Music: August 2012 Archives

Thursday August 30, 2012

Inspired By Poet

Marcel Khalife is a master musician from Lebanon who pays homage to Mahmoud Darwish, a famous Palestinian poet, and to the spirit of the Arab Spring on his new album titled "Fall of The Moon", the disc sets 19 of Darwish's poems about exile, loss and identity to music and it is a moving and majestic listen. Our music columnist Errol Nazareth brought in a few samples.
Listen (runs 8:11)

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Thursday August 2, 2012

Palm Wine Music

This morning, our music columnist Errol Nazareth introduced us to Afrafranto, a Toronto-based group specializing in "palm wine music". It's a style of acoustic guitar music that was born in West African countries like Ghana and Sierra Leone. Palm wine music got its name from a local drink made from the fermented sap of the oil palm tree, and musicians would gather at a booze can, under a tree or at someone's home and play this music while folks drank the beverage.
Listen (runs 6:49)

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• September 2012
  • Wed., 19 – Fatoumata Diawara
     
  • Thu., 13 – Unusual Band Name
     
  • Thu., 6 – Country Funk
     
• August 2012
  • Thu., 30 – Inspired By Poet
     
  • Thu., 2 – Palm Wine Music
     
• July 2012
  • Thu., 26 – Alistair Christl
     
  • Thu., 19 – Go Go
     
  • Thu., 12 – Polyrhythms
     
  • Thu., 5 – African Groove From London
     
  • Mon., 2 – Out Of Retirement
     
• June 2012
  • Thu., 28 – "Best In 2001"
     
  • Wed., 20 – "Superstar"
     
  • Thu., 7 – Africa Meets Cuba
     
• May 2012
  • Thu., 24 – Refugee All Stars
     
  • Thu., 17 – Sarazino
     
  • Thu., 10 – Funky Eastern Nigeria
     
  • Thu., 3 – Two Bills
     
• April 2012
  • Thu., 26 – Gurrumul
     
  • Thu., 19 – Johnny Cash Is Back
     
  • Thu., 12 – Auto-Tune That Works?
     
  • Thu., 5 – Stax Records
     
• March 2012
  • Thu., 15 – "So Much In Love"
     
  • Thu., 8 – Palenque
     
  • Thu., 1 – "Northern Soul"
     
• February 2012
  • Thu., 23 – "The Golden Age"
     
  • Thu., 16 – Subway Salsa
     
  • Thu., 9 – Gems From Stax
     
  • Thu., 2 – More Iranian
     
• January 2012
  • Wed., 25 – Mowest
     
  • Thu., 19 – "Hard Bossa"
     
  • Thu., 12 – Pre-Revolution
     
  • Thu., 5 – A Motley Crew
     
• December 2011
  • Thu., 22 – Eclectic Christmas Music
     
  • Fri., 16 – Stocking Stuffers
     
  • Thu., 8 – "Amy's Jukebox"
     
  • Thu., 1 – The Lost Notebooks