Thread: African/Indian/Arabic music recommendations?

Malathini and the Mahotella Queens.

Originally Posted by spudboy

Anyone here into African or Indian or Arabic (modern) music?


The only Arabic stuff I have found are chillout/groove mix albums.

Also love the Buddah Bar and Ministry of Sound types of compilations, if anyone has heard of these (UK based mix series).

Anyone here got any recommendations that fit in with the above type of artists? Perhaps the broad category is "World Music" with a beat.....

Thanks
David

X 2 ....I have Buddha and MoS music...very relaxing...

Originally Posted by MickS

X 2 ....I have Buddha and MoS music...very relaxing...

That's buddha in the sense of music, not buddha in the sense of ....

I have a CD of Sowetan reggae thats pretty cool and cant beat Ladysmith Black Mambazo . I also love the sound of Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan especially some of the work he did with the likes of Nenha Cherry and i think Sting ?

Cesária Évora, she is great!
Abadja Rhythm from Ghana

spudboy, if yopu like to experiment with african music book mark THIS link and show it to your kids

It is great!

Originally Posted by Chucaro

spudboy, if yopu like to experiment with african music book mark THIS link and show it to your kids

It is great!

Screw the kids!! I loved it

Originally Posted by spudboy

Anyone here into African or Indian or Arabic (modern) music?

Much to my children's horror and listening pain, I quite like African & Indian music

So far I have discovered African artists like:
o Tinariwen
o Amadou & Mariam
o Lucky Dube (am only 50:50 on this style)
o Habib Koite

and Indian (Bhangra) artists like:
o Bally Sagoo
o Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan
o Nitin Sawhney
o Natacha Atlas (although this is perhaps arabic indian ...)

The only Arabic stuff I have found are chillout/groove mix albums.

Also love the Buddah Bar and Ministry of Sound types of compilations, if anyone has heard of these (UK based mix series).

Anyone here got any recommendations that fit in with the above type of artists? Perhaps the broad category is "World Music" with a beat.....

Guess I'll be surprised if I get any replies, but there's few guys (like BBC) who've spent some time out in various parts, so just thought I'd enquire.

Thanks
David

I'm with you 100% - and yes I get beaten into putting some crap commercial station on when I'd rather be listening to something interesting.

I'm actually staggered & disappointed at how narrow kids' tastes are - maybe it's a peer group thing, anyhow here ya go:

Salif Keita
Angelique Kidjo
Prem Joshua & Manish Vyas
Sheila Chandra
Najmah
Rachid Taha
Ravi Shankar
Telek (Papua New Guinea)
Bhundu Boys

...and have a look at these too

Indian Lounge mp3s, Indian Lounge music downloads, Indian Lounge songs from eMusic.com

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Cheers
Mike