A Nice, Relaxing Song . . .

[Buenchico]

. . . to unwind with. (I love this and I can't stop playing it!)

[andy-hughes]

I have never been able to connect with African music, even though I have listened to a fair amount, and watched it live on various occasions.

Like the appeal of Coldplay and Jethro Tull, I am unable to locate any interest - but I am delighted on a daily basis with the vast amount of music available to me to check out.

[tonyav]

I enjoyed that, Chris. As you say 'relaxing' ( not a clue what he is singing about though ).

[Buenchico]

My knowledge of Akan isn't that great either, Tony ;-)

Andy: I think that purists might argue that Ghana's 'highlife' genre (which that song falls into), which merges Akan traditional music with Western instrumentation isn't really 'African' anyway ;-)

[Patsy33]

Nice x

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Patsy!
;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Easy listening, ta Chris.

[Buenchico]

I thought that you might like it, Mamya ;-)

[jno]

you might like this, Buenchico. No idea what it's about but it's kinda dreamy

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Jno. Mali produces so many totally different styles of music but anything by Salif Keita is always well worth a listen.

I've posted this before but what the heck anyway? This is Oumou Sangaré showing just how well Mali embraces jazz funk. (So much for the 'relaxing' theme to this thread though; this is pure musical energy!)

[Toorak]

Also not very relaxing … but great to dance to :-)

[gness]

To use my favourite word, Chris.....Bliss..... :-)

[tonyav]

I like that, Toorak. Africa goes disco.

[Buenchico]

I know that track well, Toorak. It's undoubtedly Mory Kanté's best-known hit, which reached the charts (and, indeed, topped them) in many European countries when it was released back in the 1980s but seems to have remained unknown to a lot of people in the UK until it started appearing on several 'best of world music' compilations. It's definitely one of my favourites!

[Toorak]

I still have the original album Chris - I remember dancing to it in the early 90s :-)

[Buenchico]

I've got several of Mory Kanté's albums but I don't think they include 'Akwaba Beach', Toorak.

[Toorak]

This is a lovely song (even if you can’t understand any/all of it).

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Toorak. That version's in Turkish but the original was in Greek. It's a love song: "Before daybreak I went out and to our first meeting place in the dawn I returned . . . "

[pixie374]

Didn't understand many words... but enjoyed it anyway:-)

[Toorak]

Yes, it’s from their rebetek album so there is a lot of turkish/Greek crossover

I really liked yeni Turku and was very disappointed when they broke up

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Pixie!