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.....Somalias musical stars went into exile throughout the globe. Many ended up in London, now home to the largest Somali diaspora in Europe. That is where Dur-Dur Band International, a powerhouse of Somali live music, was founded and remains based today. .......They call it The Berlin Session, the first studio album by a complete ensemble from Somali (a) since the golden era of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. The music itself reflects the broad culture of its homeland, feeling perhaps equally Asian as it does African. A seafaring passage to the Silk Road, Somalias richness had long mirrored the incredible span of its trade-absorbing immigrants and instruments from throughout Southeast Asia, India, Persia, Europe and the Arabian Peninsula....
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Dur-Dur Band International - Hasha geel (Somalia)
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Kimi Djabaté (born January 20, 1975 in Tabato, Guinea-Bissau) is a Bissau-Guinean Afro-beat/blues musician.[1] Based out of Lisbon, Portugal, he continues to be one of the contemporary links in a chain of West African music that extends back in time hundreds of years.
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Kimi Djabaté - Yensoro (Guinea-Bissau)
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Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect of troubadours and a musical tradition.
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Baul Sukumar - Bolbona Go Ar Kono Din (Bangladesh)