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P.A.M. - Popular African Music
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P.A.M. - Popular African Music
Please note that some releases in the P.A.M. catalog are available by special order and may take up to 2 weeks for shipment. This is noted in the CD descriptions below.
Souvenir ya l'indépendance - Ngoma
$18.99
(cdRoots# st-ngoma102)
This second volume of Ngoma studio tracks from around the years of independence for what became Zaire (now Congo) and Congo Brazzaville. Since 1948 recording facilities in the studios had been greatly improved. Electric guitar and bass became a standard, but the charm of the early arrangements persists. This edition features music by Bukasa, Isaacmusekiwa (with a real twist number), Manu Dibango, Mavula Baudouin, Paul Mwanga, Polydor, Assassin and Henrique Tinapa and Rico Jazz and others.
Taximen et autres sons - Amadou Balake
$18.99
(cdRoots# pam-adc-308)
Featured on the 2005 'Golden Afrique' collection, and a guest singer on the Africando CD 'Martina' CD, Ivory Coast musician is lettle known outside of his home, but this usic is so funky, warm and inviting that it should not be so. Rich guitars and percussion are punctuated by rootsy horns and a heavy bass line, and his voice is raw silk. Highly Recommended.
No. III de Number 1 - Number 1 de Dakar
$19.99
(cdRoots# adc-307)
They went under a lot of variants of the name: Starband de Dakar, Orchestra No. 1, Star Number One, and Starband du Senegal to name a few, and they always delivered number one, A-class music, steeped in Cuban and Latin influences, and always 'just right.' This is a collection of their more obscure recordings (and none are on the more familiar Dakar Sound releases).
Assusu - Famoro and Kike Kouyate
$19.99
(cdRoots# oa204)
Recorded in Conakry in 1992- Kouyate was bass player with Ballaet ses Balladins in the late sixties This recordings feat M mah Bangoura vocals, Souleyman Diallo peulh flute Famoro grumbling bass icl two balaphones , three more female voices, djembe and the m bote bass drum
Simanje-Manje And Kwela - Donald Kachamba's Kwela Band
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamap103)
Donald Kachamba, born in Blantyre, Malawi, is considered on of the outstanding musicians-composers of the middle generation in southeastern Africa. over the years he has developed compositional techniques and a very personal music with his group. the donald kachamba's kwela jazz band, liberating himself from the constraints of current african pop music styles. his music is deeply rooted in his childhood experience of kwela, sinjonjo, saba-saba, hauyani, simanje-manje and other southern african urban dance music genres of the 1950's and 1960's. this album , amply documented by prof. gerhard kubick, features his solo work where he overdubs himself on his nagra tape recorder.
Guitar, Extra Dry - Diabate, Grand Papa
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamag703)
Guitar virtuoso Papa Diabaté, founding member of the Guinea jazz band (of dakar), of the guinean orchestras syli and jardin de guinèe and of african virtuoses (of abidjan) presents at age 63 his first solo album featuring djessou mory kanté and morikem kouyaté. with comprehensive notes by eric charry, of wesleyan university.
Kankele-Ti - Diabate, Sona
$18.99
(cdRoots# pam401)
Sona Diabaté, two female backing voices, the acoustic guitar of Sekou Bembeya Diabaté (Bembeya Jazz' diamondfingers) and Demba Camara on 12-string-guitar in an unplugged recording from 1988. the two bonustracks feature Sekou Bembeya Diabaté live; N'diarabi documents one of his rare performances as singer and deri is a guitar duo with his brother Kaba.
King Onyina's Guitar Highlife - Onyina, King
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamag702)
This is the music that marked the times around ghanain independance: guitar band highlife, incorporating many Ghanaian traditions and many foreign influences (king onyina knows all the albums of barney kessel and wes montgomery). besides the excellent guitar work this album also features the typical highlife singing style: on top of onyina's tenor you hear male alto and treble singers. with extensive notes by koo nimo.
Guitar Sèche - Djessou Mory Kanté
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamag701)
Guitar sèche is the French term for acoustic guitar, an imported instrument, affordable and easy to carry around. This album features four of these instruments: a new one, a fairly good one and two battered specimens. the album has been recorded in Conakry directly onto digital 8-track. Djessou Mory Kanté is joined by grand papa diabaté, the father of modern guinean guitar playing. by djessou mory's brothers bakary and djekoria mory kanté and by moriken kouyaté. with comprehensive notes by eric charry, of wesleyan university, an authority on mande guitar music.
Back To Farabanah - Manfila, Kante
$18.99
(cdRoots# oa207)
Eight of the songs on this CD were recorded in an strawthatched roundhut in Farabanah, his hometown in upper Guinea. Three songs featuring the legendary bolon-player Djeli Sara Kouyaté were recorded in Kankan where Manfila went to school. One more song was recorded in a studio, one Kanté Manfila had written 30 years ago in Abidjan: dem niare, based on a moma from Guinea-Bissau or Cabo Verde.
Commandante Che Guevara - Nicholas Menheim and Le Super Sabador
$18.99
(cdRoots# oa209)
nicolas menheim was a founding member of africando - before he had worked as a singer with étoile de dakar and number one de dakar. in 1997 he decided to try his luck on his own and set super sabador. in 1999 they record the 12 tacks on this cd in studio 2000. the songs were released only in senegal on two cassettes néné chèrie and commandante ché guevara. super sabador play fresh interpretations of classic songs by cuban composers, a new interpretations of tabu ley's aïnicha and naturally nico's own compositions.
