The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Lilja]

Discovered this group by accident on Spotify (I just thought their name was funny ). They are from Malmö (city in Southern Sweden) and have a nice sound I think.

"Sad Season" - Crying Day Care Choir

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yes, that's a good name, Lilja, and a nice track too; light and "wordy" - I'll have to play it again to catch all those lyrics!

Originally Posted by rostasi

In Mali, folks throw parties that highlight the balafon (it's an idiophone like the xylophone) played by the local villagers.
The city folk want these parties too, but they can't afford to pay for these villagers to come into town,
so they came up with their own electro-versions by using software to cut up balafon sounds from traditional recordings
and plop them on top of modern beats and, voilà, you have a new genre called "balani show."

^ That's interesting! Especially the second video which shows scenes of modern Bamako. That's a name I recognise after reading about The Super Rail Band and Les Ambassadores du Motel. Another surprise was to see Amadou Bagayoko as a spokesperson for "balani show."

Here is a recent single he made with his partner, Mariam:-

[Frownland]

Amazing extended voice technique.



Hypnotizing

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Cumbia meets Raggamuffin:

Nice!

[Frownland]

Absolutely floored.

[John Connor]

[Frownland]

[Chiomara]

^ I'm really loving Josephine Foster so far.

[grindy]

Just Letov and his guitar (also some weird tape manipulation), being as raw and intense as the full band was. Also wonderfully misanthropic lyrics, but I guess that's just for me to enjoy.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Absolutely floored.

^ Yes, this sounds great! I especially love the accompaniment; spare but strange, soothing but not soporific. Not entirely sure if I can listen to that high-pitched voice for long periods of time, but I'm prepared to admit that that is my failing, not hers.