march 2018 – good to hear

Thiossane
Hervé  Samb
The Senegalese Guitar virtuoso and composer has recorded on more than hundred albums and performed in almost every part of the world, with artists like Pat Metheny, Cheick Tidiane Seick, Toure Kounda, Paco Sery, Lionel Loueke and Hamid Drake Jimmy Cliff, David Murray, Pharaoh Sanders, Meshell Ndegeocello, Oumou Sangare, Amadou & Mariam, The Syndicate, Linley Marthe to name a few.

Musica popular
Brasileira nordestina
A collection of albums representing Northeastern Brazil folk music. Northeastern music is a generic term for any popular music from the large region of Northeastern Brazil, including both coastal and inland areas. Rhythms are often slow and plodding and derived from accordions and guitars instead of percussion instruments. Portuguese melodies and influences meet African rhythms to form maracatu and dance music called balão. Most influential is the music from the area around Pernambuco: forrófrevo and maracatu. The diversity of this collection is mind-blowing!

Hot Buttered Soul, Black Moses and Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Re-issues of Hayes’ seminal work created in the late sixties and early seventies. Should be out on YouTube any moment now but here’s a little sample to start with. See also: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/20/i-didnt-give-a-damn-if-it-didnt-sell-how-isaac-hayes-helped-create-psychedelic-soul

Relaxing Piano Music 2018
Dreamscapes
Nine hours of music for meditation or to chill with.
Meg Backing Tracks, January 2018

Light at the edge of the world
Wade Davis
Talk about the challenges and pitfalls of trying to make the world a better place.

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