Embouteillage - Super Cayor De Dakar
$18.99
(cdRoots# oa210)
super Cayor de Dakar's 2001 release features the tenorsaxophone of maestro Issa Cissokho (ex- bandleader of Orchestra Baobab). On top of the 6 songs on the original Senegalese cassette you can hear two live recordings of the band.
Gare Gare - Sona Diabate
$18.99
(cdRoots# pam404)
Sona Diabaté accompanied by Djessou Mory Kanté on guitar and Papa Diabaté on kora. Additional musicians are Djelimady Kouyaté, balfon, Amadou Sodia, bolon, Pierre Marcault, doundoumba, Alpha Camara, djembé, and Kova Bavogui (both ex bembeya jazz), bass. Backing vocals are by Djanka and Sayon Diabaté plus Mama Keita. Kanté Manfila took care of the musical arrangement and added a few guitar licks - as did Sona`s brother Sekou Bembeya Diabaté
Koffi Cola Na Yo - Mama Diabate
$18.99
(cdRoots# oa205)
Just listen to Mama's fantastic voice and her rap like singing style. The title track does not advertise a certain soft drink but strongly condemms polygamy. Rerelease of a guinean cassette that was recorded in Abidjan's jbz-studio in 1993.
Madaris - Igd El Djilad
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamjaf501)
a vocal group from sudan; eight singers are accompanied by two keyboards, percussion and bass. the band presents a variety of styles from the various regionss of africa's largest country - including love songs in arabic tradition and songs from the nuba mountains that show strong black african influence. singing almost acappella igd el djilad is rejuvenating old sudanese choral traditions.
Music In Ghana - Various
$18.99
(cdRoots# pamap601)
a selection out of the archives of african music at the institute of african studies, university of ghana, legon. to document such an archive on one cd is impossible - so this album be seen as an appetizer that makes scholars and music lovers hungry for more: there are 21 tracks of traditional music from the various regions of ghana. additional spices are 3 highlife songs by the late e.k.nyame and a brass band tune, since the archive not only collected traditional music. some of the instruments featured are: one string fiddle, mouth bow, ivory and aseseben horns, benta, a Hawaiian guitar and all kinds of drums.
Objectif Perfection - Bala Et Ses Balladins
$18.99
(cdRoots# adc302)
One of the national orchestras of Sekou Touré's Guinea, the band was on top of 1964 until 1980 when their last recording was made - aptly called objectif perfection - which is released in full on this CD. Plus four more tracks from around 1970, including two versions of sara.
Roots And Fruit - Orchestre Baobab
$18.99
(cdRoots# adc304)
This album focuses on the work of the Casacais musicians (from the southern region of the country, the Casamance) of Orchestre Baobab: Balla Sidibé and Rudy Gomis. it compiles tracks from the hard to find buur and musique'afrique labels, an unreleased 10 minute smoochie by Rudy Gomis and Rudy`s 1986 solo-cassette (featuring barthelemy attisso and balla sidibé) - the last fruit of Baobab.
Sopente - Super Cayor
$18.99
(cdRoots# oa206)
The band calls its style salsa-mbalax. They not only put the Senegalese style next to the latin-american one but effectively mix the two: a customized Senegalese percussion set effectively replaces the timbales. The result is a very danceable music.
Le Roi Du Ziglibithy - Djedje, Ernesto
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# adc305)
Ngoma - the early years 1948-1960 - various
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# st-ngoma-early)
25 rarities from the treasure trove of Phono Ngoma,the first Congolese record company, founded in 1948.
Kankan Blues - Manfila, Kante; and Bala Kalla
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# oa201)
Recording made in Kankan , upper Guinea, with Kanté Manfila, singer and arranger for the legendary Ambassadeurs and longtime partner of Salif Keita; featuring Manfila as singer and guitarist, his younger brother Djessou Mory Kanté and the Kankan based group of Manfila's elder brother Balla Kalla with two balaphones and five female singers. Papa Diabaté accompanies on kora
los afro salseros de senegal en la habana - Los Afro Salseros
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# pam-407)
In April 2001 a group of Senegalese salseros went to Cuba to record at Havana's legendary Studio Egrem. This CD presents the singers Labah Sosseh, Pape Fall, James Gadiaga and Mar Seck, accompanied by musicians selected from Dakar's leading salsa orchestras. Arranger Yakhya Fall, ex-bandleader and guitarist of Number One de Dakar, leads the ensemble. There is no keyboard, there is no drum kit, but there are two trumpets, Issa Cissokho's sax, lots of percussion and a grand piano in a beautiful 'Dakar tuning.'
N'na Niwale - Kante Manfila
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# pam402)
Recorded in a small studio in grigny, just south of Paris, this record features the guitars of Kanté Manfila and Djessou Mory Kanté (they overdub themselves in places), kora by Papa Diabaté, balaphon by Ibrahima Soumano and the voices of Kanté Manfila (lead), Oumou Sangare, Fanta and Sona Diabaté (backing). Beautiful interleaved arrangements and stunning rhythms.
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