Playlist: The (New) Sound of Afro-Paris

<p>This week’s show takes us on a trip through some of the latest offerings in Paris’s thriving multicultural African music scene. We put together a playlist of the songs featured on the show along with plenty more from the artists we featured. Hear all of these songs on Spotify...</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/afropop/playlist/6OJadggcZ7DfEFCJMxAzzA" allowtransparency="true" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe><br></p> <p>...or listen through the links below!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Blick Bassy - “Aké”</strong></p> <p><em>Cameroonian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Blick Bassy sings in his mother tongue, Bassa, on the Delta blues-inspired “Aké.”</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3yR7kHzMfe8" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Tony Allen - “Cruisin’”&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>Legendary Paris-based drummer and Afrobeat co-creator Tony Allen navigates between Afrobeat and post-bop.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UdCRg1WWg74" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Tony Allen - “Home Cookin’”</strong></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3620739423/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/track=691517924/transparent=true/" seamless="">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://tonyallen.bandcamp.com/album/homecooking"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;HomeCooking" class="redactor-linkify-object"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://tonyallen.bandcamp.com/...&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; by Tony Allen&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Tony Allen - “Moanin’”</strong></p> <p><em>Tony Allen pays tribute to legendary jazz drummer Art Blakey on this album. “Moanin’” was first recorded by Blakey’s band, the Jazz Messengers, in 1958.&nbsp;</em><br></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Jy2ZtLn3KlY" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe><br></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Sofiane Saidi - “Taali”</strong></p> <p><em>Taken from Parisian-Algerian raï singer Sofiane Saidi’s 2015 album, </em>El Mordjane.</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ChQ26yxPPDM" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Smadj - “Cham3a” with Sofiane Saidi</strong></p> <p><em>Sofiane Saidi sings with Tunisian-French oud player Smadj.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RnDwXeQTGuY" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Acid Arab - “La Hafla” with Sofiane Saidi</strong></p> <p><em>Sofiane Saidi features with Parisian electronic music duo Acid Arab.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JlkbMHNOAN4" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Krystle Warren - “If My Memory Serves Me Well”</strong><a href="https://krystlewarren.bandcamp.com/track/if-memory-serves-me-well"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></a></p> <p><em>Taken from Kansas City-born, Paris based singer-songwriter Krystle Warren’s latest album. We heard a live version of this song on the show performed by Noirlac (Krystle Warren alongside vibraphone/balafon duo Kouyaté-Neerman and contemporary classical choir Sequenza 9.3).</em></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2268643043/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/track=3190967711/transparent=true/" seamless="">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://krystlewarren.bandcamp.com/album/three-the-hard-way"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Three" class="redactor-linkify-object"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://krystlewarren.bandcamp....&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; the Hard Way by Krystle Warren&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p> <p><a href="https://krystlewarren.bandcamp.com/track/if-memory-serves-me-well"></a> </p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Kouyaté-Neerman - “Réquiem Pour un Con”&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>Lansiné Kouyaté and David Neerman perform their balafon/vibraphone take of a Serge Gainsbourg classic.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CweWDyZubJg" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Kouyaté-Neerman - “Diétou”</strong></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ctlegrP_Bv4" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><br></p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Noirlac - “Us and Them”</strong></p> <p><em>A live version of Noirlac performing Pink Floyd’s classic “Us and Them.”</em></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233976160&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no"></iframe></p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Midnight Ravers - “Diarabi”</strong></p> <p><em>From the debut album by Midnight Ravers, a transcontinental, digitally fueled collaboration between French and Malian musicians.</em></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213243171&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no"></iframe></p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Midnight Ravers - “Dabora” with Supreme Talent Show (Spoek Mothambo Remix)</strong></p> <p><em>Midnight Ravers remixed by South African electronic producer Spoek Mothambo.</em></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261348369&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no"></iframe></p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Salif Keïta - “Wamba”</strong></p> <p><em>A throwback to the '80s when Malian musician Salif Keïta was based in Paris.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QULROjGKV4Q" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Ballaké Sissoko - “Badjourou”</strong></p> <p><em>A solo piece by Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Tgqu-ut23m0" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0">&lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Ballaké Sissoko-Vincent Ségal - “Future</strong></p> <p><em>A collaboration between Sissoko and innovate French cellist Vincent Ségal.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qWWVj4ZvDeA" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Ayo - “Paname”</strong></p> <p><em>Nigerian-German singer Ayo sings in homage to the city of Paris, also known as “Paname.”</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wm-5cuQc28Y" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><em><br></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Hindi Zahra - “Imik Si Mik”</em></strong></p> <p><em>Taken from Franco-Moroccan singer and actress Hindi Zahra’s 2010 album,</em> Handmade<em>.</em></p> <p><em><br></em><br></p><div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ddyrhZBZKWs" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Rockin' Squat and Cheick Tidiane Seck - “Ba Mana Live” (Live)</strong></p> <p><em>French MC Rockin’ Squat from the famous rap group Assasin live with Malian musician Cheick Tidiane Seck.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MPGoFU1bRkg" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><br></p> <p><strong>3MA - “Rania”</strong></p> <p><em>The sound of plucked strings from Mali, Madagascar and Morocco brought together.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HBVGD2UCP1c" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Noura Mint Seymali - “Arbina”</strong></p> <p><em>The title track from Mauritania griot Noura Mint Seymali’s latest album.&nbsp;</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/D_2bMQhM-7M" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Naïssam Jalal and Rhythms of Resistance - “Dar Beida”</strong></p> <p><em>Franco-Syrian flute player Naïssam Jalal performing her composition with her band, Rhythms of Resistance. We hear her live on the program performing with Noura Mint Seymali.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KxQpfABz6wc" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Débruit and Alsarah - “Jibal Alnuba”&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>Sudanese singer Alsarah with French electronic producer Débruit.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bJEB30Hdb4I" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p><strong>Alsarah and the Nubatones - “Habibi Taal”</strong></p> <p><em>Alsarah performing her take on an Arab classic with her Brooklyn-based band, the Nubatones.</em></p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LkVe0cyqHjo" allowfullscreen="" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <div class="video-container"><br></div>