The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

Safar · 09-28-2021, 04:29 AM

From South - Africa

Aymos - Ababuyanga

Native Soul - Teenage Dreams

From Madagascar

Régis Gizavo - Ho anareo

From the Cape Verde Islands

Bitori ft Chando Graciosa - Cabalo

xico · 10-06-2021, 01:21 PM

Favorites from Portugal, land of the beautiful poetry and guitars of Fado music.

**Marie Monday** · 10-08-2021, 09:34 AM

This kind of music (especially the danceable second half) makes me so ****ing happy it's incredible, like tears of joy happiness. I just stumble across songs like these accidentally sometimes but I don't know nearly enough about African music, so if we have local experts please throw all your recs at me

Lisnaholic · 10-08-2021, 04:21 PM

Yes, I also love this sound. I'll try to dig up some of my special favourites, but in the meantime, here's a thread by a strange character who has now left us: He liked Franco and the OK Jazz band so much that he put it in his user name:-

https://www.musicbanter.com/country-...can-songs.html

Lisnaholic · 10-08-2021, 05:18 PM

Franco's style varied quite a lot over the years, but here's a really nice one. On the Franco compilation cd i have, it says "If you had to choose one track to represent the OK Jazz style, this could be it.....a pan-African hit..." :

I found two bands whose style has a similar vibe to me, with lots of that sparkling elec guitar. Both bands started off as house bands of hotels in Mali. Not only that, they were playing in the same city (Bamoko) at the same time (from mid-70s onwards):

"Rail Band Du Buffet Hotel De La Gare" later morphed into the "Super Rail Band":

Les Ambassadores Du Motel De Bamoko" later became "Les Ambassadores Internationaux", with super-star members Kante Manfila (guitar) and Salif Keita (vocals), who both went on to have solo careers.

**Marie Monday** · 10-09-2021, 03:07 PM

Thanks, Lisna <3
I especially liked the second one

**Marie Monday** · 10-12-2021, 02:30 PM

more TP OK Jazz goodness

**Exo** · 10-26-2021, 08:06 PM

This is pretty f*cking incredible.

**Exo** · 12-18-2021, 08:51 PM

**Exo** · 12-20-2021, 06:44 PM

09-28-2021, 04:29 AM	#1041 (permalink)
Safar Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Germany Posts: 171	From South - Africa Aymos - Ababuyanga Native Soul - Teenage Dreams From Madagascar Régis Gizavo - Ho anareo From the Cape Verde Islands Bitori ft Chando Graciosa - Cabalo Last edited by Safar; 09-29-2021 at 01:54 AM.

10-08-2021, 04:21 PM	#1044 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Yes, I also love this sound. I'll try to dig up some of my special favourites, but in the meantime, here's a thread by a strange character who has now left us: He liked Franco and the OK Jazz band so much that he put it in his user name:- https://www.musicbanter.com/country-...can-songs.html __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

10-08-2021, 05:18 PM	#1045 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Franco's style varied quite a lot over the years, but here's a really nice one. On the Franco compilation cd i have, it says "If you had to choose one track to represent the OK Jazz style, this could be it.....a pan-African hit..." : I found two bands whose style has a similar vibe to me, with lots of that sparkling elec guitar. Both bands started off as house bands of hotels in Mali. Not only that, they were playing in the same city (Bamoko) at the same time (from mid-70s onwards): "Rail Band Du Buffet Hotel De La Gare" later morphed into the "Super Rail Band": Les Ambassadores Du Motel De Bamoko" later became "Les Ambassadores Internationaux", with super-star members Kante Manfila (guitar) and Salif Keita (vocals), who both went on to have solo careers. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

10-26-2021, 08:06 PM	#1048 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	This is pretty fcking incredible. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

12-18-2021, 08:51 PM	#1049 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	__________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

10-06-2021, 01:21 PM	#1042 (permalink)
xico só, somente só Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: São Paulo Posts: 94	Favorites from Portugal, land of the beautiful poetry and guitars of Fado music.

12-20-2021, 06:44 PM	#1050 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	__________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE