algerian instrument that is similar to the Portuguese guitar. Abdelli blends traditional Berber music with Arab music of the urban environment. "The music existed long before the arrival of Islam and the Arabs" he said."It's closer to the Mediterrannean Sea, like the music of Corsica or Greece, rather than Arabic music."

His musical ensemble includes Moroccans, a percussionist on darbukka and bendir, violinist, and a Tunisian ney (flute) player. He currently lives in exile in Belgium,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001230SQA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000000HPG&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=048QDV0QCSY9H26VH336

Abdelli, new moon

some young guy · « **Reply #17222 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 11:04 pm »

ecramer · « **Reply #17223 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 11:21 pm »

Van Go
Beat Farmers on the big black cd LP

Americana at its best

Samples

Gun Sale At The Church
(Written by Buddy Blue)

Well let's pack up the kids
and take a break, get away
leave the hustle and bustle
of living from day to day
and I know that the crime
in the city is getting worse

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

Well my lady's all set
to have us a real good time
Baby Johnny got fins
but he don't seem to mind
so the family?s all ready
to pray at the holy perch

That's set up in the middle of
the gun sale at the church

Well we'll ask the lord to
forgive us for all our sins
and we'll look at the latest in
gold plated firing pins

Well my two main men are
Jesus and old John Birch

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

Well we'll ask the lord to
forgive us for all our sins
and we'll look at the latest in
gold plated firing pins

Well let's pack up the kids
and take a break, get away
leave the hustle and bustle
of living from day to day
and I know that the crime
in the city is getting worse

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

satfrat · « **Reply #17224 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 12:33 am »

Sonata Arctica: The Days of Grays (2009)

SAMPLES

Progressive metal from Finland.
Cheers,
Robin

JoshK · « **Reply #17225 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 12:56 am »

Dusting off an old favorite.

Its surprising to me just how much better a CD from not that many years ago can sound compared to some from today. So much for progress.

timind · « **Reply #17226 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 01:33 am »

Patricia Barber - Verse

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #17227 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 01:40 am »

For some "old friends"....

Simon & Garfunkel - "Old Friends"....3Cds.....Samples...

timind · « **Reply #17228 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 01:44 am »

Bjork - Debut

Not sure why I like this one so much....but I do!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #17229 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 01:52 am »

The New Pornographers--Twin Cinema Vinyl

Power pop at it's best and Neko Case is an exceptional vocalist who can sing many genres and sing them all very well.

Laura

mjosef · « **Reply #17230 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 01:54 am »

Music 'from' Zimbabwe that is not welcomed in Zimbabwe.

Music recorded in Oregon with Zimbabwean influences.

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The musicians on the set -- ten Africans including two mbira players and three Americans -- on keyboards, and horns -- are crack. They find the groove, execute and usher the singers on, and weave in and out of the mix with acumen and elegance.

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3217300,00.html

Thomas MapFumo and the blacks unlimited, Rise Up